NHCE Group definition

NHCE Group. With respect to each Employer and its Related Companies, the respective group of HCEs and NHCEs who are eligible to have amounts contributed on their behalf for the Plan Year, including Employees who would be eligible but for their election not to participate or to contribute, or because their Pay is greater than zero but does not exceed a stated minimum.
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NHCE Group means, for any Plan Year, the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees who are eligible to contribute or have amounts contributed on their behalf for the respective Plan Year (including a Participant who is otherwise eligible but who may be suspended from making or receiving contributions by reason of withdrawing from his or her Accounts).
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NHCE Group. With respect to all Related Companies, the respective group of HCEs and NHCEs who are eligible to have amounts contributed on their behalf for the Plan Year, including Employees who would be eligible but for their election not to participate or to contribute, or because their Pay is greater than zero but does not exceed a stated minimum. For Plan Years commencing after December 31, 1998, with respect to all Related Companies, if the Plan permits participation prior to an Eligible Employee's satisfaction of the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A), Eligible Employees who have not met the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A) may be excluded in the determination of the NHCE Group, but not in the determination of the HCE Group, for purposes of (i) the ADP Test, if Code section 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(k) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b), or (ii) the ACP Test, if Code 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(m) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b).
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Examples of NHCE Group in a sentence

  • The HCE Group Average Percentage may not exceed 1.25 times the NHCE Group Average Percentage.

  • If the Plan continues to use Prior Year Testing in the second Plan Year, the Plan Administrator must use the actual first Plan Year ACP for the NHCE Group in the ACP test for the second Plan Year.

  • For the first Plan Year the Plan permits Matching Contributions or Employee Contributions, if the Plan is not a Successor Plan and is using Prior Year Testing, the prior year ACP for the NHCE Group is equal to the greater of 3% or the actual ACP for the NHCE Group in the first Plan Year.

  • If the Employer aggregating 401(m) Plans under this Section 4.10(B)(7) is using Prior Year Testing, the Plan Administrator must adjust the NHCE Group ACP for the prior year as provided in Section 4.10(B)(5)(d)(v).

  • The ADP for the HCE Group does not exceed the ADP for the NHCE Group by more than two percentage points and the ADP for the HCE Group is not more than twice the ADP for the NHCE Group.

  • For each Plan Year, Aggregate Contributions satisfy the ACP test if they satisfy either of the following tests: (a) The ACP for the HCE Group does not exceed 1.25 times the ACP of the NHCE Group; or (b) The ACP for the HCE Group does not exceed the ACP for the NHCE Group by more than two percentage points and the ACP for the HCE Group is not more than twice the ACP for the NHCE Group.

  • The use of the Plan Year's ADP for the Plan Year's NHCE Group for purposes of performing the Plan Year's ADP Test and/or the use of the Plan Year's ACP for the Plan Year's NHCE Group for purposes of performing the Plan Year's ACP Test.

  • The ADP or ACP for the HCE Group may not exceed 1.25 times the ADP or ACP, respectively, for the NHCE Group.

  • The ACP for the HCE Group does not exceed the ACP for the NHCE Group by more than two percentage points and the ACP for the HCE Group is not more than twice the ACP for the NHCE Group.

  • The Committee will conduct the ACP Test to determine whether the Actual Contribution Percentage (ACP) for the HCE Group and the ACP for the NHCE Group for each Plan Year are within the maximum disparity permitted under Subsection (b)(3).


