Allocation of Matching Employer Contributions. Except as otherwise provided in any other provision of the Plan or Trust Agreement, each Employer’s Matching Employer Contributions made for a Plan Year shall, subject to the provisions of Sections 3.5(3), 3.6(5) and 3.7(3), be allocated and credited to the Account of each Employee of the Employer who is a Matching Contribution Participant, who is entitled to receive Matching Employer Contributions and for whom Before-Tax Contributions were made during such Plan Year, with each such Matching Contribution Participant being credited with a portion of such Employer’s Matching Employer Contributions equal to the Matching Employer Contribution Percentage of the Before-Tax Contributions (not in excess of 3% of Compensation or such other percentage of Compensation specified in the Employer’s Instrument of Adoption) made for him pursuant to Section 3.1. An Employee of the Employer who is a Matching Contribution Participant and for whom Before-Tax Contributions are made shall be entitled to receive an allocation of Matching Employer Contributions in accordance with the preceding sentence for the period during which he was a Matching Contribution Participant. For purposes of this Section, the term “Before-Tax Contributions” shall not include any Catch-Up Before-Tax Contributions (as defined in Section 3.11).
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