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Employee Benefits
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefits
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Employee Benefits

401(k) Plan

The Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan for substantially all employees pursuant to which employees of the Company could elect to make contributions to the plan subject to Internal Revenue Service limits. The Company makes matching and profit-sharing contributions to eligible participants in accordance with plan provisions. The Company’s contributions for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 were $48,000 and $44,000, respectively and $104,000 and $99,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Pension Plan

The Company participated in the Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions (The Pentegra DB Plan), a tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan. The Pentegra DB Plan operates as a multi-employer plan for accounting purposes and as a multiple-employer plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code. There are no collective bargaining agreements in place that require contributions to the Pentegra DB Plan. The Pentegra DB Plan is a single plan under Internal Revenue Code Section 413 (c) and, as a result, all of the assets stand behind all of the liabilities. Accordingly, under the Pentegra DB Plan, contributions made by a participating employer may be used to provide benefits to participants of other participating employers.

The funded status (fair value of plan assets divided by funding target) per the 2022 valuation report as of July 1, 2022 was 96.24%. The fair value of plan assets reflected any contributions received through June 30, 2022.

The Company enacted a “hard freeze” for the Pentegra DB Plan as of December 31, 2018, eliminating all future service-related accruals for participants. Prior to this enactment the Company maintained a “soft freeze” status that continued service-related accruals for its active participants with no new participants permitted into the Pentegra DB Plan. On May 26, 2022, the board of directors approved a resolution authorizing the Company to give notice of its intent to withdraw from the Pentegra DB Plan as of September 30, 2022. On September 30, 2022, the Company proceeded with its notification to withdraw from the Pentegra DB Plan as of September 30, 2022. As a result, a contribution amount that achieved a funded status of 100% - market value of plan assets equal to the final withdrawal liability - was due. The final withdrawal liability amounted to $1.5 million of which $200,000 was paid prior to December 31, 2022 and $1.3 million of pension expense was accrued at December 31, 2022 and subsequently paid in January 2023. A final settlement credit of $14,000 was received in June 2023.

Total pension plan (credit) expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 was $(14,000) and $50,000, respectively, and $(14,000) and $100,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and is included in salaries and employee benefits expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of (loss) income.

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans

Salary Continuation Plan

The Company maintains a nonqualified supplemental retirement plan for its current President and its former President. The plan provides supplemental retirement benefits payable in installments over a period of years upon retirement or death. The recorded liability at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 relating to this supplemental retirement plan was $698,000 and $660,000, respectively. The discount rate used to determine the Company’s obligation was 5.00%. The projected rate of salary increase for its current President was 3%. The expense of this salary retirement plan was $33,000 and $20,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $66,000 and $41,000 for each of the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Directors Deferred Supplemental Retirement Plan

The Company has a supplemental retirement plan for eligible directors that provides for monthly benefits based upon years of service to the Company, subject to certain limitations as set forth in the agreements. The present value of these future payments is being accrued over the estimated period of service. The estimated liability at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 relating to this plan was $544,000 and $537,000, respectively. The discount rate used to determine the Company’s obligation was 6.25% at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. Total supplemental retirement plan expense amounted to $19,000 and $13,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $38,000 and $32,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Company enacted a “hard freeze” for this supplemental retirement plan as of January 1, 2022. On February 10, 2022, the Bank and the non-employee members of the board of directors of the Bank entered into amendments to the Supplemental Director Retirement Agreements (the “Agreements”) previously entered into by the Bank and the directors. The amendments eliminate the formula for determining the normal annual retirement benefit (previously “70% of Final Base Fee”) and replaces it with a fixed annual benefit of $20,000. The amendments also eliminate the formula for determining the benefit payable on a change in control (previously tied to the normal annual retirement formula with certain imputed increases in the Base Fee) and replacing it with a fixed amount equal to the present value of $200,000. The effect of the amendments is to eliminate the variable and increasing costs associated with the Agreements. Instead, since the normal annual retirement benefit will be a fixed amount, the future costs associated with the Agreements is now more predictable. It is the intention of the Bank that no new directors of the Bank would enter into similar agreements.

Additionally, the Company has a deferred director’s fee plan, which allows members of the board of directors to defer the receipt of fees that otherwise would be paid to them in cash. At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the total deferred directors' fees amounted to $694,000 and $553,000, respectively.