Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 10. Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost

The Corporation maintained a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan for substantially all of its employees until September 30, 2007, at which time the Corporation froze the plan. The following table sets forth the net periodic pension cost of the Corporation’s pension plan for the periods indicated.

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended  September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Interest cost	$	143		$	133		$	429		$	397
Expected return on plan assets		(148	)		(122	)		(444	)		(366	)
Net amortization and deferral		55			93			165			281
Net periodic pension cost	$	50		$	104		$	150		$	312

Contributions

The Corporation presently estimates that it will not contribute to its Pension Trust for 2014. The trust is established to provide retirement and other benefits for eligible employees and their beneficiaries. No part of the trust assets may be applied to any purpose other than providing benefits under the plan and for defraying expenses of administering the plan and the trust.