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©2019 Ascensus, LLC
Individual 401(k) Hardship Distribution
Basic Plan Document Amendment
This amendment of the Plan (hereinafter referred to as the “Amendment”) is comprised of this Hardship Distribution Basic Plan Document
Amendment (the “Basic Plan Document Amendment”) and, if applicable, the corresponding Hardship Distribution Adoption Agreement
Amendment (the “Adoption Agreement Amendment”). The Amendment is adopted to reflect certain provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Act
of 2018 (BBA-18) and related guidance. This Amendment is intended to provide good faith compliance with the BBA-18, and related guidance
until the Plan is formally restated to incorporate such guidance. Except as otherwise provided in the Adoption Agreement Amendment
or indicated below, the Amendment is eective on the first day of the Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2019. This Amendment
supersedes the existing provisions of the Plan to the extent those provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of the Amendment. The
Amendment will not cause the Plan to become an individually designed plan.
SECTION FIVE: DISTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS TO PARTICIPANTS
The Basic Plan Document section entitled Distributions is modified by replacing Section 5.01(A)(2)(c) with the following:
c. existence of a hardship incurred by the Participant as described in Plan Section 5.01(C)(2)(b), if elected in the Adoption Agreement.
Notwithstanding the preceding, where no election is available in the Adoption Agreement, or Adoption Agreement Amendment, distribution of
Elective Deferrals, Qualified Nonelective Contributions, Qualified Matching Contributions, Basic Matching Contributions, Enhanced Matching
Contributions, Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions QACA Basic Matching Contributions, QACA Enhanced Matching Contributions, and
QACA Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions, including any earnings credited to an Employee’s account, will be permitted upon the existence
of a hardship as described in Plan Section 5.01(C)(2)(b).
The Basic Plan Document section entitled Distributions is modified by replacing Section 5.01(C)(2)(a) and (b) with the following:
a. Hardship Withdrawals of Matching Contributions and Employer Profit Sharing Contributions – Unless otherwise elected in the Adoption
Agreement, if this is a profit sharing plan, then notwithstanding Plan Section 5.01(C)(1), an Employee may elect to receive a hardship
distribution of all or part of the Vested portion of their Individual Account attributable to Employer Contributions other than those described in
Plan Section 5.01(A)(2), subject to the requirements of Plan Section 5.10.
For purposes of this Plan Section 5.01(C)(2)(a), hardship is defined as an immediate and heavy financial need of the Employee where such
Employee lacks other available resources. Unless otherwise elected in the Adoption Agreement, financial needs considered immediate and
heavy include, but are not limited to, 1) expenses incurred or necessary for medical care, described in Code section 213(d), of the Employee,
the Employee’s Spouse, dependents, or, if elected, the Employee’s Primary Beneficiary, 2) the purchase (excluding mortgage payments) of a
principal residence for the Employee, 3) payment of tuition and related educational fees for the next 12 months of post-secondary education
for the Employee, the Employee’s Spouse, children, dependents, or, if elected, the Employee’s Primary Beneficiary, 4) payment to prevent
the eviction of the Employee from, or a foreclosure on the mortgage of, the Employee’s principal residence, 5) funeral or burial expenses for
the Employee’s deceased parent, Spouse, child, dependent, or, if elected, the Employee’s Primary Beneficiary, 6) payment to repair damage
to the Employee’s principal residence that would qualify for a casualty loss deduction under Code section 165 (determined without regard
to Code section 165(h)(5) and whether the loss exceeds ten-percent of adjusted gross income), and 7) eective for distributions on or after
January 1, 2018, expenses and losses (including loss of income) incurred by the Employee on account of a disaster declared by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), provided that the Employee’s principal residence or principal place of employment at the time
of the disaster was located in an area designated by FEMA for individual assistance with respect to the disaster and the Employee did not
request a distribution from the Plan for such expenses and losses pursuant to Plan Section 5.01(D)(4).
A distribution will be considered necessary to satisfy an immediate and heavy financial need of the Employee only if
i. the Employee has obtained all currently available distributions (including distributions of ESOP dividends under Code section 404(k)),
other than hardship distributions, under the Plan and all other qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation plans of the Employer
and, if elected in the Adoption Agreement Amendment, the Employee has obtained all nontaxable loans under all plans maintained by the
Employer and/or satisfies any additional conditions specified by in the Adoption Agreement Amendment;
ii. the distribution is not in excess of the amount of an immediate and heavy financial need (including amounts necessary to pay any federal,
state, or local income taxes or penalties reasonably anticipated to result from the distribution); and
iii. eective for distributions on or after January 1, 2020, the Employee provided the Plan Administrator with a representation, in writing
(including by using an electronic medium as defined in Treasury Regulation section 1.401(a)-21(e)(3)), or in such other form that may be
permitted under rules promulgated by the IRS, that they have insucient cash or other liquid assets reasonably available to satisfy their
financial need.
b. Hardship Withdrawals of Elective Deferrals, QNECs, QMACs and Safe Harbor Contributions – Unless otherwise elected in the Adoption
Agreement and/or Adoption Agreement Amendment, distribution of Elective Deferrals, Qualified Nonelective Contributions, Qualified
Matching Contributions, Basic Matching Contributions, Enhanced Matching Contributions, Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions, QACA
Basic Matching Contributions, QACA Enhanced Matching Contributions, QACA Safe Harbor Nonelective Contributions, including any
earnings credited to an Employee’s account attributable to such contributions, may be made to an Employee in the event of hardship. For
the purposes of this Plan Section 5.01(C)(2)(b), hardship is defined as an immediate and heavy financial need of the Employee where the
distribution is needed to satisfy the immediate and heavy financial need of such Employee. Hardship distributions are subject to the spousal
consent requirements contained in Code sections 401(a)(11) and 417, if applicable.
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