Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Retirement Benefits

Retirement Benefits

10. Retirement Benefits

The Company has a noncontributory supplemental retirement program for former executives of the Company. No new participants have been admitted to this program since 2001 and no current executive officers participate in the program. The program provides for vesting of benefits under certain circumstances. Funding is not required, but the Company has made investments in annuity contracts and maintains life insurance policies on the lives of the individual participants to assist in payment of retirement benefits. The Company is the owner and beneficiary of the annuity contracts and life insurance policies; accordingly, the cash value of the annuity contracts and the cash surrender value of the life insurance policies are reported on the consolidated balance sheet in the financial statements and the appreciation is included in the consolidated statement of operations. The supplemental retirement program requires continued employment or disability through the date of expected retirement. The cost of the program is accrued over the average expected future lifetime of the participants.

In June 2005, the program was amended to freeze accrual of all benefits to active participants provided under the program. The Company continues to recognize periodic pension cost related to the program, but the amount is lower as a result of the curtailment.

The net periodic pension cost for the Company's supplemental retirement program is as follows (in thousands):

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Interest cost	$	250	$	254	$	500	$	508
Amortization of loss		22		10		44		20
Net periodic pension cost	$	272	$	264	$	544	$	528

The discount rate used to determine net periodic pension cost was 5.22% for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2011. The discount rate used to determine net periodic pension cost was 5.57% for both the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010.