DEFINITIONS | | |
ACP Test Safe Harbor Matching Contributions | | 1 |
Actual Deferral Percentage (ADP) | | 1 |
Adopting Employer | | 1 |
Adoption Agreement | | 1 |
ADP Test Safe Harbor Contributions | | 1 |
Aggregate Limit | | 1 |
Alternate Payee | | 1 |
Annual Additions | | 1 |
Annuity Starting Date | | 1 |
Applicable Life Expectancy | | 2 |
Average Contribution Percentage (ACP) | | 2 |
Basic Matching Contributions | | 2 |
Basic Plan Document | | 2 |
Beneficiary | | 2 |
Break in Eligibility Service | | 2 |
Break in Vesting Service | | 2 |
Code | | 2 |
Compensation | | 2 |
Contributing Participant | | 3 |
Contribution Percentage | | 4 |
Contribution Percentage Amounts | | 4 |
Deductible Employee Contributions | | 4 |
Defined Benefit Fraction | | 4 |
Defined Contribution Dollar Limitation | | 4 |
Defined Contribution Fraction | | 4 |
Determination Date | | 4 |
Determination Period | | 4 |
Direct Rollover | | 4 |
Directed Trustee | | 4 |
Disability | | 5 |
Discretionary Trustee | | 5 |
Distribution Calendar Year | | 5 |
Domestic Relations Order | | 5 |
Earliest Retirement Age | | 5 |
Early Retirement Age | | 5 |
Earned Income | | 5 |
Effective Date | | 5 |
Election Period | | 5 |
Elective Deferrals | | 5 |
Eligible Employee | | 5 |
Eligible Employer | | 5 |
Eligible Participant | | 6 |
Eligible Retirement Plan | | 6 |
Eligible Rollover Distribution | | 6 |
Eligibility Computation Period | | 6 |
Employee | | 6 |
Employer | | 6 |
Employer Contribution | | 6 |
Employer Money Purchase Pension Contribution | | 6 |
Employer Target Benefit Pension Contribution | | 6 |
Employer Profit Sharing Contribution | | 6 |
Employment Commencement Date | | 7 |
Enhanced Matching Contributions | | 7 |
Entry Dates | | 7 |
ERISA | | 7 |
Excess Aggregate Contributions | | 7 |
Excess Annual Additions | | 7 |
Excess Contributions | | 7 |
Excess Elective Deferrals | | 7 |
Fiduciary | | 7 |
Fiscal Year | | 7 |
Forfeiture | | 7 |
Fund | | 7 |
Highest Average Compensation | | 7 |
Highly Compensated Employee | | 7 |
Hours of Service | | 8 |
Individual Account | | 9 |
Investment Fiduciary | | 9 |
Investment Fund | | 9 |
Key Employee | | 9 |
Leased Employee | | 9 |
Life Expectancy | | 9 |
Limitation Year | | 9 |
Master or Prototype Plan | | 9 |
Matching Contribution | | 9 |
Maximum Permissible Amount | | 10 |
Nondeductible Employee Contributions | | 10 |
Normal Retirement Age | | 10 |
Owner-Employee | | 10 |
Participant | | 10 |
Participant’s Benefit | | 10 |
Permissive Aggregation Group | | 10 |
Plan | | 10 |
Plan Administrator | | 10 |
Plan Sequence Number | | 10 |
Plan Year | | 10 |
Pre-Age 35 Waiver | | 11 |
Present Value | | 11 |
Prior Plan | | 11 |
Projected Annual Benefit | | 11 |
Prototype Sponsor | | 11 |
Qualified Domestic Relations Order | | 11 |
Qualified Election | | 11 |
Qualified Joint and Survivor Annuity | | 12 |
Qualified Matching Contributions | | 12 |
Qualified Nonelective Contributions | | 12 |
Qualified Preretirement Survivor Annuity | | 12 |
Qualifying Contributing Participant | | 12 |
Qualifying Participant | | 12 |
Recipient | | 12 |
Related Employer | | 12 |
Related Employer Participation Agreement | | 12 |
Required Aggregation Group | | 12 |
Required Beginning Date | | 12 |
Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions | | 13 |
Self-Employed Individual | | 13 |
Separate Fund | | 13 |
Spouse (Surviving Spouse) | | 13 |
Taxable Wage Base | | 13 |
Termination of Employment | | 13 |
Top-Heavy Plan | | 13 |
Trustee | | 14 |
Valuation Date | | 14 |
Vested | | 14 |
Vested Account Balance | | 14 |
Year | | 14 |
Year of Eligibility Service | | 14 |
Year of Vesting Service | | 14 |
3.08 | Nondeductible Employee Contributions | 21 |
3.09 | Qualified Nonelective Contributions | 21 |
3.10 | Qualified Matching Contributions | 21 |
3.11 | Other Limitations on SIMPLE 401(k) Contributions | 22 |
3.12 | Limitation on Allocations | 22 |
3.13 | Actual Deferral Percentage Test (ADP) | 23 |
3.14 | Limits on Nondeductible Employee Contributions and Matching Contributions | 25 |
3.15 | Safe Harbor CODA | 26 |
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SECTION FOUR: VESTING AND FORFEITURES | 26 |
4.01 | Distributions to Participant | 26 |
4.02 | 100 Percent Vesting on Certain Contributions | 28 |
4.03 | Forfeitures and Vesting of Matching Contributions | 28 |
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SECTION FIVE: DISTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS | 29 |
5.01 | Distributions | 29 |
5.02 | Form of Distributions to Participants | 31 |
5.03 | Distributions Upon the Death of Participants | 32 |
5.04 | Form of Distribution to Beneficiaries | 32 |
5.05 | Distribution Requirements | 33 |
