Common use of Recharacterization of Excess Contributions Clause in Contracts

Recharacterization of Excess Contributions. Provided that the Plan Agreement permits all Participants to make Participant Contributions, the Employer may treat a Participant's Excess Contributions as an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by the Participant to the Plan as a Participant Contribution. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals. Amounts may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that a recharacterized amount in combination with other Participant Contributions made by that Employee would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Participant Contributions. Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half months after the last day of the Plan Year in which the Excess Contributions arose, and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly Compensated Employee is informed in writing by the Employer of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the Participant for his tax year in which the Participant would have received them in cash.

Recharacterization of Excess Contributions. Provided that the Plan Agreement permits all Participants to make Participant Contributions, the Employer may treat a Participant's Excess Contributions as an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by the Participant to the Plan as a Participant Contribution. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals. Amounts may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that a recharacterized amount in combination with other Participant Contributions made by that Employee would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Participant Contributions. Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half months after the last day of the Plan Year in which the Excess Contributions arose, and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly Compensated Employee is informed in writing by the -30- 90 Employer of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the Participant for his tax year in which the Participant would have received them in cash.

Recharacterization of Excess Contributions. Provided that the Plan Agreement permits all Participants to make Participant Contributions, the Employer may treat a Participant's Excess Contributions as an amount distributed to the Participant and then contributed by the Participant to the Plan as a Participant Contribution. Recharacterized amounts will remain nonforfeitable and subject to the same distribution requirements as Elective Deferrals. Amounts may not be recharacterized by a Highly Compensated Employee to the extent that a recharacterized amount in combination with other Participant Contributions made by that Employee would exceed any stated limit under the Plan on Participant Contributions. Recharacterization must occur no later than two and one-half months after the last day of the Plan Year in which the Excess Contributions arose, and is deemed to occur no earlier than the date the last Highly Compensated Employee is informed in writing writing, by the Employer of the amount recharacterized and the consequences thereof. Recharacterized amounts will be taxable to the Participant for his tax year in which the Participant would have received them in cash.