More Definitions of NHCE Group

NHCE Group. With respect to all Related Companies, the respective group of HCEs and NHCEs who are eligible to have amounts contributed on their behalf for the respective Plan Year, including Employees who would be eligible but for their election not to participate or to contribute, or because their Pay is greater than zero but does not exceed a stated minimum. For Plan Years commencing after December 31, 1998, with respect to all Related Companies, if the Plan permits participation prior to an Eligible Employee's satisfaction of the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A), Eligible Employees who have not met the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A) may be excluded in the determination of the NHCE Group, but not in the determination of the HCE Group, for purposes of (i) the ADP Test, if Code section 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(k) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b), or (ii) the ACP Test, if Code section 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(m) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b).
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NHCE Group means, for any Plan Year, the group of Nonhighly Compensated Employees who are eligible to contribute or have amounts contributed on their behalf for the respective Plan Year.
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NHCE Group. With respect to each Employer and its Related Companies, the respective group of HCEs and NHCEs who are eligible to have amounts contributed on their behalf for the Plan Year, including Employees who would be eligible but for their election not to participate or to contribute, or because their Pay is greater than zero but does not exceed a stated minimum. For Plan Years commencing after December 31, 1998, with respect to each Employer and its Related Companies, if the Plan permits participation prior to an Eligible Employee's satisfaction of the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A), Eligible Employees who have not met the minimum age and service requirements of Code section 410(a)(1)(A) may be excluded in the determination of the NHCE Group, but not in the determination of the HCE Group, for purposes of (i) the ADP Test, if Code section 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(k) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b), or (ii) the ACP Test if Code 410(b)(4)(B) is applied in determining whether the 401(m) portion of the Plan meets the requirements of Code section 410(b).
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NHCE Group means, with respect to each Employer and its Commonly Controlled Entities, the respective group of HCEs and NHCEs who are eligible to have amounts contributed on their behalf for the Plan Year, including Employees who would be eligible but for their election not to participate or to contribute, or because their pay is greater than zero but does not exceed a stated minimum, but subject to the following:
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Related to NHCE Group

  • Nonhighly Compensated Employee means an Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.

  • Average Actual Deferral Percentage means the average (expressed as a percentage) of the Actual Deferral Percentages of the Eligible Participants in a group.

  • Non-Highly Compensated Participant means any Participant who is neither a Highly Compensated Employee nor a Family Member.

  • ACP means the "Actual Contribution Percentage" determined pursuant to Section 12.6(d).

  • Highly Compensated Participant means any Highly Compensated Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan.

  • Non-Highly Compensated Employee means an Employee who is not a Highly Compensated Employee.

  • Highly Compensated Former Employee means a former Employee who had a separation year prior to the "determination year" and was a Highly Compensated Employee in the year of separation from service or in any "determination year" after attaining age 55. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Employee who separated from service prior to 1987 will be treated as a Highly Compensated Former Employee only if during the separation year (or year preceding the separation year) or any year after the Employee attains age 55 (or the last year ending before the Employee's 55th birthday), the Employee either received "415 Compensation" in excess of $50,000 or was a "five percent owner." For purposes of this Section, "determination year," "415 Compensation" and "five percent owner" shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.28. Highly Compensated Former Employees shall be treated as Highly Compensated Employees. The method set forth in this Section for determining who is a "Highly Compensated Former Employee" shall be applied on a uniform and consistent basis for all purposes for which the Code Section 414(q) definition is applicable.

  • Deferral Percentage means the percentage (which, unless the Administrator, in his or her sole discretion, determines otherwise, shall be in whole percentage increments and not more than 90%) specified by the Participant to be the percentage of each payment of Compensation he or she wishes to defer under the Plan.

  • 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.

