RETIREMENT PLANS

Prior to January 1, 2009, the Company had a single-employer qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan that covered substantially all regular full-time employees. Effective January 1, 2009, the Company redesigned the plan and merged it into a multiple-employer plan, which is accounted for as a multi-employer plan because assets contributed by an employer are not segregated in a separate account or restricted to provide benefits only to employees of that employer. Employees hired on or after January 1, 2009 are not eligible to participate in this plan.

Effective February 1, 2009, the Company amended the plan to reduce benefits for those whose age plus vesting service equaled less than 65 at that date. Also effective February 1, 2009, an enhanced 401(k) plan was made available to those hired on or after January 1, 2009 and to those who received benefit reductions from the amendments to the noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan. Employees hired on or after January 1, 2009 receive a 50% employer match on their contributions into the 401(k) plan, up to a maximum company contribution of 3% of each individual employee’s annual compensation. Employees who received a benefit reduction under the retirement plan amendments receive an automatic contribution of 5% or 7% of annual compensation, depending on the sum of an employee’s age and vesting service, into the 401(k) plan, regardless of the contributions made by the employees. This contribution is made annually and these employees will not receive any employer matches to their 401(k) contributions.

Certain information pertaining to the qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan is as follows:



Legal name		Pentegra Defined Benefit Plan for Financial Institutions
Plan's employer identification number		13-5645888
Plan number		333

The plan is at least 80% funded as of July 1, 2018 and 2017. A funding improvement or rehabilitation plan has not been implemented, nor has a surcharge been paid to the plan. The Company’s contributions to the qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan do not represent more than 5% of total contributions to the plan.

Funding and administrative costs of the qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan and 401(k) plan charged to salaries and employee benefits in the consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31 were as follows (in thousands):



	2018		2017	2016
Qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan	$	1,048	1,054	969
401(k) plan	457		374	359

The Company expects a minimum contribution of $160,000 to the qualified noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan in 2019.

Citizens National had a qualified noncontributory defined benefit pension plan which covered employees hired before May 1, 2005. The Company assumed this plan at the time of the merger. At December 31, 2018, the amount of the liability for this plan was $99,000, representing the funded status of the plan.

The Bank has a benefit plan which permits eligible officers to defer a portion of their compensation. The deferred compensation balance, which accrues interest at 8% annually, is distributable in cash after retirement or termination of employment. The amount of such deferred compensation liability at December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $3,364,000 and $3,406,000, respectively.

The Bank also has supplemental income plans which provide certain employees an amount based on a percentage of average compensation, payable in accordance with individually defined schedules upon retirement. The projected benefit obligation included in other liabilities for the supplemental income plans at December 31, 2018 and 2017 is $1,092,000 and $1,249,000, respectively. The average discount rate used to determine the present value of the obligations was approximately 5.2% in 2018 and 5.2% in 2017. The service cost associated with the plans was $0 for 2018, $0 for 2017, and $0 for 2016. Interest costs were $59,000, $62,000, and $63,000 for 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively.

The deferred compensation plan and supplemental income plans are nonqualified and unfunded. Participation in each plan is limited to a select group of management.

Effective February 1, 2009, the Company established a nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan, which is also unfunded, for certain highly compensated employees. The nonqualified plan ensures that participants receive the full amount of benefits to which they would have been entitled under the noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan in the absence of limits on benefit levels imposed by certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code.

The components of net periodic pension cost of the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan for the years ended December 31 are summarized as follows (in thousands):



	2018		2017	2016
Service cost	$	—	—	41
Interest cost	69		69	78
Amortization of unrecognized (gain) loss	16		—	168
Net periodic pension cost	$	85	69	287

A reconciliation of changes in the projected benefit obligation of the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan at December 31 follows (in thousands):



	2018			2017		2016
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	1,971		1,727		1,843
Service cost	—			—		41
Interest cost	69			69		78
Actuarial (gain) or loss	(86		)	238		(209	)
Benefits paid	(54		)	(63	)	(26	)
Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	1,900		1,971		1,727

Amounts recognized in other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets for the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan at December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $1,900,000 and $1,971,000, respectively.

The accumulated benefit obligation for the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan at December 31, 2018 and 2017 was $1,900,000 and $1,971,000, respectively.

Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, at December 31 for the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan consists of (in thousands):



	2018		2017	2016
Net actuarial (gain)/loss	$	88	141	(16	)
	$	88	141	(16	)

The estimated unrecognized net actuarial gain that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic benefit cost during 2019 for the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan is $16,000.

Key weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation and net periodic pension costs for the nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan for the years ended December 31 were as follows:



	2018		2017		2016
Benefit obligation:
Discount rate	4.22	%	3.60	%	4.14	%
Salary increase rate	2.00	%	2.00	%	2.00	%

Net periodic pension cost:
Discount rate	3.60	%	4.14	%	4.34	%
Salary increase rate	2.00	%	2.00	%	2.00	%
Amortization period in years	1.00		1.00		1.00

The nonqualified defined benefit retirement plan is not funded. Therefore no contributions will be made in 2019. Estimated future benefit payments reflecting expected future service for the years ended after December 31, 2018 are (in thousands):



2019	$	132
2020	132
2021	132
2022	132
2023	132
2024-2028	641