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<br />7.6 ALLOWABLE DEPENDENT CARE REIMBURSEMENT <br /> <br />Subject to limitations contained in Section 7.9 of this Program, and to the extent <br />of the amount contained in the Participant's Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, a <br />Participant who incurs Employment-Related Dependent Care Expenses shall be entitled to <br />receive from the Employer full reimbursement for the entire amount of such expenses incurred <br />during the Plan Year or portion thereof during which he is a Participant. <br /> <br />7.7 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF BENEFITS <br /> <br />On or before January 31 st of each calendar year, the Employer shall furnish to <br />each Employee who was a Participant and received benefits under Section 7.6 during the prior <br />calendar year, a statement of all such benefits paid to or on behalf of such Participant during the <br />prior calendar year. <br /> <br />7.8 FORFEITURES <br /> <br />The amount in a Participant's Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account as of <br />the end of any Plan Year (and after the processing of all claims for such Plan Year pursuant to <br />Section 7.12 hereof) shall be forfeited and credited to the benefit plan surplus. In such event, <br />the Participant shall have no further claim to such amount for any reason. <br /> <br />7.9 LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS <br /> <br />Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Article to the contrary, amounts <br />paid from a Participant's Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account in or on account of any <br />taxable year of the Participant shall not exceed the lesser of the Earned Income limitation <br />described in Code Section 129(b) or $5,000 ($2,500 if a separate tax return is filed by a <br />Participant who is married as determined under the rules of paragraphs (3) and (4) of Code <br />Section 21(e)). <br /> <br />7.1 0 NONDISCRIMINATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />(a) Intent to be nondiscriminatory. It is the intent of this Dependent <br />Care Flexible Spending Account that contributions or benefits not discriminate in <br />favor of the group of employees in whose favor discrimination may not occur <br />under Code Section 129(d). <br /> <br />(b) 25% test for shareholders. It is the intent of this Dependent Care <br />Flexible Spending Account that not more than 25 percent of the amounts paid by <br />the Employer for dependent care assistance during the Plan Year will be <br />provided for the class of individuals who are shareholders or owners (or their <br />Spouses or Dependents), each of whom (on any day of the Plan Year) owns <br />more than 5 percent of the stock or of the capital or profits interest in the <br />Employer. <br /> <br />(c) Adjustment to avoid test failure. If the Administrator deems it <br />necessary to avoid discrimination or possible taxation to a group of employees in <br />whose favor discrimination may not occur in violation of Code Section 129 it may, <br />but shall not be required to, reject any elections or reduce contributions or <br />non-taxable benefits in order to assure compliance with this Section. Any act <br />taken by the Administrator under this Section shall be carried out in a uniform <br />and nondiscriminatory manner. If the Administrator decides to reject any <br />elections or reduce contributions or Benefits, it shall be done in the following <br />manner. First, the Benefits designated for the Dependent Care Flexible Spending <br /> <br />18 <br /> <br />r~.- III <br />