CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, or forfeited to the extent they are not vested. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's Annual Compensation. Then, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution are determined using the "dollar leveling method." The Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed under this Section A.3.3., would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributed. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year.
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CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion discretion: (a) the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, or forfeited to the extent they are not vestedvested or (b) the Employer may make a QNEC which it elects to have treated as a Section 401(m) Contribution. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's Annual Compensation. Then, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution are determined using the "dollar leveling method." The Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed under this Section A.3.3., would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributed. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year.
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Samples: Mens Wearhouse Inc
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 A.2.4 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions action shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion discretion: (a) the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, forfeited or forfeited (b) the Employer may make a QNEC which it elects to the extent they are not vested. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate have treated as a Section 401(m) Contributions Contribution. However, in the case of testing for any Plan Year that commences on or after January 1, 2001, a QNEC shall not be taken into account for purposes of the test set forth in section 401(m) of the Code and Section A.2.4 for such Plan Year unless it is made and allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if by the close of such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee Plan will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's Annual Compensation. Then, effective for the Plan Years that commence on or after January 1, 1997, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed forfeited on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution forfeitures are determined using the "dollar leveling method." The Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions matching contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of the Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to forfeited from the Account of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed forfeited under this Section A.3.3., would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n401(m) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributedforfeited. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has have been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Yearforfeited.
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Samples: Quanex Corp
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 A.2.4 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions action shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion discretion: (a) the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, forfeited or forfeited (b) the Employer may make a QNEC which it elects to the extent they are not vested. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate have treated as a Section 401(m) Contributions Contribution. However a QNEC shall not be taken into account for purposes of the test set forth in section 401(m) of the Code and Section A.2.4 for such Plan Year unless it is made and allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if by the close of such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee Plan will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's ’s Annual Compensation. Then, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed forfeited on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution forfeitures are determined using the "“dollar leveling method." ” The After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions matching contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's ’s After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of the After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to forfeited from the Account of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed forfeited under this Section A.3.3.Section, would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n401(m) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributedforfeited. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has have been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Yearforfeited.
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CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 A.2.4 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions action shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion discretion: (a) the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, forfeited or forfeited (b) the Employer may make a QNEC which it elects to the extent they are not vested. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate have treated as a Section 401(m) Contributions Contribution. However, in the case of testing for any Plan Year that commences on or after January 1, 2001, a QNEC shall not be taken into account for purposes of the test set forth in section 401(m) of the Code and Section A.2.4 for such Plan Year unless it is made and allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if by the close of such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee Plan will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's Annual Compensation. Then, effective for the Plan Years that commence on or after January 1, 1997, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed forfeited on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution forfeitures are determined using the "dollar leveling method." The After-Tax Contributions and the Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of After-Tax Contributions and the Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of the After-Tax Contributions and the Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to forfeited from the Account of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed forfeited under this Section A.3.3., would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n401(m) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributedforfeited. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has have been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Yearforfeited.
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Samples: Quanex Corp
CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE FAIL SAFE PROVISION. If the limitation set forth in Section A.2.3 A.2.4 would be exceeded for any Plan Year any one or more of the following corrective actions action shall be taken before the close of the following Plan Year as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion discretion: (a) the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions for that Plan Year (and any income allocable to those Contributions as calculated in the manner set forth in Section A.3.5) shall be either distributed, forfeited or forfeited (b) the Employer may make a QNEC which it elects to the extent they are not vested. Forfeitures of Excess Aggregate have treated as a Section 401(m) Contributions Contribution. However, in the case of testing for any Plan Year that commences on or after January 1, 2001, a QNEC shall not be taken into account for purposes of the test set forth in section 401(m) of the Code and Section A.2.4 for such Plan Year unless it is made and allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if by the close of such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Year. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions to be distributed shall be determined in the following manner: First, the Committee will determine the aggregate amount of Excess Aggregate 401(k) Contributions as follows. The Committee Plan will determine how much the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest Actual Contribution Ratio would have to be reduced to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test or cause such Actual Contribution Ratio to equal the Actual Contribution Ratio of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest Actual Contribution Ratio. If a lesser reduction would enable the Plan to satisfy the Actual Contribution Percentage Test, only this lesser reduction may be made. Second, this process is repeated until the Actual Contribution Percentage Test is satisfied. The amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions is equal to the sum of these hypothetical reductions multiplied, in each case, by the Highly Compensated Employee's Annual Compensation. Then, effective for the Plan Years that commence on or after January 1, 1997, the total amount of Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions shall be distributed forfeited on the basis of the respective amounts attributable to each Highly Compensated Employee. The Highly Compensated Employees subject to the actual distribution forfeitures are determined using the "dollar leveling method." The After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions of the Highly Compensated Employee with the greatest dollar amount of After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions matching contributions for the Plan Year are reduced by the amount required to cause that Highly Compensated Employee's After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year to equal the dollar amount of the After-Tax Contributions and Matching Contributions and other contributions treated as Section 401(m) Contributions for the Plan Year of the Highly Compensated Employee with the next highest dollar amount. This amount is then distributed to forfeited from the Account of the Highly Compensated Employee with the highest dollar amount. However, if a lesser reduction, when added to the total dollar amount already distributed forfeited under this Section A.3.3., would equal the total Excess Aggregate 401(n401(m) Contributions, the lesser reduction amount shall be distributedforfeited. This process shall be continued until the amount of the Excess Aggregate 401(m) Contributions has have been distributed. The corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 must satisfy the requirements of section 401(a)(4) of the Code. After correction, each level of Employer Matching Contributions must be currently and effectively available to a group of employees that satisfies the minimum coverage requirements of section 410(b) of the Code. A method under which employee contributions are distributed to highly compensated employees to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(m)(2) while matching contributions attributable to such employee contributions remain allocated to the employee's account will not meet the requirement of section 401(a)(4). Accordingly, any amount of Employer Matching Contributions, whether vested or not, shall be forfeited to the Plan if it has been determined that such Contributions must be distributed under the dollar leveling method described above and that the distribution of such Contributions would cause the corrective actions taken under this Section A.3.3 to not meet the requirements of section 401(a)(4). The forfeitures of Employer Matching Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be allocated to Members who are Non-Highly Compensated Employees as if such Contributions were additional Employer Matching Contributions for the Plan Yearforfeited.
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Samples: Quanex Corp