5.06 | Annuity Contracts | 35 |
5.07 | Distribution in Kind | 35 |
5.08 | Direct Rollovers of Eligible Rollover Distributions | 35 |
5.09 | Procedure for Missing Participants or Beneficiaries | 35 |
5.10 | Filing a Claim for Plan Distributions | 35 |
5.11 | Denial of a Claim | 35 |
5.12 | Remedies Available | 35 |
5.13 | Joint and Survivor Annuity Requirements | 35 |
5.14 | Liability for Withholding on Distributions | 37 |
5.15 | Distribution of Excess Elective Deferrals | 38 |
5.16 | Distribution of Excess Contributions | 38 |
5.17 | Distribution of Excess Aggregate Contributions | 38 |
5.18 | Recharacterization | 39 |
5.19 | Loans To Participants | 39 |
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SECTION SIX: DEFINITIONS | 40 |
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SECTION SEVEN: MISCELLANEOUS | 40 |
7.01 | The Fund | 40 |
7.02 | Individual Accounts | 40 |
7.03 | Powers and Duties of the Plan Administrator | 41 |
7.04 | Expenses and Compensation | 42 |
7.05 | Information from Employer | 42 |
7.06 | Plan Amendments | 42 |
7.07 | Plan Merger or Consolidation | 43 |
7.08 | Permanency | 43 |
7.09 | Method and Procedure for Termination | 43 |
7.10 | Continuance of Plan by Successor Employer | 43 |
7.11 | Failure of Plan Qualification | 43 |
7.12 | Governing Laws and Provisions | 44 |
7.13 | State Community Property Laws | 44 |
7.14 | Headings | 44 |
7.15 | Gender and Number | 44 |
7.16 | Standard of Fiduciary Conduct | 44 |
7.17 | General Undertaking of all Parties | 44 |
7.18 | Agreement Binds Heirs, Etc. | 44 |
7.19 | Determination of Top-Heavy Status | 44 |
7.20 | Inalienability of benefits | 45 |
7.21 | Bonding | 45 |
7.22 | Investment Authority | 45 |
7.23 | Procedures and Other Matters Regarding Domestic Relations Orders | 47 |
7.24 | Indemnification of Prototype Sponsor | 47 |
7.25 | Military Service | 47 |
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SECTION EIGHT: TRUSTEE | 48 |
8.01 | Intentionally Omitted | 48 |
8.02 | Trustee | 48 |
8.03 | Compensation and Expenses | 49 |
8.04 | No Obligation to Question Data | 49 |
8.05 | Resignation | 49 |
8.06 | Degree of Care – Limitations of Liability | 49 |
8.07 | Indemnification of Trustee | 50 |
| | To avoid taxation to the Participant, no loan to any Participant can be made to the extent that such loan when added to the outstanding balance of all other loans to the Participant would exceed the lesser of (a) $50,000 reduced by the excess (if any) of the highest outstanding balance of loans during the one year period ending on the day before the loan is made, over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the date the loan is made, or (b) 50 percent of the Present Value of the nonforfeitable Individual Account of the Participant. For the purpose of the above limitation, all loans from all plans of the Employer and other members of a group of employers described in Sections 414(b), 414(c), and 414(m) of the Code are aggregated. Furthermore, any loan shall by its terms require that repayment (principal and interest) be amortized in level payments, not less frequently than quarterly, over a period not extending beyond five years from the date of the loan, unless such loan is used to acquire a dwelling unit which, within a reasonable time (determined at the time the loan is made), will be used as the principal residence of the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant will suspend his or her loan repayments under this Plan as permitted under Section 414(u)(4) of the Code. An assignment or pledge of any portion of the Participant’s interest in the Plan and a loan, pledge, or assignment with respect to any insurance contract purchased under the Plan, will be treated as a loan under this paragraph. |
| | 6. | Notwithstanding any other provision herein, and except as may be otherwise provided by ERISA, the Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the insurer, its officers, directors, employees, agents, heirs, executors, successors and assigns, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, losses, costs, charges, or expenses (including legal expenses) at any time arising out of or incurred in connection with any action taken by such parties in the performance of their duties with respect to this Plan, unless there has been a final adjudication of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties. |
