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Defined Contribution Prototype Plan. the allocation method under the Plan as if the Participant whose Account otherwise would receive the Excess Amount is not eligible for an allocation of Employer contributions. 3.12 Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee may determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 above on the basis of the Participant's estimated annual Compensation for such Limitation Year. The Advisory Committee will make this determination on a reasonable and uniform basis for all Participants similarly situated. The Advisory Committee must reduce any Employer contribution (including allocation of forfeitures) based on estimated annual Compensation by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years. 3.13 As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for such Limitation Year. 3.14 If pursuant to Section 3.13, or because of the allocation of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and all such other plans result in an Excess Amount, such Excess Amount will consist of the Amounts last allocated. The Advisory Committee will determine the Amounts last allocated by treating the Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund as allocated first, irrespective of the actual allocation date under the welfare benefit fund. 3.15 The Employer must specify in its Adoption Agreement the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan, if the Advisory Committee allocates an Excess Amount to a Participant on an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan. 3.16 The Advisory Committee will dispose of any Excess Amounts attributed to this Plan as provided in Section 3.10. 3.17 applies only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more qualified plans which are qualified defined contribution plans other than a Master or Prototype plan maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.]

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Sources: Retirement Savings Plan Adoption Agreement (Autobytel Com Inc)

Defined Contribution Prototype Plan. 3.10 If, pursuant to Section 3.09, or because of the allocation of forfeitures, there is an Excess Amount with respect to a Participant for a Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will dispose of such Excess Amount as follows: (a) The Advisory Committee will return any nondeductible voluntary Employee contributions to the Participant to the extent the return would reduce the Excess Amount. (b) If, after the application of paragraph (a), an Excess Amount still exists, and the Plan covers the Participant at the end of the Limitation Year, then the Advisory Committee will use the Excess Amount(s) to reduce future Employer contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) under the Plan for the next Limitation Year and for each succeeding Limitation Year, as is necessary, for the Participant. If the Employer's Plan is a profit sharing plan, the Participant may elect to limit his Compensation for allocation purposes to the extent necessary to reduce his allocation for the Limitation Year to the Maximum Permissible Amount and eliminate the Excess Amount. (c) If, after the application of paragraph (a), an Excess Amount still exists, and the Plan does not cover the Participant at the end of the Limitation Year, then the Advisory Committee will hold the Excess Amount unallocated in a suspense account. The Advisory Committee will apply the suspense account to reduce Employer Contributions (including' allocation of forfeitures) for all remaining Participants in the next Limitation Year and in each succeeding Limitation Year if necessary. Neither the Employer nor any Employee may contribute to the Plan for any Limitation Year in which the Plan is unable to allocate fully a suspense account maintained pursuant to this paragraph (c). (d) The Advisory Committee will not distribute any Excess Amount(s) to Participants or to former Participants. [Note: Sections 3.11 through 3.16 apply only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more plans (including Paired Plans), all of which are qualified Master or Prototype defined contribution plans or welfare benefit funds (as defined in Code (S)419(e)) maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.] 3.11 The amount of Annual Additions which the Advisory Committee may allocate under this Plan on a Participant's behalf for a Limitation Year may not exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, reduced by the sum of any Annual Additions allocated to the Participant's Accounts for the same Limitation Year under this Plan and such other defined contribution plan. If the amount the Employer otherwise would contribute to the Participant's Account under this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed this limitation, the Employer will reduce the amount of its contribution so the Annual Additions under all such plans for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If an allocation of Employer contributions, pursuant to Section 3.04, would result in an Excess Amount (other than an Excess Amount resulting from the circumstances described in Section 3.10) to the Participant's Account, the Advisory Committee will reallocate the Excess Amount to the remaining Participants who are eligible for an allocation of Employer contributions for the Plan Year in which the Limitation Year ends. The Advisory Committee will make this reallocation on the basis of the allocation method under the Plan as if the Participant whose Account otherwise would receive the Excess Amount is not eligible for an allocation of Employer contributions. 3.12 Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee may determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 above on the basis of the Participant's estimated annual Compensation for such Limitation Year. The Advisory Committee will make this determination on a reasonable and uniform basis for all Participants similarly situated. The Advisory Committee must reduce any Employer contribution (including allocation of forfeitures) based on estimated annual Compensation by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years. 3.13 As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for such Limitation Year. 3.14 If pursuant to Section 3.13, or because of the allocation of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and all such other plans result in an Excess Amount, such Excess Amount will consist of the Amounts last allocated. The Advisory Committee will determine the Amounts last allocated by treating the Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund as allocated first, irrespective of the actual allocation date under the welfare benefit fund. 3.15 The Employer must specify in its Adoption Agreement the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan, if the Advisory Committee allocates an Excess Amount to a Participant on an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan. 3.16 The Advisory Committee will dispose of any Excess Amounts attributed to this Plan as provided in Section 3.10. 3.17 applies only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more qualified plans which are qualified defined contribution plans other than a Master or Prototype plan maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.]similarly

