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Note 13 - Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
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Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan
 
The Bank maintains the Supplemental Executive Retirement and Death Benefit Agreements (the “SERP Agreements”) with certain of the Bank’s executive officers other than Mr. Paul, which upon the executive’s retirement, will provide for a stated monthly payment for such executive’s lifetime, subject to certain death benefits described below. The retirement benefit is computed as a percentage of each executive’s projected average base salary over the five years preceding retirement, assuming retirement at age 67. The SERP Agreements provide that (a) the benefits vest ratably over six years of service to the Bank, with the executive receiving credit for years of service prior to entering into the SERP Agreement, (b) death, disability and change-in-control shall result in immediate vesting, and (c) the monthly amount will be reduced if retirement occurs earlier than age 67 for any reason other than death, disability or change-in-control. The SERP Agreements further provide for a death benefit in the event the retired executive dies prior to receiving 180 monthly installments, paid either in a lump sum payment or continued monthly installment payments, such that the executive’s beneficiary has received payment(s) sufficient to equate to a cumulative 180 monthly installments.
 
The SERP Agreements are unfunded arrangements maintained primarily to provide supplemental retirement benefits and comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. The Bank financed the retirement benefits by purchasing fixed annuity contracts with four insurance carriers totaling $11.4 million that have been designed to provide a future source of funds for the lifetime retirement benefits of the SERP Agreements. The primary impetus for utilizing fixed annuities is a substantial savings in compensation expenses for the Bank as opposed to a traditional SERP Agreement. The annuity contracts accrued $27 thousand of income for the quarter ended June 30, 2016, offset by an annual fee on annuity contracts of $101 thousand, and which were included in other noninterest income on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The cash surrender value of the annuity contracts was $11.9 million at June 30, 2016 and is included in other assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company recorded benefit expense accruals of $253 thousand and $505 thousand for this post retirement benefit.
 
Upon death of an executive, the annuity contract related to such executive terminates. The Bank has purchased additional bank owned life insurance contracts, which would effectively finance payments (up to a 15 year certain amount) to the executives’ named beneficiaries.