to the plan year for which a contribution is made, are employed by the Company on the last day of the plan year, have worked 1,000 hours in that year, and have elected a deferral contribution. The employer discretionary contributions are allocated as an additional matching contribution.
The applicable dollar limits on pre-tax contributions allow individuals who have reached age 50 by the end of the plan year, and who can no longer make additional pre-tax contributions because of limitations imposed by the Code or the Plan, to make additional “catch-up contributions” for that year. Eligible individuals may make “catch-up contributions” up to the lesser of (a) the individual’s compensation for the year less any other deferrals, or (b) $6,000 for 2019 and 2018.
The net assets transferred in/out of the plan were $113,000,859 and $9,547,157 for 2019 and 2018, respectively. In 2019, this amount consisted of $115,279,211 transferred into the Plan from retirement plans of Qualtrics, LLC and Callidus, Inc. offset by $2,278,352 transferred out of the Plan. In 2018, there were $10,046,716 transferred into the Plan from acquired companies merged into the parent offset by $499,599 transferred out of the Plan.
All employer and employee contributions made to the Plan on behalf of a participant are credited to the account established in that participant’s name. As of each valuation date, each participant’s account, after considering any contributions made on behalf of that participant and allocated to their account, is credited with earnings/losses attributable to the participant’s chosen investments. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. All amounts credited to the participant’s account are invested as directed by the participant. All dividends, capital gain distributions, and other earnings received on investment options are specifically credited to a participant’s account and are immediately used to invest in additional shares of those investment options. Participant recordkeeping and administrative expenses are deducted directly from participant investment accounts.
Participants are vested immediately in their contributions plus actual earnings/losses thereon. Vesting in the employer contribution to their accounts is based on years of service as defined in the Plan. A participant is 50% vested after two years of service and 100% vested after three years of service.
Forfeitures are first applied to pay administrative expenses (in lieu of allocation to participant accounts) and then to offset required employer contributions. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, forfeitures of $43,053 and $1,057,596, respectively, were used to pay administrative expenses (in lieu of allocation to participant accounts) and/or to offset required employer contributions. At December 31, 2019 and 2018, forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $1,611,707 and $518,334, respectively.
| (g) | Notes Receivable from Participants |
Participants may borrow up to a maximum of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance, whichever is less. The majority of the Plan’s outstanding notes receivable from participants are secured by the vested balance in each participant’s account with original terms of up to 60 months; however, a longer term may be permitted in accordance with the Plan document. The notes receivable from participants bear interest at rates, which are based upon the prevailing commercial lending rates charged by professional lenders for similarly secured personal loans. The rate currently set by the Plan Administrator is the prime interest rate plus 1% and is adjusted for new loans weekly. During the term
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