Note 10 - Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block]

NOTE 10—EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Bank maintains a 401(k) savings and retirement plan that permits eligible employees to make before- or after-tax contributions to the plan, subject to the dollar limits from Internal Revenue Service regulations. The Bank matches 100% of the employee’s voluntary contributions to the plan based on the amount of each participant’s contributions up to a maximum of 4% of eligible compensation. All regular full-time and part-time employees who complete six months of service and are at least 21 years of age are eligible to participate. Amounts charged to operations were $390 and $364 for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

The Bank maintains a nonqualified Salary Continuation Plan (SCP) to reward and encourage certain Bank executives to remain employees of the Bank. The SCP is considered an unfunded plan for tax and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) purposes and all obligations arising under the SCP are payable from the general assets of the Corporation. The estimated present value of future benefits to be paid to certain current and former executives totaled $3,687 as of June 30, 2023 and $3,564 as of June 30, 2022 and is included in other liabilities. For purposes of calculating the present value of future benefits, a discount rate of 5.75% was used to project the liability through June 30, 2023 and 3.0% was used at June 30, 2022. For the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, $256 and $534, respectively, have been charged to expense in connection with the SCP. Distributions to participants were $133 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023 and $110 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.

The Amended and Restated 2010 Omnibus Incentive Plan (2010 Plan) is a nonqualified share-based compensation plan. The 2010 Plan was established to promote alignment between key employees’ performance and the Corporation’s shareholder interests by motivating performance through the award of stock-based compensation. The purpose of the 2010 Plan was to attract, retain, and motivate talented employees and compensate outside directors for their service to the Corporation. The 2010 Plan was approved by the Corporation’s shareholders. The Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors has sole authority to select the employees, establish the awards to be issued, and approve the terms and conditions of each award contract.

Under the 2010 Plan, the Corporation could grant, among other things, nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, or any combination thereof to any employee and outside director. Each award was evidenced by an award agreement that specifies the number of shares awarded, the vesting period, the performance requirements, and such other provisions as the Compensation Committee determines. Upon a change-in-control of the Corporation, as defined in the 2010 Plan, all outstanding awards immediately vest.

The Corporation has granted restricted stock awards and restricted stock units to certain employees and directors. Restricted stock units and awards are issued at no cost to the recipient and can be settled in shares or cash at the end of the vesting period depending on the type of award. Restricted stock awards are made at the end of the measurement period once certain specified performance targets as established by the Compensation Committee are achieved with some awards fully vesting on the date of grant and others vesting 25% on the grant date, with the remaining vesting 25% per year over a three-year period. Restricted stock awards provide the holder with dividends during the vesting period. Cash dividends are reinvested into shares of stock and are subject to the same restrictions and vesting as the initial award. Restricted stock units begin to vest at the end of the measurement period once certain specified performance targets as established by the Compensation Committee are achieved. Some units, primarily the awards made to directors and senior management, are 100% vested at the end of the measurement period. For other unit awards, primarily the awards made to executive management, 25% vest at the end of the performance period, with the remaining vesting 25% per year over a three-year period. The fair value of the restricted stock units and awards, which is used to measure compensation expense, is the closing market price of the Corporation’s common stock on the date of the grant and compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period. All dividends are forfeitable in the event the shares do not vest.

The following table summarizes the status of the restricted stock awards and restricted stock units: 

	Restricted Stock Awards			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share		Restricted Stock Units			Weighted- Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding at June 30, 2022		17,069		$	19.95		—		$	—
Granted		26,743			18.74		17,578			18.74
Vested		(20,768	)		18.93		(8,500	)		18.74
Non-vested at June 30, 2023		23,044		$	19.46		9,078		$	18.74

There was $579 in expense recognized in fiscal year 2023 and $361 in expense recognized in fiscal year 2022 in connection with the restricted stock units and awards. As of June 30, 2023, there was $473 of total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested shares and a weighted-average expense recognition period of 1.7 years.