| Notwithstanding any other provision herein, and except as may be otherwise provided by ERISA, the Employer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Prototype Sponsor, its officers, directors, employees, agents, heirs, executors, successors and assigns, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, losses, costs, charges, or expenses (including legal expenses) at any time arising out of or incurred in connection with any action taken by such parties in the performance of their duties with respect to this Plan, unless there has been a final adjudication of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such duties. |
| The Employer shall, at all times, fully indemnify and save harmless the Trustee, its successors and assigns, and its directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, penalties, costs and expenses (including but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Trustee in connection with its service except to the extent any such loss, damage, claim, penalty, cost or expense arises directly or indirectly from the fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents or contractors. The Trustee shall be accountable only for monies or property actually received by it. If any portion of the Fund is held by another Custodian or Trustee, the term “Fund” herein and in the Basic Plan Document shall mean only that portion of the Fund from time to time held by the applicable Custodian or Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed accountable, responsible or liable for the acts or omissions of any other Custodian or Trustee of the Plan. The Trustee shall have no duty or responsibility for the determination of the accuracy or sufficiency of the contributions to be made under the Plan, the collection thereof, the transmittal of the same to the Trustee or compliance with any statute, regulation or rule applicable to such contributions. A directed Trustee shall have no discretion as to investment of the Fund or administration of the Plan and shall not be deemed a “fiduciary” as that term is used in ERISA. The Trustee is signing the Adoption Agreement solely to signify its acceptance of appointment as Trustee and the Employer shall have sole responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, legal sufficiency and due execution thereof, including consulting with legal counsel and tax advisors as the Employer deems appropriate in connection therewith. |
| | The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the failure or delay in performance of its obligations arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation: any interruption, loss or malfunction of any utility, transportation, computer or communication service; inability to obtain labor, material, equipment or transportation, or a delay in mails; governmental or exchange action, statute, ordinance, rulings, regulations or direction; war, strike, riot, emergency, civil disturbance, terrorism, vandalism, explosions, labor disputes, freezes, floods, fires, tornados, acts of God or public enemy, revolutions, or insurrection. |
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| 1999 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3: | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
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| 2000 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3: | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
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| 2001 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3 | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
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| 2002 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3: | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
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| 2003 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3: | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
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| 2004 | Option 1: | | |_| | | Nonelective Contribution. |
| | Option 2: | | |_| | | Basic Matching Contribution. |
| | Option 3: | | |_| | | Enhanced Matching Contribution (describe)___________. |
| Example: The taxable portion of your payment that can be rolled over under Part I above is $10,000, and you choose to have it paid to you. You will receive $8,000, and $2,000 will be sent to the IRS as income tax withholding. Within 60 days after receiving the $8,000, you may roll over the entire $10,000 to a Traditional IRA or eligible employer plan. To do this, you roll over the $8,000 you received from the plan, and you will have to find $2,000 from other sources (your savings, a loan, etc.). In this case, the entire $10,000 is not taxed until you take it out of the Traditional IRA or an eligible employer plan. If you roll over the entire $10,000, when you file your income tax return you may get a refund of part or all of the $2,000 withheld. |