25. Adjustments to frozen accrued benefit
Section 13. If elected by the employer in the adoption agreement, the frozen accrued…
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(as adjusted under sections 2.1 through 2.3 above, as applicable) of each participant other than
Code § IRC 401(a)(17) participants in the fresh-start group will be adjusted in accordance with
one of the methods set forth in section 4 below. The frozen accrued benefit of all Code §I RC
401(a)(17) participants will be determined in accordance with the special adjustment applicable
to Code § IRC 401(a)(17) participants in section 5 below.
Section 13.1. A Code §A n IRC 401(a)(17) participant includes a Tax Reform Act of 1986
(TRA ‘86) Code § IRC 401(a)(17) participant as well as an Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of 1993 (OBRA ‘93) Code § IRC 401(a)(17) participant. A TRA ‘86 Code § IRC 401(a)(17)
participant means a participant whose accrued benefit as of a date on or after the first day of the
first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1989, is based on compensation for a year
beginning prior to the TRA ‘86 statutory effective date that exceeded $200,000. An OBRA ‘93
Code § IRC 401(a)(17) participant means a participant whose accrued benefit as of a date on or
after the first day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 1994, is based on
compensation for a year beginning prior to the first day of the first plan year beginning on or
after January 1, 1994, that exceeded $150,000.
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