VESTING OF ACCOUNTS OF RETURNED FORMER EMPLOYEES. The following rules apply in determining the vested portion of the Accounts of a Participant who incurs one or more consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks and then returns to employment with an Affiliated Employer: (a) If the Participant incurred fewer than five consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks, then all of his Years of Service will be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts, as soon as he has completed one Year of Service following his return to employment. (b) If the Participant incurred five or more consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks, then: (1) no Year of Service completed after his return to employment will be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts as of any time before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break; (2) years of Service completed before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break will not be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts as of any time after his return to employment (i) unless some portion of his Employer Contribution Account or Employer Matching Account had become vested before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break, and (ii) until he has completed one Year of Service following his return to employment; and (3) separate sub-accounts will be maintained for the Participant's pre-break and post-break Employer Contribution Account and Employer Matching Account, until both sub-accounts become fully vested. Both sub-accounts will share in the earnings and losses of the Trust Fund.
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Samples: 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan Agreement (Earthlink Inc)
VESTING OF ACCOUNTS OF RETURNED FORMER EMPLOYEES. The following rules apply in determining the vested portion of the Accounts of a Participant who incurs one or more consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks and then returns to employment with an Affiliated Employer:
(a) If the Participant incurred fewer than five consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks, then all of his Years of Service will be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts, as soon as he has completed one Year of Service following his return to employment.
(b) If the Participant incurred five or more consecutive One-Year Vesting Breaks, then:
(1) no Year of Service completed after his return to employment -45- will be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts as of any time before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break;
(2) years of Service completed before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break will not be taken into account in determining the vested portion of his Accounts as of any time after his return to employment (i) unless some portion of his Employer Contribution Account or Employer Matching Account had become vested before he incurred the first One-Year Vesting Break, and (ii) until he has completed one Year of Service following his return to employment; and
(3) separate sub-accounts will be maintained for the Participant's pre-break and post-break Employer Contribution Account and Employer Matching Account, until both sub-accounts become fully vested. Both sub-accounts will share in the earnings and losses of the Trust Fund.
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