Note 25 - Dividend Restrictions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Restrictions on Dividends, Loans and Advances [Text Block]
Note
25
-
Dividend Restrictions
 
The Bank is subject to the Pennsylvania Banking Code of
1965
(the “Code”), as amended, and is restricted in the amount of dividends that can be paid to its sole shareholder, the Corporation. The Code restricts the payment of dividends by the Bank to the amount of its net income during the current calendar year and the retained net income of the prior
two
calendar years, unless the dividend has been approved by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The Bank’s total retained net income for the combined
two
years ended
December
31,
2015
and
2016
was
$364
thousand. During the
twelve
months ended
December
31,
2016,
the Bank issued dividends to the Corporation totaling
$16.0
million. Accordingly, the dividend payable by the Bank to the Corporation beginning on
January
1,
2017
is limited to net income not yet earned in
2017
plus
$364
thousand. The amount of dividends paid by the Bank
may
not exceed a level that reduces capital levels to below levels that would cause the Bank to be considered less than adequately capitalized as detailed in Note
26
– “Regulatory Capital Requirements”.