HCE Determinations. Look Back Year - The look back year for purposes of determining which Employees are Highly Compensated Employees shall be the 12-consecutive-month period preceding the Plan Year, unless otherwise provided below.
HCE Determinations. Top Paid Group - Employees with Compensation exceeding $80,000 (as indexed) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees only if they are in the top paid group (the top 20% of Employees ranked by Compensation), unless otherwise provided below.
HCE Determinations. Look Back Year—The look back year for purposes of determining which Employees are Highly Compensated Employees shall be the 12-consecutive-month period preceding the Plan Year, unless otherwise provided below. (1) / / Calendar Year Determination—The look back year shall be the calendar year beginning within the preceding Plan Year. (Do not choose if the Plan Year is the calendar year.) (2) / / Prior Plan Years—For Plan Years prior to the effective date of this amendment, the Plan was operated in accordance with a different look back year election as shown in the Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. (Choose if there has been a change in the look back year used under the Plan.)
HCE Determinations. Top Paid Group—Employees with Compensation exceeding $80,000 (as indexed) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees only if they are in the top paid group (the top 20% of Employees ranked by Compensation), unless otherwise provided below. (1) / / No Top Paid Group Election Current Plan Year—All Employees with Compensation exceeding $80,000 (as indexed) shall be considered Highly Compensated Employees. (2) / / Prior Plan Years—For Plan Years prior to the effective date of this amendment, the Plan was operated in accordance with a different top paid group election as shown in the Special Effective Dates Addendum to the Adoption Agreement. (Choose if the Plan has used the top paid group election in some prior Plan Years, but not in others.) Note: Effective for determination years beginning on or after January 1, 1998, if the Employer elects Option 1.06(d)(1) and/or applies the top paid group election described in Subsection 1.06(e), such election must apply consistently to all retirement plans of the Employer for determination years that begin with or within the same calendar year (except that Option 1.06(d)(1), Calendar Year Determination, shall not apply to calendar year plans). Effective for determination years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, any such election must apply consistently to all plans of the Employer, including non-retirement plans. 1.07 DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS (a) /x/ Deferral Contributions—Participants may elect to have a portion of their Compensation contributed to the Plan on a before-tax basis pursuant to Code Section 401(k). (1) Regular Contributions—The Employer shall make a Deferral Contribution in accordance with Section 5.03 on behalf of each Participant who has an executed salary reduction agreement in effect with the Employer for the payroll period in question, not to exceed 15% (not to exceed 25%) of Compensation for that period. Note: The percentage elected above must be less than 25% in order to satisfy the limitation on annual additions under Code Section 415 if other types of contributions are provided under the Plan. (A) / / Instead of specifying a percentage of Compensation, a Participant's salary reduction agreement may specify a dollar amount to be contributed each payroll period, provided such dollar amount does not exceed the maximum percentage of Compensation specified in Subsection 1.07(a)(1) above. (B) A Participant may increase or decrease, on a prospective basis, his salary reduction agreement percentage...
