Retirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Retirement Plans

8. Retirement Plans

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan and Directors’ Retirement Plan

The Company maintains a Supplemental Executive Benefit Plan (SERP) in order to provide supplemental retirement and death benefits for certain key employees of the Company. Under the SERP, participants shall receive an annual retirement benefit following retirement at age 65 equal to 25% of the participant’s final average pay multiplied by a ratio, ranging from 1.25% to 25.0%, based on the participant’s total years of service. Final average pay is based upon the participant’s last three year’s compensation. The maximum ratio of 25% requires twenty or more years of credited service and the minimum ratio of 1.25% requires one year of credited service. Benefits under the plan are payable in either a lump sum or ten equal annual payments and a lesser benefit is payable upon early retirement at age 50 with at least twelve years of service. If a participant dies prior to retirement, the participant’s estate will receive a lump sum payment equal to the net present value of future benefit payments under the plan. At March 31, 2013, the participants in the plan had credited service under the SERP ranging from 22 to 34 years.

The Company and the Bank maintain the ESB Financial Corporation Directors’ Retirement Plan and have entered into director retirement agreements with each director of the Company and the Bank. The plan provides that any retiring director with a minimum of five or more years of service with the Company or the Bank and a minimum of 10 total years of service, including years of service with any bank acquired by the Company or the Bank, that remains in continuous service as a board member until age 75 will be entitled to receive an annual retirement benefit equal to his or her director’s fees earned during the last full calendar year prior to his or her retirement date, multiplied by a ratio, ranging from 25% to 80%, based on the director’s total years of service. The maximum ratio of 80% of fees requires 20 or more years of service and the minimum ratio of 25% of fees requires 10 years of service. Retirement benefits may also be payable under the plan if a director retires from service as a director prior to attaining age 75. Three directors are currently receiving monthly benefits under the plan.

The following table illustrates the components of the net periodic pension cost for the SERP and Directors Retirement Plan as of March 31, 2013 and 2012:

(Dollar amounts in thousands)	SERP
	Three Months		Three Months
	Ended		Ended
	March 31, 2013		March 31, 2012
Components of net periodic pension cost
Service cost	$	25	$	20
Interest cost		28		31
Amortization of unrecognized gains and losses		26		20
Amortization of prior service cost		10		10
Net periodic pension cost	$	89	$	81

(Dollar amounts in thousands)	Directors’ Retirement Plan
	Three Months		Three Months
	Ended		Ended
	March 31, 2013		March 31, 2012
Components of net periodic pension cost
Service cost	$	1	$	1
Interest cost		7		9
Amortization of prior service cost		—		22
Net periodic pension cost	$	8	$	32