Top-Heavy Ratio means the following:
Top-Heavy Ratio means the ratio of (A) the value of the aggregate of the Accounts under the Plan for key employees to (B) the value of the aggregate of the Accounts under the Plan for all key employees and non-key employees;
Top-Heavy Ratio means a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Present Value of accrued benefits and the account balances (as required by Code section 416)) of all Key Employees with respect to such Qualified Plans as of the Determination Date (including any part of any accrued benefit or account balance distributed during the five-year period ending on the Determination Date), and the denominator of which is the sum of the Present Value of the accrued benefits and the account balances (including any part of any accrued benefit or account balance distributed in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date) of all Employees with respect to such Qualified Plans as of the Determination Date. For purposes of determining if the Plan is a Top-Heavy Plan for any Plan Year beginning after December 31, 2001, “one-year period” will be substituted for “five-year period” in the preceding sentence, except with respect to distributions made for a reason other than separation from service, death or disability. The preceding provisions will also apply to distributions under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been aggregated with the Plan under Code section 416(g)(2)(A)(i). The value of account balances and the Present Value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the most recent Top-Heavy Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date, except as provided in Code section 416 for the first and second Plan Years of a Defined Benefit Plan. The account balances and accrued benefits of a participant who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year will be disregarded. The calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, transfers and contributions unpaid as of the Determination Date are taken into account will be made in accordance with Code section 416. Employee contributions described in Code section 219(e)(2) will not be taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio. When aggregating plans, the value of account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated with reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same calendar year. The accrued benefit of any Employee other than a Key Employee will be determined under the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all Qualified Plans maintained by all Controlled Group Members and included in a Required Aggregation Group or a Permi...
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Qualified Voluntary Employee Contributions will not be taken into account for purposes of computing the Top-Heavy Ratio.
The calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account will be made in accordance with Code Section 416 and the Regulations thereunder.
In any Limitation Year beginning prior to January 1, 2000 in which the Top-Heavy Ratio exceeds 90% (i.e., the Plan becomes Super Top-Heavy), the denominators of the Defined Benefit Fraction and Defined Contribution Fraction shall be computed using 100% of the dollar limitation instead of 125%.
In any Plan Year in which the Top-Heavy Ratio exceeds 90% (i.e., the Plan becomes Super Top-Heavy), the denominators of the Defined Benefit Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.15) and Defined Contribution Fraction (as defined in paragraph 1.18) shall be computed using 100% of the dollar limitation instead of 125%.
This plan is part of a Permissive Aggregation Group, and the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Permissive Aggregation Group exceeds 60%.
More Definitions of Top-Heavy Ratio
Top-Heavy Ratio means:
Top-Heavy Ratio means, for the Plan or an Aggregation Group of which the Plan is a part, a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of defined contribution account balances and the Present Values of defined benefit accrued benefits for all Key Employees and the denominator of which is the sum of defined contribution account balances and the Present Values of defined benefit accrued benefits for all participants. The Top-Heavy Ratio shall be determined in accordance with section 416 of the Code and the applicable regulations thereunder, including, without limitation, the provisions relating to rollovers and the following provisions:
(a) The value of account balances under the Plan will be determined as of the Determination Date with respect to the applicable Plan Year.
(b) The value of account balances and accrued benefits under plans aggregated with the Plan shall be calculated with reference to the determination dates under such plans that fall within the same calendar year as the applicable Determination Date under the Plan.
(c) The value of account balances and the present value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the most recent Valuation Date that falls within or ends with the 12 month period ending on the applicable determination date, except as provided in section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder for the first and second plan years of a defined benefit plan.
(d) A simplified employee pension shall be treated as a defined contribution plan; provided, however, at the election of the Employer, the Top-Heavy Ratio shall be computed by taking into account aggregate employer contributions in lieu of the aggregate of the accounts of employees.
(e) Distributions (including distributions under a terminated plan which had it not been terminated would have been included in the Aggregation Group) within the 5-year period ending on a determination date shall be taken into account.
(f) Defined contribution account balances shall be adjusted to reflect any contribution not actually made as of a determination date but required to be taken into account on that date under section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(g) Deductible voluntary contributions shall not be included.
(h) There shall be disregarded the account balances and accrued benefits of a Participant:
(1) who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior Plan Year, or
(2) with respect to a Plan Year beginning after 1984, who has not performed services for the Employer...
