Deferred Compensation Plan For Directors

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Deferred Compensation Plan For Directors

9. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

Annually, independent directors may elect to be included in the Company’s Deferred Directors’ Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”). The Plan provides that each independent director may individually elect to be credited with future unissued shares of Company Common Stock rather than cash for all or a portion of the annual retainers, and may elect to receive shares, when issued, over annual time periods up to ten years. These unissued shares are recorded to each director’s deferred compensation account at the closing market price of the shares at each quarter end. Only upon a director’s retirement, termination, death or a change-in-control of the Company will the shares recorded for such director under the Plan be issued to the director. The promise to issue such shares in the future is an unsecured obligation of the Company. As of December 31, 2023, there were 304,741 shares recorded under the Plan. The deferred balance outstanding at December 31, 2023, under the Plan was $1,487,590. Expenses totaling $228,017, $44,827, and $191,852 were charged to the Company’s results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2023, three months ended December 31, 2022, and year ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and are included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying Statements of Income.