Deferral Limit. Each Participant may elect to have Compensation deferred by:
Deferral Limit. As a Participant, you may elect to defer a percentage of your compensation each year instead of receiving that amount in cash. Such election will also apply to irregular pay (e.g., bonuses). Your total deferrals in any taxable year may not exceed a dollar limit which is set by law. The limit for 2018 is $18,500. After 2018, the dollar limit may increase for cost-of-living adjustments. See the paragraph below on Annual dollar limit. The Administrator will notify you of the maximum percentage you may defer. Catch-up contributions. If you are at least age 50 or will attain age 50 before the end of a calendar year, then you may elect to defer additional amounts (called "catch-up contributions") to the Plan as of the January 1st of that year. The additional amounts may be deferred regardless of any other limitations on the amount that you may defer to the Plan. The maximum "catch-up contribution" that you can make in 2018 is $6,000. After 2018, the maximum may increase for cost-of-living adjustments. Annual dollar limit. You should also be aware that each separately stated annual dollar limit on the amount you may defer (the annual deferral limit and the "catch-up contribution" limit) is a separate aggregate limit that applies to all such similar salary deferral amounts and "catch-up contributions" you may make under this Plan and any other cash or deferred arrangements (including tax-sheltered 403(b) annuity contracts, simplified employee pensions or other 401(k) plans) in which you may be participating. Generally, if an annual dollar limit is exceeded, then the excess must be returned to you in order to avoid adverse tax consequences. For this reason, it is desirable to request in writing that any such excess salary deferral amounts and "catch-up contributions" be returned to you. If you are in more than one plan, you must decide which plan or arrangement you would like to return the excess. If you decide that the excess should be distributed from this Plan, you must communicate this in writing to the Administrator not later than the March 1st following the close of the calendar year in which such excess deferrals were made. However, if the entire dollar limit is exceeded in this Plan or any other plan your Employer maintains, then you will be deemed to have notified the Administrator of the excess. The Administrator will then return the excess deferrals and any earnings to you by April 15th.
Deferral Limit. The amount of the deferral shall not reduce the Employee's annual compensation below the taxable wage base for Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) of the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA), as such amount is adjusted each year.