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Sources: 401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement (Expedia Inc)

Defined Contribution Prototype Plan. The Advisory Committee must establish reasonable procedures to determine the allocation method under qualified status of a domestic relations order. Upon receiving a domestic relations order, the Plan as if Advisory Committee promptly will notify the Participant whose Account otherwise would receive and any alternate payee named in the Excess Amount is not eligible order, in writing, of the receipt of the order and the Plan's procedures for an allocation determining the qualified status of Employer contributions. 3.12 Prior the order. Within a reasonable period of time after receiving the domestic relations order, the Advisory Committee must determine the qualified status of the order and must notify the Participant and each alternate payee, in writing, of its determination. The Advisory Committee must provide notice under this paragraph by mailing to the determination individual's address specified in the domestic relations order, or in a manner consistent with Department of Labor regulations. If any portion of the Participant's actual Compensation for Nonforfeitable Accrued Benefit is payable during the Limitation Yearperiod the Advisory Committee is making its determination of the qualified status of the domestic relations order, the Advisory Committee must make a separate accounting of the amounts payable. If the Advisory Committee determines the order is a qualified domestic relations order within 18 months of the date amounts first are payable following receipt of the order, the Advisory Committee will direct the Trustee to distribute the payable amounts in accordance with the order. If the Advisory Committee does not make its determination of the qualified status of the order within the l8-month determination period, the Advisory Committee will direct the Trustee to distribute the payable amounts in the manner the Plan would distribute if the order did not exist and will apply the order prospectively if the Advisory Committee later determines the order is a qualified domestic relations order. To the extent it is not inconsistent with the provisions of the qualified domestic relations order, the Advisory Committee may determine direct the amounts referred Trustee to invest any partitioned amount in 3.11 above on a segregated subaccount or separate account and to invest the basis account in Federally insured, interest-bearing savings account(s) or time deposit(s) (or a combination of both), or in other fixed income investments. A segregated subaccount remains a part of the Participant's estimated annual Compensation for such Limitation YearTrust, but it alone shares in any income it earns, and it alone bears any expense or loss it incurs. The Advisory Committee Trustee will make this determination on a reasonable and uniform basis for all Participants similarly situated. The Advisory Committee must reduce any Employer contribution (including allocation of forfeitures) based on estimated annual Compensation by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years. 3.13 As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for such Limitation Year. 3.14 If pursuant to Section 3.13, payments or because of the allocation of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions distributions required under this Plan and all such Section 6.07 by separate benefit checks or other plans result in an Excess Amount, such Excess Amount will consist of separate distribution to the Amounts last allocatedalternate payee(s). The Advisory Committee will determine the Amounts last allocated by treating the Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund as allocated first, irrespective of the actual allocation date under the welfare benefit fund. 3.15 The Employer must specify in its Adoption Agreement the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan, if the Advisory Committee allocates an Excess Amount to a Participant on an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan. 3.16 The Advisory Committee will dispose of any Excess Amounts attributed to this Plan as provided in Section 3.10. 3.17 applies only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more qualified plans which are qualified defined contribution plans other than a Master or Prototype plan maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.]* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Sources: 401(k) Plan Adoption Agreement (Expedia Inc)

