Actual Deferral Percentage means, for a specified group of Participants for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Participant in the group) of (1) the amount of Employer contributions actually paid over to the Trust on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year to (2) the Participant's Earnings for the Plan Year (or, provided that the Employer applies this method to all Employees for a Plan Year, the Participant's Earnings for that portion of the Plan Year during which he was eligible to participate in the Plan). Employer contributions on behalf of any Participant shall include: (i) his Elective Deferrals, including Excess Elective Deferrals of Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding (A) Excess Elective Deferrals of Non-Highly Compensated Employees that arise solely from Elective Deferrals made under the Plan or another plan maintained by an Affiliated Employer, and (B) Elective Deferrals that are taken into account in the Average Contribution Percentage test described in Section 5.10 (provided the ADP test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these Elective Deferrals), and excluding Elective Deferrals returned to a Participant to reduce an Excess Amount as defined in Section 6.5(f); and (ii) if the Employer has elected to make Qualified Nonelective Contributions, such amount of Qualified Nonelective Contributions, if any, as shall be necessary to enable the Plan to satisfy the ADP test and not used to satisfy the ACP test; and (iii) if the Employer has elected to make Qualified Matching Contributions, such amount of Qualified Matching Contributions, if any, as shall be necessary to enable the Plan to satisfy the ADP test and not used to satisfy the ACP test. For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an Employee who would be a Participant but for his failure to make Elective Deferrals shall be treated as a Participant on whose behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
Actual Deferral Percentage means, for a specified group of Employees for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Employee in the group) of the amount of Section 401(k) Contributions actually paid into the Trust on behalf of the Employee for the Plan Year to the Employee's Annual Compensation for the Plan Year.
Actual Deferral Percentage means, for any Early Entry Eligible Employee for a given Plan Year, the ratio of:
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Notwithstanding the elections made in the Adoption Agreement the Employer may make Qualified Nonelective Contributions (QNECs) on behalf of Participants that are sufficient to satisfy either the Actual Deferral Percentage test or the Average Contribution Percentage test, or both, pursuant to regulations under the Code.
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Actual Deferral Percentage means, with respect to a Plan Year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the amount of Tax Deferred Contributions made pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and Qualified Nonelective Non-ESOP Contributions made on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year to the Participant’s Testing Compensation for the Plan Year.
Actual Deferral Percentage means, for a specified group of Participants for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Participant in such group) of (A) the amount of Employer contributions actually paid over to the Trust on behalf of such Participant for the Plan Year to (B) the Participant's Compensation for such Plan Year. Employer contributions on behalf of any Participant shall include (i) any Deferral Contributions made pursuant to the Participant's deferral election, including Excess Deferrals of Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding (a) Excess Deferrals of Non-highly Compensated Employees that arise solely from Deferral Contributions made under the Plan or plans of the Employer and (b) Deferral Contributions that are taken into account in the Contribution Percentage test (provided the ADP test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these Deferral Contributions) and (ii) at the election of the Employer, Qualified Discretionary Contributions. Matching Contributions, whether or not non-forfeitable when made, shall not be considered as Employer Contributions for purposes of this paragraph. For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an Employee who would be a Participant but for the failure to make Deferral Contributions shall be treated as a Participant on whose behalf no Deferral Contributions are made.
Actual Deferral Percentage means the ratio, expressed as a percentage calculated to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent, of the amount of Pre-Tax Savings on behalf of an Eligible Employee for a Plan Year to the Eligible Employee’s Compensation for the Plan Year, whether or not the employee was a Participant for the entire Plan Year. A Highly Compensated Employee’s Savings include such savings for the Plan Year which is in excess of the limitations set forth in Section 415(c)(1) of the Code (“Excess Pre-Tax Savings”), but exclude Excess Pre-Tax Savings for Non Highly Compensated Employees. Any Eligible Employee who does not elect to make Pre-Tax Savings and who does not receive Qualified Matching Contributions for a Plan Year will have zero Actual Deferral Percentage for the Plan Year.
Actual Deferral Percentage for each Plan Year, means the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each Participant in a specified group) of:
Actual Deferral Percentage means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of --------------------------- the sum of Before-Tax Contributions, and those Qualified Nonelective Contributions taken into account under the Plan for the purpose of determining the Actual Deferral Percentage, which are made on behalf of an Eligible Employee for the Plan Year to such Eligible Employee's compensation (as defined under Section 414(s) of the Code) for the Plan Year. An Eligible Employee's compensation hereunder shall include compensation receivable from the Employer for that portion of the Plan Year during which the Employee is an Eligible Employee, up to a maximum of one hundred sixty thousand dollars ($160,000) for the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Plan Years and one hundred seventy thousand dollars ($170,000) for the 2000 and 2001 Plan Years, adjusted in multiples of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for increases in the cost-of-living, as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under Section 401(a)(17)(B) of the Code.
Actual Deferral Percentage means, for a specified group of participants for a Plan Year, the average of the ratios (calculated separately for each participant in such group) of (1) the amount of employer contributions actually paid over to the trust on behalf of such participant for the Plan Year to (2) the participant's Compensation for such Plan Year to (whether or not the employee was a participant for the entire Plan Year). Employer contributions on behalf of any participant shall include: (1) any Elective Deferrals made pursuant to the participant's deferral election, including Excess Elective Deferrals of Highly Compensated Employees, but excluding Elective Deferrals that are taken into account in the Contribution Percentage test (provided the ADP test is satisfied both with and without exclusion of these Elective Deferrals); and (2) at the election of the employer, Qualified Nonelective Contributions and Qualified Matching Contributions. For purposes of computing Actual Deferral Percentages, an employee who would be a participant but for the failure to make Elective Deferrals shall be treated as a participant on whose behalf no Elective Deferrals are made.
Actual Deferral Percentage or “ADP” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of Salary Reduction Contributions, other than Catch-up Contributions, made on behalf of an Eligible Participant to that Participant’s Compensation for the Plan Year. Two Actual Deferral Percentages shall be calculated and used, one including and the second excluding any Salary Reduction Contributions that are included in the Contribution Percentage of the Participant as defined in Plan Section 10.01(b). The Plan Administrator may include 100% vested and non-forfeitable Match Contributions made for the Participant for the Plan Year in the above described numerator, if such inclusion is made on a uniform nondiscriminatory basis for all Participants; however, Match Contributions that are included in the Actual Deferral Percentage of the Participant may not be included in the numerator of the Contribution Percentage of the Participant as defined in Section 10.01(b). To be considered as contributed for a given Plan Year for purposes of inclusion in a given Actual Deferral Percentage, Contributions must be made by the end of the 12 month period immediately following the Plan Year to which the contribution relates.