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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

NOTE 14—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company maintains a non-contributory defined contribution pension plan covering eligible employees. Contributions by the Company are made through a money purchase plan, based upon a percent of the qualified employees’ total salary (subject to the maximum amount allowed by law). Pension expense approximated $301,000, $307,000 and $304,000 for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and is included in General and administrative expense in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company is party to leases obligating it to provide tenant improvement allowances and various legal proceedings. Management believes these allowances and proceedings are routine and incidental to the operation of the Company’s business and that such allowance payments or proceedings will not have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s consolidated financial statements taken as a whole.