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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM 11-K

þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from_____________ to ______________

Commission File Number - 333-133631
 
A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan:
 
COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Physical Location:
4811 U.S. Rte. 5
Derby, Vermont  05829
 
Mailing Address:
4811 U.S. Rte. 5
Newport, Vermont  05855
 
B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
COMMUNITY BANCORP.
4811 U.S. Rte. 5
Derby, Vermont  05829
 
REQUIRED INFORMATION

The Community Bancorp and Designated Subsidiaries' Retirement Savings Plan is an ERISA plan with more than 100 participants.  Required financial statements filed with this report:

Financial Report for plan year ended December 31, 2013.
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

and

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

December 31, 2013 and 2012

With Independent Auditor’s Report

 
 
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


Plan Administrator and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors
Community Bancorp and Designated Subsidiaries Retirement Savings Plan

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Community Bancorp and Designated Subsidiaries Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2013, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplementary schedule of assets (held at end of year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplementary schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplementary schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

Portland, Maine
June 27, 2014
VT Reg. No. 92-0000278
 

 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
December 31,
 
2013
   
2012
 
             
Assets
           
  Investments, at fair value
           
  Money market assets
  $ 822,749     $ 550,257  
  Marketable equity securities
    5,807,153       4,546,363  
  Mutual funds
    10,115,290       8,228,525  
                 
     Total investments
    16,745,192       13,325,145  
                 
Receivables
               
  Employer contributions
    376,550       355,861  
  Participant loans
    472,323       426,186  
  Accrued interest and dividends
    212       2,525  
                 
     Total receivables
    849,085       784,572  
                 
          Net assets available for benefits
  $ 17,594,277     $ 14,109,717  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
Year Ended December 31, 2013
     
       
       
Additions to net assets attributed to:
     
  Investment and participant loan income
     
    Net appreciation in fair value of investments
  $ 2,694,016  
    Interest and dividends
    637,474  
         
      3,331,490  
         
  Contributions
       
    Employer’s
    538,901  
    Participants’
    417,299  
         
      956,200  
         
          Total additions
    4,287,690  
         
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
       
  Benefits paid to participants
    760,626  
  Administrative expenses
    42,504  
         
          Total deductions
    803,130  
         
          Increase in net assets available for benefits
    3,484,560  
         
Net assets available for benefits
       
         
          Beginning of year
    14,109,717  
         
          End of year
  $ 17,594,277  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
 
 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
Note 1.  Description of Plan

The following description of the Community Bancorp and Designated Subsidiaries Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions.

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering all employees of the sponsor, Community National Bank (the Bank), a subsidiary of Community Bancorp. (the Company), who have attained age 21 and have completed one year of service.  Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan recognized years of service with LyndonBank and affiliated employers for purposes of eligibility and computing vesting. Under the provisions of the Plan, investment activity is directed by individual participants. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

Contributions

Participants may contribute up to the maximum amount allowed by the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). The Bank makes matching contributions equal to 50% of the participant’s contributions, with such contributions limited to 5% of annual eligible compensation. The Bank may also make additional discretionary contributions. Contributions are subject to certain limitations. After tax or ROTH contributions are accepted by the Plan.

Forfeiture Accounts

There were no unallocated forfeitures as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.  Forfeitures may be used to reduce future employer contributions.  During 2013, $15,397 of forfeitures was used to reduce the Bank’s contribution.

Note 2.  Summary of Accounting Policies

Participant Loans

Loans to participants are reported at their unpaid principal balances plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the plan documents.

Investment Valuation

Investments are reported at fair value.  Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  See Note 4 for discussion of fair value measurements.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Administrative Expenses

All reasonable expenses of administration may be paid out of Plan assets unless paid by the Company.

Note 3.  Investments

Investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan's net assets are as follows:

   
2013
   
2012
 
             
Community Bancorp. Common Stock
  $ 5,807,153     $ 4,546,363  
Growth Fund of America, Inc.
    2,464,954       1,843,507  
American Balanced Fund
    1,657,211       1,266,915  
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
    2,294,812       1,779,743  
EuroPacific Growth Fund
    1,338,295       1,149,852  
Royce Premier Investment Fund
    922,262       818,757  
 
During 2013, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value as follows:

Mutual funds
  $ 1,784,210  
Marketable equity securities
    909,806  
    $ 2,694,016  

Note 4.  Fair Value Measurements

Fair value measurement accounting literature establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. This hierarchy consists of three broad levels: Level 1 inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and have the highest priority, and Level 3 inputs have the lowest priority. The Plan uses appropriate valuation techniques based on the available inputs to measure the fair value of its investments. When available, the Plan measures fair value using Level 1 inputs because they generally provide the most reliable evidence of fair value. No Level 2 or Level 3 inputs were used at December 31, 2013 and 2012.