Defined Contribution Prototype Plan. the allocation method under the Plan as if the Participant whose Account otherwise would receive the Excess Amount is not eligible for an allocation of Employer contributions. 3.12 Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee may determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 above on the basis of the Participant's estimated annual Compensation for such Limitation Year. The Advisory Committee will make this determination on a reasonable and uniform basis for all Participants similarly situated. The Advisory Committee must reduce any Employer contribution (including allocation of forfeitures) based on estimated annual Compensation by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years. 3.13 3.09 As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 Maximum Permissible Amount for such Limitation Year on the basis of the Participant's actual Compensation for such Limitation Year. 3.14 If 3.10 If, pursuant to Section 3.133.09, or because of the allocation of forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions under this Plan and all such other plans result in there is an Excess AmountAmount with respect to a Participant for a Limitation Year, the Advisory Committee will dispose of such Excess Amount as follows: (a) The Advisory Committee will consist return any nondeductible voluntary Employee contributions to the Participant to the extent the return would reduce the Excess Amount. (b) If, after the application of paragraph (a), an Excess Amount still exists, and the Plan covers the Participant at the end of the Amounts last allocatedLimitation Year, then the Advisory Committee will use the Excess Amount(s) to reduce future Employer contributions (including any allocation of forfeitures) under the Plan for the next Limitation Year and for each succeeding Limitation Year, as is necessary, for the Participant. If the Employer's Plan is a profit sharing plan, the Participant may elect to limit his Compensation for allocation purposes to the extent necessary to reduce his allocation for the Limitation Year to the Maximum Permissible Amount and eliminate the Excess Amount. (c) If, after the application of paragraph (a), an Excess Amount still exists, and the Plan does not cover the Participant at the end of the Limitation Year, then the Advisory Committee will hold the Excess Amount unallocated in a suspense account. The Advisory Committee will determine apply the Amounts last allocated by treating suspense account to reduce Employer Contributions (including allocation of forfeitures) for all remaining Participants in the Annual Additions attributable next Limitation Year, and in each succeeding Limitation Year if necessary. Neither the Employer nor any Employee may contribute to the Plan for any Limitation Year in which the Plan is unable to allocate fully a welfare benefit fund as allocated first, irrespective of the actual allocation date under the welfare benefit fundsuspense account maintained pursuant to this paragraph (c). 3.15 The Employer must specify in its Adoption Agreement the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan, if the Advisory Committee allocates an Excess Amount to a Participant on an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another plan. 3.16 (d) The Advisory Committee will dispose of not distribute any Excess Amounts attributed Amount(s) to this Plan as provided in Section 3.10. 3.17 applies Participants or to former Participants. [Note: Sections 3.11 through 3.16 apply only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more qualified plans (including Paired Plans), all of which are qualified Master or Prototype defined contribution plans other than a Master or Prototype plan welfare benefit funds (as defined in Code Section 419(e)) maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.] 3.11 The amount of Annual Additions which the Advisory Committee may allocate under this Plan on a Participant's behalf for a Limitation Year may not exceed the Maximum Permissible Amount, reduced by the sum of any Annual Additions allocated to the Participant's Accounts for the same Limitation Year under this Plan and such other defined contribution plan. If the amount the Employer otherwise would contribute to the Participant's Account under this Plan would cause the Annual Additions for the Limitation Year to exceed this limitation, the Employer will reduce the amount of its contribution so the Annual Additions under all such plans for the Limitation Year will equal the Maximum Permissible Amount. If an allocation of Employer contributions, pursuant to Section 3.04, would result in an Excess Amount (other than an Excess Amount resulting from the circumstances described in Section 3.10) to the Participant's Account, the Advisory Committee will reallocate the Excess Amount to the remaining Participants who are eligible for an allocation of Employer contributions for the Plan Year in which the Limitation Year ends. The Advisory Committee will make this reallocation on the basis of

