Shareholders’ Equity

Banks and bank holding companies are subject to regulatory capital requirements administered by federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off balance sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators. Failure to meet capital requirements can initiate regulatory action. The final rules implementing Basel Committee on Banking Supervision's capital guidelines for U.S. banks (Basel III rules) became effective for the Company on January 1, 2015 with full compliance with all of the requirements being phased in over a multi- year schedule and fully phased in by January 1, 2019. The net unrealized gain or loss on available for sale securities is not included in computing regulatory capital. Capital amounts and ratios for December 31, 2014 are calculated using Basel I rules. Management believes beginning January 1, 2015, the Company and Bank meet all capital adequacy requirements to which they are subject.

Prompt corrective action regulations provide five classifications, including well-capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, and critically undercapitalized, although these terms are not used to represent overall financial condition. If adequately capitalized, regulatory approval is required to accept brokered deposits. If undercapitalized, capital distributions are limited, as is asset growth and expansion, and capital restoration plans are required. At year end 2015 and 2014, the most recent regulatory notifications categorized the Bank as well capitalized under the regulatory framework for prompt corrective action. There are no conditions or events since that notification that management believes have changed the institution's category.

At December 31, 2015, consolidated and bank actual capital and minimum required levels are presented below:



	Actual:				Minimum Required For Capital Adequacy Purposes:				Minimum Required To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Regulations:
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets)
Consolidated	$	247,825	13.71	%	$	144,563	8.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	217,723		12.08		144,228		8.00		$	180,285	10.00	%

Tier 1 (Core) Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets)
Consolidated	$	233,387	12.92	%	$	108,422	6.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	203,285		11.28		108,171		6.00		$	144,228	8.00	%

Common Tier 1, (CET 1) Capital Ratio (to Risk Weighted Assets)
Consolidated	$	228,233	12.63	%	$	81,317	4.50	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	203,285		11.28		81,128		4.50		$	117,185	6.50	%

Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets)
Consolidated	$	233,387	10.15	%	$	92,001	4.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	203,285		8.87		91,700		4.00		$	114,625	5.00	%

At December 31, 2014, consolidated and bank actual capital and minimum required levels are presented below:



	Actual:				Minimum Required For Capital Adequacy Purposes:				Minimum Required To Be Well-Capitalized Under Prompt Corrective Action Regulations:
	Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio		Amount		Ratio
Total Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets)
Consolidated	$	223,490	13.88	%	$	128,823	8.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	201,641		12.57		128,363		8.00		$	160,454	10.00	%

Tier 1 Capital (to Risk Weighted Assets)
Consolidated	$	208,561	12.95	%	$	64,412	4.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	186,712		11.64		64,182		4.00		$	96,272	6.00	%

Tier 1 Capital (to Average Assets)
Consolidated	$	208,561	9.57	%	$	87,214	4.00	%	N/A		N/A
Bank	186,712		8.59		86,915		4.00		$	108,644	5.00	%

The bank at year end 2015 and 2014 was categorized as well-capitalized. There have been no conditions or events that management believes has changed the classification of the bank under the prompt corrective action regulations since the last notification from regulators. Regulations require the maintenance of certain capital levels at the bank, and may limit the dividends payable by the affiliate to the holding company, or by the holding company to its shareholders. At December 31, 2015 the bank had $31,000 in retained earnings available for payment of dividends to the parent company without prior regulatory approval.

Equity Plans and Equity Based Compensation

The Company maintains three equity incentive plans under which stock options, restricted stock, and other equity incentive awards can be granted. At December 31, 2015, the Company has reserved 314,393 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for subsequent stock dividends and subject to further customary anti-dilution adjustments) for the purpose of issuance pursuant to outstanding and future grants of options, restricted stock, and other equity awards to officers, directors and other employees of the Company.

Stock Options

Options may be designated as incentive stock options or as nonqualified stock options. While the date after which options are first exercisable is determined by the appropriate committee of the Board of Directors of the Company or, in the case of options granted to directors, by the Board of Directors, no stock option may be exercised after ten years from the date of grant (twenty years in the case of nonqualified stock options). The exercise price of stock options granted pursuant to the plans must be no less than the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of the grant.

