Participant Loans Sample Clauses
Participant Loans. Unless otherwise provided in a loan policy or Trust Agreement, and if permitted by the Employer in the Adoption Agreement, a Plan Participant and Beneficiaries who are parties-in-interest as defined in ERISA Section 3(14) may make application to the Plan Administrator requesting a loan from the Plan. The Plan Administrator shall have the sole right to approve or deny a Participant’s application provided that loans shall be made available to all Participants on a reasonably equivalent basis. Loans shall not be made available to Highly Compensated Employees in an amount greater than the amount made available to other Participants. Any loan granted under the Plan shall be made in accordance with the terms of a written loan policy adopted by the Employer which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Basic Plan Document #01. The loan policy may be amended in writing from time to time without the necessity of amending this paragraph and shall be subject to the following rules to the extent such rules are not inconsistent with such loan policy.
(a) No loan, when aggregated with any outstanding loan(s) to the Participant, shall exceed the lesser of (i) $50,000 reduced by the excess, if any, of the Participant’s highest outstanding balance of all loans on any day during the one (1) year period ending on the day before the loan is made, over the outstanding balance of loans from the Plan on the date the Participant’s loan is made or (ii) one-half of the fair market value of the Participant’s Vested Account Balance consisting of contributions as specified in the loan policy. An election may be made in the loan policy, that if the Participant’s Vested Account Balance is $20,000 or less, the maximum loan shall not exceed the lesser of $10,000 or 100% of the Participant’s Vested Account Balance. 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 Code Sections 414(b), 414(c), and 414(m) are aggregated. 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.
(b) All applications must be in accordance with procedures adopted by the Plan Administrator.
(c) Any loan shall bear interest at a rate reasonable at the time of application, considering the purpose of the loan and the rate being charged by rep...
Participant Loans. Participant loans, as provided for in paragraph 13.5 of the Basic Plan Document #04, [x] are [ ] are not permitted. If permitted, repayments of principal and interest shall be repaid to [x] the Participant's segregated account or [ ] the general Fund.
Participant Loans. 10.03[E] (10.05)
Participant Loans. Except to the extent required by law, an alternate payee, on whose behalf a separate Account has been established, shall not be entitled to borrow from such Account. If a QDRO specifies that the alternate payee is entitled to any portion of the Account of a Participant who has an outstanding loan balance, all outstanding loans shall generally continue to be held in the Participant's Account and shall not be divided between the Participant's and alternate payee's Accounts.
Participant Loans. This Section
Participant Loans. If permitted under Section 1.09, the Administrator shall allow Participants to apply for a loan from the Plan, subject to the following:
Participant Loans. Participant loans (check (a) or (b)): (a) x will be allowed in accordance with Section 7.09, subject to a $1,000 minimum amount and will be granted (check (1) or (2)): (1)x for any purpose.
(2) for hardship withdrawal (as defined in Section 7.10) purposes only. (b) will not be allowed.
Participant Loans. The Administrator shall act as the Trustee's agent for the purpose of holding all trust investments in participant loan notes and related documentation and as such shall (i) hold physical custody of and keep safe the notes and other loan documents, (ii) separately account for repayments of such loans and clearly identify such assets as Plan assets, (iii) collect and remit all principal and interest payments to the Trustee, and (iv) cancel and surrender the notes and other loan documentation when a loan has been paid in full. To originate a participant loan, the Plan participant shall direct the Trustee as to the type of loan to be made from the participant's individual account. Such directions shall be made by Plan participants by use of the telephone exchange system maintained for such purpose by the Trustee or its agent. The Trustee shall determine, based on the current value of the participant's account, the amount available for the loan. Based on the interest rate supplied by the Sponsor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, the Trustee shall advise the participant of such interest rate, as well as the installment payment amounts. The Trustee shall forward the loan document to the participant for execution and submission for approval to the Administrator. The Administrator shall have the responsibility for approving the loan and instructing the Trustee to send the loan proceeds to the Administrator or to the participant if so directed by the Administrator. In all cases, if the Trustee does not receive approval or disapproval by the Administrator within thirty (30) days of the participant's initial request (the origination date) the participant will be required to reinitiate the loan request process.
Participant Loans. This Section 10.03(E) specifically authorizes the Trustee to make loans on a nondiscriminatory basis to a Participant or to a Beneficiary in accordance with the loan policy established by the Plan Administrator, provided: (1) the loan policy satisfies the requirements of Section 9.04; (2) loans are available to all Participants and Beneficiaries on a reasonably equivalent basis and are not available in a greater amount for Highly Compensated Employees than for Nonhighly Compensated Employees; (3) any loan is adequately secured and bears a reasonable rate of interest; (4) the loan provides for repayment within a specified time (however, the loan policy may suspend loan payments pursuant to Code §414(u)(4)) or otherwise in accordance with applicable Treasury Regulations); (5) the default provisions of the note permit offset of the Participant’s Vested Account Balance only at the time when the Participant has a distributable event under the Plan, but without regard to whether the Participant consents to distribution as otherwise may be required under Section 6.01(A)(5); (6) the amount of the loan does not exceed (at the time the Plan extends the loan) the present value of the Participant’s Vested Account Balance; and (7) the loan otherwise conforms to the exemption provided by Code §4975(d)(1). The loan policy may provide a Participant’s loan default is a distributable event with respect to the defaulted amount, irrespective of whether the Participant otherwise has incurred a distributable event at the time of default, except as to amounts which the Participant used to secure his/her loan which remain subject to distribution restrictions under Section 14.11 or are money purchase pension plan or target benefit plan balances which may not be distributed in-service at the time of default. If the joint and survivor requirements of Article VI apply to the Participant, the Participant may not pledge any portion of his/her Account Balance as security for a loan unless, within the 90 day period ending on the date the pledge becomes effective, the Participant’s spouse, if any, consents (in a manner described in Section 6.05 other than the requirement relating to the consent of a subsequent spouse) to the security or, by separate consent, to an increase in the amount of security. A Participant who is an Owner-Employee (including other persons described in Code §4975(f)(6)), or who is a Shareholder-Employee may not receive a loan from the Plan, unless he/she has obtaine...
Participant Loans. The Administrator SHALL direct the Trustee to make Participant loans in accordance with Article XIII of the Plan. Loans payments must be made by payroll deduction. If a Participant ▇▇▇▇▇▇ employment with the Participating Employer and is immediately hired by another Participating Employer, the loan will be carried forward and any missed loan repayment caused by a change in payroll processing can be made up by personal check in a single lump payment. If a Participant ▇▇▇▇▇▇ employment and is not hired by another Participating Employer, loan repayments may continue to made by personal check. If Section HH (FICA Replacement Plan) is elected, loans are not permitted.