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Sources: Retirement Savings Plan Adoption Agreement (Autobytel Com Inc)

Defined Contribution Prototype Plan. Under the allocation method under the Plan as if the Participant whose Account otherwise would receive the Excess Amount Participation Test, when determining whether an Employee is not eligible for entitled to an allocation of Employer contributions. 3.12 Prior to the determination of the Participant's actual Compensation for the Limitation Yearunder Adoption Agreement Section 3.04, the Advisory Committee may determine the amounts referred to in 3.11 above on the basis will disregard any allocation required solely by reason of the Participant's estimated annual Compensation top heavy minimum allocation, unless the top heavy minimum allocation is the only allocation made under the Plan for such Limitation the Plan Year. The Advisory Committee will make If this determination on Section 3.06(E) applies for a reasonable and uniform basis for all Participants similarly situated. The Advisory Committee must reduce any Employer contribution (including allocation of forfeitures) based on estimated annual Compensation by any Excess Amounts carried over from prior years. 3.13 As soon as is administratively feasible after the end of the Limitation Plan Year, the Advisory Committee will determine suspend the amounts referred to in 3.11 accrual requirements for the Includible Employees who are Participants, beginning first with the Includible Employee(s) employed with the Employer on the basis last day of the Participant's actual Compensation Plan Year, then the Includible Employee(s) who have the latest Separation from Service during the Plan Year, and continuing to suspend in descending order the accrual requirements for each Includible Employee who incurred an earlier Separation from Service, from the latest to the earliest Separation from Service date, until the Plan satisfies both the Participation Test and the Coverage Test for the Plan Year. If two or more Includible Employees have a Separation from Service on the same day, the Advisory Committee will suspend the accrual requirements for all such Limitation Year. 3.14 Includible Employees, irrespective of whether the Plan can satisfy the Participation Test and the Coverage Test by accruing benefits for fewer than all such Includible Employees. If pursuant to Section 3.13the Plan suspends the accrual requirements for an Includible Employee, or because of that Employee will share in the allocation of Employer contributions and Participant forfeitures, a Participant's Annual Additions under this if any, without regard to the number of Hours of Service he has earned for the Plan Year and all such other plans result in an Excess Amount, such Excess Amount will consist without regard to whether he is employed by the Employer on the last day of the Amounts last allocatedPlan Year. The If the Employer's Plan includes Employer matching contributions subject to Code Section 401(m), this suspension of accrual requirements applies separately to the Code Section 401(m) portion of the Plan, and the Advisory Committee will determine the Amounts last allocated by treating the Annual Additions attributable to a welfare benefit fund treat an Employee as allocated first, irrespective benefiting under that portion of the actual allocation date under Plan if he is an Eligible Employee for purposes of the welfare benefit fund. 3.15 Code Section 401(m) nondiscrimination test. The Employer must specify may modify the operation of this Section 3.06(E) by electing appropriate modifications in Section 3.06 of its Adoption Agreement the Excess Amount attributed to this Plan, if the Advisory Committee allocates an Excess Amount to a Participant on an allocation date of this Plan which coincides with an allocation date of another planAgreement. 3.16 The Advisory Committee will dispose of any Excess Amounts attributed to this Plan as provided in Section 3.10. 3.17 applies only to Participants who, in addition to this Plan, participate in one or more qualified plans which are qualified defined contribution plans other than a Master or Prototype plan maintained by the Employer during the Limitation Year.]

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Sources: Retirement Savings Plan Adoption Agreement (Autobytel Com Inc)