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OTHER BENEFIT PLANS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]  
OTHER BENEFIT PLANS OTHER BENEFIT PLANS
The Company has established a stock dividend reinvestment and stock purchase plan. Under the DRIP, eligible shareholders can voluntarily purchase stock with their dividend or can make additional stock purchases. For the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, there were no shares issued.
All employees and Directors are eligible to participate in the NSPP. Expense recognized in relation to the NSPP for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024 was $9 and $13, respectively.
The Company has a Salary Continuation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Company’s retired CEO. In accordance with the Agreement, the executive will receive an annual benefit of $25 for twenty years following separation of service. The liability recorded for the Agreement was $309 and $327 at June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively, and the related expense for the six months ended June 30, 2025 was $7 and the related expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024 was $8. Payments began in July 2024 as a result of the retirement of the CEO on December 31, 2023.
The Company has a 401(k) plan that covers all employees subject to certain age and service requirements. The Company contributes 3% of each employee’s salary each pay period as a safe harbor contribution. The Company may also match employee contributions each year at the discretion of the Board of Directors. There was no match of contributions in 2024. Expense recognized in relation to the 401(k) plan was $494 and $533 for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively.
The Company has an ESOP for eligible employees. Each year, the Company’s Board of Directors may approve a discretionary percentage of employees’ salaries to be contributed to the ESOP for eligible employees. In 2021, the ESOP trust acquired 14,154 shares of the Company’s stock. As this is a leveraged plan, unallocated shares are distributed to employees annually. There were 5,662 unallocated shares with a fair value of $79 and 8,493 unallocated shares with a fair value of $99 remaining as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The ESOP trust’s outstanding loan, which is secured by the unallocated shares, bears a fixed interest rate equal to the Prime Rate as of the note date, which was 3.25%. The note requires an annual payment of principal and interest through December 2026. The Company’s ESOP, which is internally leveraged, does not report the loan receivable extended to the ESOP as an asset and does not report the ESOP debt due to the Company.
The discontinuation of the nationwide residential lending division during 2022 triggered a partial plan termination and all affected employees were 100% vested in the Company’s contributions into the ESOP. As a result of the exit of affected
participants from the plan, the plan acquired 23,383 shares of the Company’s stock. As this is a leveraged plan, unallocated shares are distributed to employees annually. There were 14,030 unallocated shares with a fair value of $196 and 18,706 unallocated shares with a fair value of $217 remaining as of June 30, 2025 and June 30, 2024, respectively. The ESOP trust was issued a five year loan bearing an interest rate equal to the Prime Rate as of the note date, which was 8.25% and adjusts annually as of the first day of each succeeding calendar year to reflect the Prime Rate as of the first business day of the calendar year. The note requires an annual payment of principal and interest through December 2027. The Company’s ESOP, which is internally leveraged, does not report the loan receivable extended to the ESOP as an asset and does not report the ESOP debt due to the Company.
The Board did not approve any contributions in 2024. There was $60 of expense related to the ESOP for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and $108 expense for the six months ended June 30, 2024.