STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure Of Compensation Related Costs Share based Payments [Abstract]

STOCK BASED COMPENSATION

4.   STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

In connection with the 2010 conversion and related stock offering, the ESOP purchased an additional 41,614 shares for its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for the exclusive benefit of eligible employees.  The ESOP borrowed funds from the Company in an amount sufficient to purchase the 41,614 shares (approximately 4% of the common stock issued in the offering).  The loan is secured by the shares purchased and will be repaid by the ESOP with funds from contributions made by the Bank and dividends received by the ESOP, with funds from any contributions on ESOP assets.  Contributions will be applied to repay interest on the loan first, and the remainder will be applied to principal.  The loan is expected to be repaid over a period of up to 20 years.  Shares purchased with the loan proceeds are held in a suspense account for allocation among participants as the loan is repaid.  Contributions to the ESOP and shares released from the suspense account are allocated among participants in proportion to their compensation, relative to total compensation of all active participants.  Participants will vest on a pro-rata basis and reach 100% vesting in the accrued benefits under the ESOP after six years.  Vesting is accelerated upon retirement, death, or disability of the participant or a change in control of the Bank.  Forfeitures will be reallocated to remaining plan participants.  Benefits may be payable upon retirement, death, disability, separation from service, or termination of the ESOP.  Since the Bank’s annual contributions are discretionary, benefits payable under the ESOP cannot be estimated.

In the event a terminated ESOP participant desires to sell his or her shares of the Company’s stock, the ESOP includes a put option, which is a right to demand that the Company buy any shares of its stock distributed to participants at fair value.

The Company is accounting for its ESOP in accordance with ASC Topic 718, “Employers Accounting for Employee Stock Ownership Plans.”  Accordingly, the debt of the ESOP is eliminated in consolidation and the shares pledged as collateral are reported as unearned ESOP shares in the consolidated balance sheet.  Contributions to the ESOP shall be sufficient to pay principal and interest currently due under the loan agreement.  As shares are committed to be released from the collateral, the Company reports compensation expense equal to the average market price of the shares for the respective period, and the shares become outstanding for earnings per share computations.  Dividends, if any, on unallocated shares are recorded as a reduction of debt and accrued interest.

A summary of ESOP shares at September 30, 2013 and 2012 is shown below.

	September 30, 2013		September 30, 2012
Unearned shares		29,144		32,812
Shares committed for release		1,647		1,625
Allocated shares		57,162		51,438
Total ESOP shares		87,953		85,875
Fair value of unearned shares	$	601,964	$	541,398

On April 24, 2012, the compensation committee of the board of directors approved the awards of 104,035 options to purchase Company common stock.  The stock options vest over a five-year period and expire ten years after the date of the grant.  Apart from the vesting schedule, there are no performance-based conditions or any other material conditions applicable to the options issued.

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

						Weighted
				Weighted		Average
				Average		Remaining		Aggregate
				Exercise		Contractual		Instrinsic
	Options			Price/Share		Life (in years)		Value
Outstanding, December 31, 2012		107,338		$	15.60
Granted		-			-
Exercised		(6,002	)		15.04
Forfeited		-			-
Outstanding, September 30, 2013		101,336		$	15.63		8.41	$	397,049
Exercisable, September 30, 2013		18,151		$	15.55		8.01	$	72,628

Intrinsic value for stock options is defined as the difference between the current market value and the exercise price.  The value is based upon a closing price of $19.50 per share on September 30, 2013.