Frozen Accrued Benefit definition
Examples of Frozen Accrued Benefit in a sentence
In lieu of applying the old compensation fraction or new compensation fraction described in section 5.9(l), if the Employer elects, a Participant's adjusted Accrued Benefit will be determined by substituting the Participant's Compensation (as defined in section of the Plan) for the current Plan Year determined under the same Compensation formula and underlying definition of Compensation used to determine the Frozen Accrued Benefit of each Participant in the Fresh-Start group.
In addition, the Frozen Accrued Benefit of a Participant whose Frozen Accrued Benefit includes the Top-Heavy minimum benefits provided in section 15.3 of the Plan, will be increased to the extent necessary to comply with the average compensation requirement of section 416(c)(l)(D)(i) of the Code.
If elected by the Employer below, each Participant's Frozen Accrued Benefit will be adjusted in accordance with the following fraction: [ ] Old Compensation fraction [ ] New Compensation fraction [ ] Reconstructed Compensation Fraction (may be selected only if the latest Fresh-Start Date is before the first day of the first Plan Year beginning after January 1, 1994).
If the Participant has not had a Fresh-Start Date, the Participant's Frozen Accrued Benefit will be zero.
However, if under the Adoption Agreement the Fresh-Start group is limited to an acquired group of employees, or a group of employees with a Frozen Accrued Benefit attributable to assets and liabilities transferred to the Plan, the Fresh Start Date will be the date designated in the Adoption Agreement.
If the Plan provides a new optional form of benefit with respect to a Participant's Frozen Accrued Benefit, such new optional form of benefit will be provided with respect to each Participant's entire Accrued Benefit (i.e., Accrued both before and after the Fresh-Start Date).
If, as of the Participant's latest Fresh-Start Date, the amount of a Participant's Frozen Accrued Benefit was limited by the application of section 415 of the Code, the Participant's Frozen Accrued Benefit will be increased for years after the latest Fresh-Start Date to the extent permitted under section 415(d)(l) of the Code.
An Employee's Adjusted Frozen Accrued Benefit equals his Frozen Accrued Benefit as of the applicable Fresh Start Date, as adjusted below.
The Member shall be entitled, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, to receive as a minimum benefit under this Plan his or her Frozen Accrued Benefit in any of the optional forms of benefit that were available to the Member under the terms of the Prior Plan, including any early retirement subsidies to which the Member might be entitled under the Prior Plan.
If the Member was a Member of the Prior Plan, the accrued benefit under the Prior Plan of such Member shall be calculated as of December 31, 1996, and shall be the Member’s Frozen Accrued Benefit.