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Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Benefit Plans
Note 10, Benefit Plans:


We have a non-qualified, non-contributory supplemental executive retirement plan (the “SERP”) for employees whose retirement benefits are reduced due to their annual compensation levels. The SERP was frozen as of December 31, 2015 and no additional benefits were earned or have been accrued after that date. The SERP provides annual benefits amounting to 55% of final average earnings less benefits payable from Social Security benefits and our former pension plan which was settled in 2014. The SERP limits the total amount of annual retirement benefits that may be paid to a participant from all sources (former pension plan, Social Security and the SERP) to $125,000. The SERP is not funded so we pay benefits directly to participants.


The following table summarizes information about our SERP.

(In thousands)
 
2021
   
2020
 
Change in benefit obligation:
           
Benefit obligation at beginning of the year
 
$
9,001
   
$
8,299
 
Interest cost
   
213
     
266
 
Actuarial (gains) losses
   
(99
)
   
791
 
Benefits paid
   
(359
)
   
(355
)
Benefit obligation at end of year
   
8,756
     
9,001
 
Change in plan assets:
               
Employer contribution
   
359
     
355
 
Benefits paid
   
(359
)
   
(355
)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year
   
     
 
Funded status of the plan – (underfunded)
 
$
(8,756
)
 
$
(9,001
)
Accumulated benefit obligations
 
$
8,756
   
$
9,001
 


Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets consist of:

(In thousands)
 
2021
   
2020
 
Current liabilities
 
$
(458
)
 
$
(438
)
Noncurrent liabilities
   
(8,298
)
   
(8,563
)
   
$
(8,756
)
 
$
(9,001
)



The net actuarial loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) before the effect of income taxes was $2,198,000 in 2021 and $2,554,000 in 2020.


Net pension cost included the following components:

(In thousands)
 
2021
   
2020
   
2019
 
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation
 
$
213
   
$
266
   
$
315
 
Amortization of actuarial loss
   
257
     
159
     
46
 
Net pension costs
 
$
470
   
$
425
   
$
361
 



The estimated amount that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic cost in 2022 is approximately $217,000.

Assumptions

We use a measurement date of December 31 for our SERP plan. Assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for years ended December 31 are as follows:

     
2021
     
2020
     
2019
 
Discount rate
   
2.41
%
   
3.29
%
   
4.36
%
Rate of compensation increase
 
n/a
     
n/a
     
n/a
 


Assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31 for the SERP are as follows:


 
2021
   
2020
 
Discount rate
   
2.80
%
   
2.41
%
Rate of compensation increase
   
n/a
     
n/a
 

Cash Flows

The following schedule outlines the expected benefit payments related to the SERP in future years.  These expected benefits were estimated based on the same actuarial assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31, 2021.

(In thousands)
 
2022
   
2023
   
2024
   
2025
   
2026
   
2027-2031
 
Benefit Payments
 
$
458
   
$
448
   
$
454
    $
499
   
$
553
   
$
2,722
 

Other Plans

We have an employee savings/retirement (401(k)) plan to which substantially all our employees may contribute. We match employee contributions 100% up to 4% of a participant’s compensation, with a maximum match of $11,600 per participant. We suspended the matching contribution for six weeks during 2020 as part of our business continuity plan. We expensed employer contributions of approximately $6,046,000, $4,069,000 and $5,173,000 in 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.


We offer participation in a self-directed, non-qualified deferred compensation plan to certain executives and employees. The plan allows a participant to defer a portion of their income. We may also make annual contributions based on the participant’s annual deferral, and our contributions were approximately $74,000, $43,000 and $61,000 in 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. The investments for the plan (and its predecessor plan) are held in rabbi trusts and are used to meet the obligations of the plans and precludes us from using such assets for operating purposes. The plans’ assets totaled approximately $9,184,000 and $7,949,000 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and are included in other assets. The related liability under the plans of approximately $9,201,000 and $8,063,000 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, is included in other liabilities.


We offer no post-retirement benefits other than the plans discussed above and no significant post-employment benefits.