A company had a 401(k) plan for several years back in the 90's. Business got bad, they terminated the plan in 2002 and paid out in 2003. There were only 5 employees, 3 of which were HCEs/Key's and the plan was top heavy.
Business is better now, and the employer wants to start a new 401(k). Same three HCEs/Key's but with about 8 NHCEs now. Would the distributions to those 3 keys still count toward top heavy in a new plan? It's possible that the new plan would not be top heavy starting fresh in 2006, if we do not have to count anything from the prior plan.