Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee benefit plans
NOTE 7 - EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
The Company has a defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all full-time
 
and eligible part-time associates and a
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) and a Supplemental
 
Executive Retirement Plan II (“SERP II”) covering its
executive officers.
 
The defined benefit plan was amended in December 2019 to remove plan eligibility
 
for new associates hired after
December 31, 2019.
 
The SERP II was adopted by the Company’s
 
Board on May 21, 2020 and covers certain executive officers that
were not covered by the SERP.
 
The components of the net periodic benefit cost for the Company's qualified
 
benefit pension plan were as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in Thousands)
2021
2020
2021
2020
Service Cost
$
1,743
$
1,457
$
5,229
$
4,371
Interest Cost
1,221
1,400
3,664
4,212
Expected Return on Plan Assets
(2,787)
(2,748)
(8,361)
(8,245)
Prior Service Cost Amortization
4
4
11
11
Net Loss Amortization
1,691
974
5,073
2,959
Settlement Loss
500
-
2,500
-
Special Termination
 
Charge
-
-
-
61
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
$
2,372
$
1,087
$
8,116
$
3,369
Discount Rate
2.88%
3.53%
2.88%
3.53%
Long-term Rate of Return on Assets
6.75%
7.00%
6.75%
7.00%
In the second quarter of 2021, lump sum payments made under the Company’s
 
defined benefit pension plan triggered settlement
accounting.
 
In accordance with the applicable accounting guidance for defined benefit plans, the Company
 
recorded a settlement
losses of $
2.0
 
million in the second quarter of 2021 and $
0.5
 
million in the third quarter of 2021.
The components of the net periodic benefit cost for the Company's SERP and SERP II
 
were as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
(Dollars in Thousands)
2021
2020
2021
2020
Service Cost
$
9
$
10
$
27
$
21
Interest Cost
61
83
183
238
Prior Service Cost Amortization
69
109
157
218
Net Loss Amortization
243
93
683
410
Net Periodic Benefit Cost
$
382
$
295
$
1,050
$
887
Discount Rate
2.38%
3.16%
2.38%
3.16%
The service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is reflected in
 
compensation expense in the accompanying statements of
income.
 
The other components of net periodic cost are included in “other” within the noninterest
 
expense category in the statements
of income.