  • Contribution Percentage means the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Adjusted Net Worth (as defined below) of such Guarantor by (y) the aggregate Adjusted Net Worth of all Guarantors; (ii) the “Adjusted Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the greater of (x) the Net Worth (as defined below) of such Guarantor and (y) zero; and (iii) the “Net Worth” of each Guarantor shall mean the amount by which the fair saleable value of such Guarantor’s assets on the date of any Relevant Payment exceeds its existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, but without giving effect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising under this Guaranty or any guaranteed obligations arising under any guaranty of any Permitted Additional Indebtedness) on such date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Guarantor that is released from this Guaranty pursuant to Section 17 hereof shall thereafter have no contribution obligations, or rights, pursuant to this Section 18, and at the time of any such release, if the released Guarantor had an Aggregate Excess Amount or an Aggregate Deficit Amount, same shall be deemed reduced to $0, and the contribution rights and obligations of the remaining Guarantors shall be recalculated on the respective date of release (as otherwise provided above) based on the payments made hereunder by the remaining Guarantors. All parties hereto recognize and agree that, except for any right of contribution arising pursuant to this Section 18, each Guarantor who makes any payment in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have no right of contribution or subrogation against any other Guarantor in respect of such payment until the Termination Date. Each of the Guarantors recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution. In this connection, each Guarantor has the right to waive its contribution right against any Guarantor to the extent that after giving effect to such waiver such Guarantor would remain solvent, in the determination of the Required Lenders.

  • Average Contribution Percentage means the average of the Contribution Percentages of the Eligible Participants in a group.

  • Highly Compensated Employee means any Employee who:

  • Group I Allocation Percentage With respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the Group I Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.

  • ADP means Automatic Data Processing.

  • Shift Percentage As to any Distribution Date occurring during the five years beginning on the first Distribution Date, 0%. For any Distribution Date occurring on or after the fifth anniversary of the first Distribution Date as follows: for any Distribution Date in the first year thereafter, 30%; for any Distribution Date in the second year thereafter, 40%; for any Distribution Date in the third year thereafter, 60%; for any Distribution Date in the fourth year thereafter, 80%; and for any Distribution Date thereafter, 100%.

  • Highly Compensated Individual means an individual defined under Code Section 125(e), as amended, as a "highly compensated individual" or a "highly compensated employee."

  • Group II Allocation Percentage With respect to any Distribution Date, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (i) the Group II Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date, and the denominator of which is (ii) the Principal Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.

  • Total Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.

  • Percentage Allocation is defined in Section 4.3(b)(ii)(y).

  • Actual Contribution Percentage means, with respect to a Plan Year, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the sum of the amount of (a) Matching Contributions, (b) After-Tax Contributions, (c) Qualified Nonelective ESOP Contributions, and (d) Tax Deferred Contributions recharacterized as After-Tax Contributions, made on behalf of the Participant for the Plan Year to the Participant’s Testing Compensation for the Plan Year.

  • Service Group means any one or more (as the context may require) of the service groups described in this Schedule;

  • Funded Percentage means, with respect to any Lender at any time, a percentage equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the amount actually disbursed and outstanding to Borrower by such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the total amount disbursed and outstanding to Borrower by all of the Lenders at such time.

  • Contribution Percentage Amounts means the sum of the Employee Contributions, Matching Contributions, and Qualified Matching Contributions (to the extent not taken into account for purposes of the ADP test) made under the Plan on behalf of the participant for the Plan Year. Such Contribution Percentage Amounts shall not include Matching Contributions that are forfeited either to correct Excess Aggregate Contributions or because the contributions to which they relate are Excess Deferrals, Excess Contributions, or Excess Aggregate Contributions. If so elected in the adoption agreement the Employer may include Qualified Nonelective Contributions in the Contribution Percentage Amounts. The Employer also may elect to use Elective Deferrals in the Contribution Percentage Amounts so long as the ADP test is met before the Elective Deferrals are used in the ACP test and continues to be met following the exclusion of those Elective Deferrals that are used to meet the ACP test.

  • Pool Percentage With respect to each Mortgage Pool and any Distribution Date, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Pool Balance for such Mortgage Pool for such date and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Pool Balance for such date.

  • Undercollateralized Group As defined in Section 4.03.

  • Eligible Earnings means the Grantee's base salary (prior to any deferrals under a cash or deferred compensation plan sponsored by the Corporation or an Affiliate) paid during the Plan Year. From time to time the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion, establish rules for determining the amounts of Eligible Earnings for employees who become Grantees other than on the first day of a Plan Year as well as any reduction of Eligible Earnings as a result of paid leave of absences.