Employee Benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefits

Note 14: Employee Benefits

401(k) Plan — The Company maintains a 401(k) savings plan for eligible employees. The Company’s contributions to this plan were $223,615 and $216,508 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The plan invests some of its assets in deposit accounts at the Company which earned interest at a rate of 1.85% for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

Deferred Compensation Plan — The Company maintains a deferred compensation plan for certain key officers and employees. Contributions are determined annually by the Company’s Board of Directors. Effective in 2005, the Company froze this plan and no contributions to this plan were made for the years ended December 31, 2016 or 2015. The plan accrues interest at a variable rate which fluctuates based on Moody’s Corporate Bond Average Index. The amount recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as deferred compensation was $2,591,531 and $2,521,997 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Compensation expense related to the plan was $133,988 and $137,731 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

The Company has also entered into deferred compensation agreements with certain key officers and employees. The agreements provide for monthly payments at retirement or death. The charge to expense for this plan reflects the accrual using the principal and interest method over the vesting period of the present value of benefits due each participant on the full eligibility date using a 4.75% discount rate. The amount recorded on the consolidated balance sheets as deferred compensation was $2,088,737 and $1,970,597 as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Compensation expense related to the plans was $182,796 and $233,731 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) — The ESOP is a noncontributory defined contribution plan which covers substantially all employees. The Company may contribute to the Plan, at its discretion, an amount determined by the Board of Directors.

As part of the second step conversion, in July 2010 the Company acquired 41,614 additional shares of Company common stock at $10 per share in the conversion with funds provided by a loan from the Company. Accordingly, $416,140 of common stock acquired by the ESOP was shown as a reduction of stockholders’ equity. Shares are released to participants proportionately as the loan is repaid. Dividends on allocated shares are recorded as dividends and charged to retained earnings. Dividends on unallocated shares are used to repay the loan and are treated as compensation expense. Compensation expense is recorded equal to the fair market value of the stock when contributions, which are determined annually by the Board of Directors of the Company, are made to the ESOP.

ESOP expense for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 was $108,421 and $90,649, respectively.

	2016		2015
Allocated shares	$	59,838	$	57,420
Shares committed for allocation		3,934		3,820
Unearned shares		17,237		21,171
Total ESOP shares		81,009		82,411
Fair value of unearned shares at December 31	$	517,110	$	556,374