Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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CONTINGENCIES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
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CONTINGENCIES
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.