Level 1 Fair Value Measurements

Money market assets are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end.  The fair values of marketable equity securities are based on the closing price reported on the active market where the individual securities are traded. The fair value of mutual funds is based on quoted net asset values of the shares held by the Plan at year end.

The Plan’s investments are reported at fair value on a recurring basis in the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits.  The methods used to measure fair value may produce an amount that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values.  Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
 
 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
   
Fair Value Measurements at
 
   
Reporting Date Using:
 
   
Total
   
Level 1
 
December 31, 2013
           
             
Money market assets
  $ 822,749     $ 822,749  
                 
Marketable equity securities:
               
   Financials
    5,807,153       5,807,153  
                 
Mutual funds:
               
   Index funds
    2,294,812       2,294,812  
   Balanced funds
    1,657,211       1,657,211  
   International growth funds
    1,338,295       1,338,295  
   Growth funds
    2,464,954       2,464,954  
   Large cap value funds
    811,090       811,090  
   Small/mid-cap funds
    922,262       922,262  
   Fixed income funds
    626,666       626,666  
      10,115,290       10,115,290  
                 
Total assets at fair value
  $ 16,745,192     $ 16,745,192  
                 
December 31, 2012
               
                 
Money market assets
  $ 550,257     $ 550,257  
                 
Marketable equity securities:
               
   Financials
    4,546,363       4,546,363  
                 
Mutual funds:
               
   Index funds
    1,779,743       1,779,743  
   Balanced funds
    1,266,915       1,266,915  
   International growth funds
    1,149,852       1,149,852  
   Growth funds
    1,843,507       1,843,507  
   Large cap value funds
    662,450       662,450  
   Small/mid-cap funds
    818,757       818,757  
   Fixed income funds
    707,301       707,301  
      8,228,525       8,228,525  
                 
Total assets at fair value
  $ 13,325,145     $ 13,325,145  


 
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COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2013 and 2012
 
Note 5.  Tax Status

The Plan obtained its latest determination letter dated August 23, 2002, in which the Internal Revenue Service stated that the Plan, as then designed, was in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.  The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.

Note 6.  Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intention to do so, the Bank has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100% vested in their employer contributions.

Note 7.  Party-In-Interest Transactions

Community Financial Services Group is the Plan’s custodian. Community Financial Services Group is an affiliate of the Company, through common ownership.

The Plan allows for participant contributions to be invested in common stock of the Company. At December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Plan held 442,956 and 415,193 shares, respectively, valued at $5,807,153 and $4,546,363, respectively.

There were no party-in-interest transactions which are prohibited by ERISA Section 406 and for which there is no statutory or administrative exemption.

Note 8.  Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.

Note 9.  Subsequent Events

For purposes of accrual or disclosure in these financial statements, the Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of these financial statements.

 
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Schedule
 
COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARIES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

Required for IRS Form 5500
EIN #03-0288082
Plan #002

December 31, 2013
 
       
(c)
       
   
(b)
 
Description of Investment
       
   
Identity of Issue,
 
Including Maturity Date,
     
(e)
   
Borrower, Lessor,
 
Rate of Interest, Collateral,
 
(d)
 
Current
(a)
 
or Similar Party
 
Par or Maturity Value
 
Cost
 
Value
                 
   
American Money Market Fund
 
Money Market
 
**
 
$    649,743
   
Blackrock Temp Fund Dollar
 
Money Market
 
**
 
173,006
   
American Balanced Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
1,657,211
   
Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
422,031
   
Growth Fund of America, Inc.
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
2,464,954
   
T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
811,090
   
Royce Premier Investment Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
922,262
   
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
2,294,812
   
Vanguard Short Term Bond Index Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
204,635
   
EuroPacific Growth Fund
 
Mutual Fund
 
**
 
1,338,295
*
 
Community Bancorp.
 
Common Stock
 
**
 
5,807,153
                 
   
     Investments at fair value
         
16,745,192
                 
*
 
Participant loans
 
3.23% - 8.13%,
       
       
various maturities
 
-
 
472,323
                 
               
$17,217,515
                 
*
 
Indicates a party-in-interest to the Plan.
           
**
 
Participant directed investments, information not required.
       

 
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SIGNATURES

The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrators have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


COMMUNITY BANCORP AND DESIGNATED SUBSIDIARIES'
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN



DATE:  June 27, 2014
 
/s/ Stephen P. Marsh 
 
   
Stephen P. Marsh, Chairman, President & Chief
   
Executive Officer, Community Bancorp.
   
(Plan Administrator)


 
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