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Represents the term of the ESOP loan, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but not limited to, weeks in a year or quarter.

No definition available.

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Cost of unearned shares that qualify as permanent equity that are held by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

No definition available.

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The amount of plan compensation cost recognized during the period.

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Fair value of unearned shares held by the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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The shares or units in an ESOP trust that have been assigned to individual participant accounts based on a known formula. IRS rules require allocations to be nondiscriminatory generally based on compensation, length of service, or a combination of both. For any particular participant such shares or units may be vested, unvested, or partially vested.

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The shares that, although not legally released, will be released by a future scheduled and committed debt service payment and will be allocated to employees for service rendered in the current accounting period. The ESOP documents typically define the period of service to which the shares relate. ESOP shares are released to compensate employees directly, to settle employer liabilities for other employee benefits, and to replace dividends on allocated shares that are used for debt service.

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Shares contributed to the ESOP that have not yet been released, committed to be released, or allocated to participant accounts. Suspense shares generally collateralize ESOP debt.

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This item represents the number of shares provided to the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) during the period.

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Sum of the allocated, committed-to-be-released and suspense shares of the entity held by the plan.

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Weighted average purchase price of capital shares purchased through an employee stock ownership plan.

No definition available.

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The cash outflow to finance the entity's defined contribution plan to acquire shares of the entity. The plan initially holds the shares in a suspense account, which is collateral for the loan. As the plan makes payment on the debt, the shares are released from the suspense account and become available to be allocated to participant accounts.

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