EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

8. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The Bank maintains a noncontributory pension plan covering all eligible employees. The Bank uses a December 31st measurement date for this plan in accordance with FASB ASC 715-30 “Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – Pension”. In September 2011, the Bank transferred all of the Plan assets out of the New York State Bankers Association Retirement System to the new Trustee, Bank of America, N.A.

The Bridgehampton National Bank Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) provides benefits to certain employees, as recommended by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors and approved by the full Board of Directors, whose benefits under the Pension Plan are limited by the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.  The benefit under the SERP is equal to the additional amount the employee would be entitled to under the Pension Plan and the 401(k) Plan in the absence of such Internal Revenue Code limitations.  The assets of the SERP are held in a rabbi trust to maintain the tax-deferred status of the plan and are subject to the general, unsecured creditors of the Company. As a result, the assets of the trust are reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company.  The effective date of the SERP was January 1, 2001.

There were no contributions made to the pension plan or the SERP during the three months ended March 31, 2012. In accordance with the SERP, a retired executive received a distribution from the Plan totaling $28,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2012.

The Company’s funding policy with respect to its benefit plans is to contribute at least the minimum amounts required by applicable laws and regulations.

The following table sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in Other Comprehensive Income:

	Three months ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						SERP Benefits
(In thousands)	2012			2011			2012		2011
Service cost	$	282		$	227		$	30	$	27
Interest cost	126			119			13		14
Expected return on plan assets	(247		)	(188		)	—		—
Amortization of net loss	62			25			—		—
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost	2			2			—		—
Amortization of unrecognized transition (asset) obligation	—			—			7		7
Net periodic benefit cost	$	225		$	185		$	50	$	48