Top-Heavy Ratio means:
(i) if the Employer maintains one or more qualified defined contribution plans and the Employer has not maintained any qualified defined benefit plans which during the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date have or have had accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for the Plan alone or for the Required Aggregation Group or Permissive Aggregation Group, as appropriate, is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Account balances under the aggregated defined contribution plan or plans for all Key Employees as of the Determination Date, including any part of any Account balance distributed in the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date but excluding distributions attributable to Related Rollover Contributions, if any, and the denominator of which is the sum of all Account balances under the aggregated qualified defined contribution plan or plans for all Participants as of the Determination Date, including any part of any Account balance distributed in the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date but excluding distributions attributable to Related Rollover Contributions, if any, determined in accordance with Section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.
(ii) if the Employer maintains one or more qualified defined contribution plans and the Employer maintains or has maintained one or more qualified defined benefit plans which during the five (5) year period ending on the Determination Date have or have had any accrued benefits, the Top-Heavy Ratio for any Required Aggregation Group or Permissive Aggregation Group, as appropriate, is a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Account balances under the aggregated qualified defined contribution plan or plans for all Key Employees, determined in accordance with (i) above, and the sum of the Present Value of Accrued Benefits under the aggregated qualified defined benefit plan or plans for all Key Employees as of the Determination Date, and the denominator of which is the sum of the Account balances under the aggregated qualified defined contribution plan or plans determined in accordance with (i) above, for all Participants and the sum of the Present Value of Accrued Benefits under the aggregated qualified defined benefit plan or plans for all Participants as of the Determination Date, all determined in accordance with Section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder. The accrued benefits under a qualified defined benefit plan in bo...
Top-Heavy Ratio means, with respect to the plans taken into consideration, a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the Key Employees’ account balances under the applicable defined contribution plans and the present value of the Key Employees’ accrued benefits under the applicable defined benefit plans, and the denominator of which is the sum of all participants’ account balances under the applicable defined contribution plans and the present value of all participants’ benefits under the applicable defined benefit plans. Both the numerator and the denominator of this fraction are adjusted so as to include in-service distributions made in the plan year containing the Determination Date or in the four preceding plan years and in the case of defined contribution plans, any contributions due but unpaid as of the Determination Date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to distributions under a terminated plan that if it had not been terminated would have been included in the Required Aggregation Group. The value of account balances and the present value of accrued benefits will be determined as of the most recent valuation date that falls within or ends with the 12-month period ending on the Determination Date. The account balances and accrued benefits of an individual who is not a Key Employee but who was a Key Employee in a prior year will be disregarded. When more than one plan is being considered, the value of account balances and accrued benefits will be calculated with reference to the Determination Dates that fall within the same calendar year. Present values shall be based on reasonable actuarial assumptions as to interest and mortality. Solely for the purpose of determining if the Plan, or any other plan included in an aggregation group of which this Plan is a part, is top-heavy, the accrued benefit of a Participant other than a Key Employee shall be determined under (1) the method, if any, that uniformly applies for accrual purposes under all plans maintained by the Company or a Related Company or (2) if there is no such method, as if such benefit accrued not more rapidly than the slowest accrual rate permitted under the fractional accrual rate of Section 411(b)(1)(C) of the Code. In all instances, the calculation of the Top-Heavy Ratio, and the extent to which distributions, rollovers, and transfers are taken into account, will be made in accordance with Section 416 of the Code and the regulations thereunder, as may be amended.
Top-Heavy Ratio means as follows:
Top-Heavy Ratio means, with respect to any Determination Date:
Top-Heavy Ratio means the ratio of (A) the present value of the cumulative Accrued Benefits under the Plan for key employees to (B) the present value of the cumulative Accrued Benefits under the Plan for all key employees and non-key employees; provided, however, that if an individual has not performed services for the Employer or any Affiliated Employer at any time during the one-year period ending on the applicable determination date, any accrued benefit for such individual (and the account of such individual) shall not be taken into account; and provided further, that the present values of Accrued Benefits under the Plan for an employee as of the applicable determination date shall be increased by the distributions made with respect to the employee under the Plan and any plan aggregated with the Plan under Section 416(g)(2) of the Code during the one-year period (five-year period in the case of a distribution made for a reason other than severance from employment, death, or disability) ending on the applicable determination date and any distributions made with respect to the employee under a terminated plan which, had it not been terminated, would have been in the required aggregation group.