cross-tested 401(k) - failing gateway for terminated empoyees

I have a client - a one-physician office, wife manages the office - with SH 401(k).  Plan provides the SH NEC 3%, but has last-day rule for PS allocation.

8 NHCEs, 2 of whom terminated during the year, so they get the 3% in addition to their deferrals, but no PS.  I pass coverage at 75% but I can't get through the gateway because all the terminated are getting is 3% instead of the 5% needed for the gateway. 

I need to allocate 2% to them to get through the gateway using FtWilliam basic plan document.  Can I use  an 11(g) plan amendment to allocate that 2% for 2019?

Thanks!

Have you checked the base document to see if there is a fail-safe provision for the gateway?  Our VS document has a provision that provides for an additional contribution when needed to pass the gateway. 

Here is what Section 4.03(b)(1) of our FTWilliam basic plan document says:

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  (1) Allocation of Profit Sharing Contributions.  Profit Sharing Contributions shall be
allocated to the Profit Sharing Contribution Accounts of each Participant eligible to share in such allocations
pursuant to Subsection (a)(1) in the manner described in the Adoption Agreement. If the Adoption Agreement
provides that the Plan uses a New Comparability allocation formula, the Company may waive any requirements
to receive an allocation for a Participant who does not otherwise satisfy such requirements for purposes of the
Company satisfying the Minimum Allocation Gateway requirement of Treasury regulations section 1.401(a)(4)-
8(b)(1)(vi) or 1.401(a)(4)-9(b)(2)(v)(D). However, in order to qualify for the waiver of the previous sentence, a
Participant must also be: (1) a Nonhighly Compensated Employee; and (2) eligible for another allocation
(including, but not limited to, a Top-Heavy minimum or a 401(k) safe harbor non-elective allocation) that is
taken into account in determining whether the Plan satisfies the non-discrimination requirements of Code
section 401(a)(4) with respect to Non-Elective Contributions.

THANK YOU, C. B. Zeller - that language is in my FtW plan document - exactly what I needed.  I really appreciate you pointing out what I should have seen for myself.  Just in too big a hurry this time of year.

wanted to bring this back up. The above excerpt is from the FT Williams Plan doc prior to the POST PPA cycle 3 restatement. They changed it in the POST/cycle 3 and it is now silent on waiving allocation requirements specifically to get to a 5% gateway. 

I spoke to the FTW rep and they said that now since it is silent, you can use any permitted method under the regs to correct a failed gateway. 

Is anyone aware of any correction method other than doing an 11g amendment (or obviously just reducing HCE contribution to 9%)? It doesn't seem like simply waiving allocation requirements is an option any longer if the document no longer includes the language.