<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><InstanceReport xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Version>2.4.0.8</Version><ReportLongName>015 - Disclosure - NOTE 9 - PENSION PLAN BENEFITS</ReportLongName><DisplayLabelColumn>true</DisplayLabelColumn><ShowElementNames>false</ShowElementNames><RoundingOption /><HasEmbeddedReports>false</HasEmbeddedReports><Columns><Column FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><CurrencyCode /><FootnoteIndexer /><hasSegments>false</hasSegments><hasScenarios>false</hasScenarios><MCU><KeyName /><CurrencySymbol /><contextRef><ContextID>Context_6ME__30-Jun-2013</ContextID><EntitySchema>http://www.sec.gov/CIK</EntitySchema><EntityValue>0000353191</EntityValue><PeriodDisplayName /><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><PeriodStartDate>2013-01-01T00:00:00</PeriodStartDate><PeriodEndDate>2013-06-30T00:00:00</PeriodEndDate><Segments /><Scenarios /></contextRef><UPS /><CurrencyCode /><OriginalCurrencyCode /></MCU><CurrencySymbol /><Labels><Label Key="CalendarSupplement" Id="0" Label="6 Months Ended" /><Label Key="Calendar" Id="1" Label="Jun. 30, 2013" /></Labels></Column></Columns><Rows><Row FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>true</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>1</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_CompensationAndRetirementDisclosureAbstract</ElementName><ElementPrefix>us-gaap_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>true</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText /><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>xbrli:stringItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>string</SimpleDataType><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]</Label></Row><Row FlagID="0"><Id>2</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>2</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_PensionAndOtherPostretirementBenefitsDisclosureTextBlock</ElementName><ElementPrefix>us-gaap_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>true</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><PreferredLabelRole>verboseLabel</PreferredLabelRole><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="Context_6ME__30-Jun-2013" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText>&lt;p style="margin: 0px; font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif; ; font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;NOTE 9 - PENSION PLAN BENEFITS&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0px; font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif; ; font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;The Company has a supplemental retirement plan for key executives and a supplemental retirement plan for certain retired key executives and directors. These plans are nonqualified defined benefit plans and are unsecured. Total contributions paid were $63,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012. Components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company&amp;#8217;s supplemental nonqualified defined benefit plans for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 are presented in the following table (in thousands):&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0px; font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif;"&gt;&lt;br  /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="font: 10pt/normal times new roman, times, serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="7"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Three months ended June 30,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="7"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Six months ended June 30,&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Components of net periodic benefits cost:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;2013&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" colspan="2"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: #eaf9e8; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 20pt; width: 36%; color: black;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Service cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width: 3%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 11%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;171&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width: 3%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 11%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;151&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width: 3%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 11%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;341&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width: 3%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; width: 11%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;301&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: white; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 20pt; color: black;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Interest cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;93&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;83&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;186&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;167&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: #eaf9e8; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Prior service amortization&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;24&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;49&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;49&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: white; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 20pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Recognized net actuarial loss&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;49&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;98&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;20&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: #eaf9e8; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Total components of net periodic cost&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;337&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;268&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;674&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;537&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style="font: 10pt/normal times new roman, times, serif; width: 68%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt; width: 55%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 3%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left; width: 1%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 17%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font style="font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif; ; font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;June 30, 2013&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 4%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: left; width: 1%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; width: 17%; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font style="font: 10pt times new roman, times, serif; ; font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;&lt;b&gt;December 31, 2012&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="background-color: #eaf9e8; vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt; text-indent: -10pt; padding-left: 10pt; color: black; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;Total Liability of Pension Plan Benefits&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;8,699&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="padding-bottom: 2.5pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="border-bottom: black 2.5pt double; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: times new roman,times;" size="2"&gt;9,443&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</NonNumbericText><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>nonnum:textBlockItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>na</SimpleDataType><ElementDefenition>The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits.</ElementDefenition><ElementReferences>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Accounting Standards Codification

 -Topic 715

 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&amp;trid=2235017



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Implementation Guide (Q and A)

 -Number FAS88

 -Paragraph 63

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 5, 6, 7, 8

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)

 -Number 03-2

 -Paragraph 8

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 158

 -Paragraph 7, 21, 22

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 87

 -Paragraph 264

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 106

 -Paragraph 518

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 5

 -Subparagraph b

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 5

 -Subparagraph a

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 5

 -Subparagraph h

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 5

 -Subparagraph q

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name FASB Staff Position (FSP)

 -Number FAS106-2

 -Paragraph 20, 21, 22

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher AICPA

 -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)

 -Number 30

 -Paragraph 26

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

 -Number 132R

 -Paragraph 8

 -Subparagraph m

 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.



</ElementReferences><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>PENSION PLAN BENEFITS</Label></Row></Rows><Footnotes /><IsEquityReport>false</IsEquityReport><ReportName>NOTE 9 - PENSION PLAN BENEFITS</ReportName><MonetaryRoundingLevel>UnKnown</MonetaryRoundingLevel><SharesRoundingLevel>UnKnown</SharesRoundingLevel><PerShareRoundingLevel>UnKnown</PerShareRoundingLevel><ExchangeRateRoundingLevel>UnKnown</ExchangeRateRoundingLevel><HasCustomUnits>true</HasCustomUnits><IsEmbedReport>false</IsEmbedReport><IsMultiCurrency>false</IsMultiCurrency><ReportType>Sheet</ReportType><RoleURI>http://www.novb.com/role/Note8PensionPlanBenefits</RoleURI><NumberOfCols>1</NumberOfCols><NumberOfRows>2</NumberOfRows></InstanceReport>
