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NOTE 16 – CONTINGENCIES
The Company and its subsidiaries periodically become defendants in certain claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. On January 27, 2014, the Company’s former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Benj. A. Smith III, commenced legal action against the Company claiming that the Company breached an alleged employment agreement pursuant to which he claimed entitlement to $20,833 monthly for a period of six years from the date of his resignation in February 2009. On February 10, 2015, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Mr. Smith related to this litigation. A liability of $516,000, net of insurance proceeds, was accrued and the related expense was included in other noninterest expense at December 31, 2014 and was paid in the first quarter of 2015. As of December 31, 2015, there were no material pending legal proceedings to which we or any of our subsidiaries are a party or which any of our properties are the subject.
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- Definition The entire disclosure for loss and gain contingencies. Describes any existing condition, situation, or set of circumstances involving uncertainty as of the balance sheet date (or prior to issuance of the financial statements) as to a probable or reasonably possible loss incurred by an entity that will ultimately be resolved when one or more future events occur or fail to occur, and typically discloses the amount of loss recorded or a range of possible loss, or an assertion that no reasonable estimate can be made. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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