The plans authorize an optionee to pay the exercise price of options in cash or in common shares of the Company or in some combination of cash and common shares. An optionee may tender already-owned common shares to the Company in exercise of an option. Certain of these plans authorize an optionee to surrender the value of an unexercised option in payment of an equivalent amount of the exercise price of the option. The Company typically issues authorized but unissued common shares upon the exercise of options.

The following table presents activity for stock options under the Company’s equity incentive plan for 2015:



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Number of Options		Weighted Average Price of Options		Weighted Average Life of Options (in years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value

Outstanding at Beginning of Period	51,517		$	16.70
Granted	—		—
Exercised	(44,500	)	17.24
Forfeited	—		—
Expired	—		—
Outstanding and Exercisable at End of Period	7,017		$	13.25	0.42	$	141

The following table presents information related to stock options under the Company’s equity incentive plan during the years ended 2015, 2014 and 2013:



	2015		2014		2013

Intrinsic Value of Options Exercised	$	559	$	221	$	49
Cash Received from Option Exercises	$	—	$	—	$	—
Tax Benefit of Option Exercises	$	224	$	76	$	20
Weighted Average Fair Value of Options Granted	$	—	$	—	$	—

The intrinsic value for stock options is calculated based on the exercise price of the underlying awards and the market price of common stock as of the reporting date.

During 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company granted no options, and recorded no stock compensation expense related to option grants. The Company recorded no other stock compensation expense applicable to options during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 because all outstanding options were fully vested prior to 2007.

Restricted Stock

During the periods presented, awards of long-term incentives were granted in the form of restricted stock. Awards that were granted to management and selected other employees under a management and employee incentive plan were granted in tandem with cash credit entitlements (typically in the form of 60% restricted stock grants and 40% cash credit entitlements). The management and employee restricted stock grants and tandem cash credit entitlements awarded will vest in three equal installments of 33.3% with the first annual vesting on December 5th of the year of the grant and on December 5th of the next two succeeding years. Awards that were granted to directors as additional retainer for their services do not include any cash credit entitlement. These director restricted stock grants are subject to forfeiture in the event that the recipient of the grant does not continue in service as a director of the Company through December 5th of the year after grant or do not satisfy certain meeting attendance requirements, at which time they generally vest 100 percent. For measuring compensation costs, restricted stock awards are valued based upon the market value of the common shares on the date of grant.

The following table presents expense recorded for restricted stock and cash entitlements as well as the related tax effect for the years ended 2015, 2014, and 2013:



	2015			2014			2013

Restricted Stock Expense	$	963		$	627		$	329
Cash Entitlement Expense	580			393			217
Tax Effect	(615		)	(413		)	(221		)
Net of Tax	$	928		$	607		$	325

Unrecognized expense associated with the restricted stock grants and cash entitlements totaled $1,542, $1,516, and $942 as of December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, respectively.

The following table presents information on restricted stock grants outstanding for the period shown:



	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Restricted Shares		Weighted Average Market Price at Grant

Outstanding at Beginning of Period	34,327		$	27.62
Granted	37,583		29.40
Issued and Vested	(34,640	)	27.54
Forfeited	(2,757	)	28.44
Outstanding at End of Period	34,513		$	29.79

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company maintains an Employee Stock Purchase Plan whereby eligible employees have the option to purchase the Company’s common stock at a discount. The purchase price of the shares under this Plan has been set at 95% of the fair market value of the Company’s common stock as of the last day of the plan year. The plan provided for the purchase of up to 500,000 shares of common stock, which the Company may obtain by purchases on the open market or from private sources, or by issuing authorized but unissued common shares. Funding for the purchase of common stock is from employee and Company contributions.

The Employee Stock Purchase Plan is not considered compensatory. $22 of expense, $13 net of tax, was recorded for the employee stock purchase plan in 2015. There was no expense recorded for the employee stock purchase plan in 2014 or 2013 nor was there any unrecognized compensation expense as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Stock Repurchase Plan

On April 26, 2001, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program for up to 607,754 of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company. Shares may be purchased from time to time in the open market and in large block privately negotiated transactions. The Company is not obligated to purchase any shares under the program, and the program may be discontinued at any time before the maximum number of shares specified by the program are purchased. The Board of Directors established no expiration date for this program. As of December 31, 2015, the Company had purchased 334,965 shares under the program. No shares were purchased under the program during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.