The trimming of incentive pay left Bruce Maclin and Bart Hill, chief executive and president, respectively, of San Joaquin Bancorp with $200,000 each in bonus pay for 2008. In 2007, the figure was $450,000.
Reductions were based on recommendations of the company's compensation committee.
The bank's net income for 2008 fell substantially from the previous year, with earnings of $2.2 million on assets of $934 million, the latest report to federal regulators shows. A year ago, San Joaquin earned $9.4 million on a smaller asset pool.
Stock prices, like those of many banks, have also fallen. Shares closed Friday at $10, down from 2008's high of more than $29 in February.
Both men will keep current base salaries. Hill earns $340,000 a year. Maclin, who reduced hours in 2008, earns $170,000.
Each gets $50,000 for travel and entertainment, a severance package of more than $2 million and stock options.
The bank's chief financial and credit officers also had bonus reductions.
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