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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
 
 
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT UNDER SECTION l5(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2009.
 
OR
 
   ( ) TRANSITIONAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION l5(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
For transition period from
 
Commission File Number:   1-12431
 
 
A. Full title of plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
UNITY BANK EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS
AND PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST
 
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
UNITY BANCORP, INC.
64 OLD HIGHWAY 22 CLINTON, NJ 08809

 
 
 
 


 
UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
 
 
REQUIRED INFORMATION
 
Financial Statements
Page
     
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - McGladrey & Pullen, LLP    1
     
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits December 31, 2009 and 2008
2
     
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits Years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
3
     
  Notes to Financial Statements    4
     
  Schedule H. Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) December 31, 2009 10
   
Signature of Plan Administrator
 11
 
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UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Index
 
 
 
Page
     
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
1
     
 
2
     
 
3
     
 
Notes to Financial Statements
4
     
 
10
 
 
 
 

 

 
Report of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
 
To the Board of Trustees
Unity Bank Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust:
 
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Unity Bank Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the Plan) as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. 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 auditing 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 Unity Bank Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
 
Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental 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 United States Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental 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.
 
 
/s/  McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
 
June 25, 2010
 
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania


 
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UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
Assets:
 
2009
   
2008
 
Investments, at fair value:
               
Short-term money market instuments    $ 565,567       $ 513,503  
Mutual funds     505,634        256,180  
Unity Bancorp, Inc. stock fund       231,657        271,043  
Common collective trusts       1,979,477        1,507,150  
Guaranteed investment contracts       235,926        190,024  
        Participant loans receivable
    79,425        88,928  
Total Assets    $ 3,597,686      $ 2,826,828  
Liabilities:                
Accrued liabilities      (93     (109
Net assets reflecting investments at fair value
    3,597,593        2,826,719  
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
    (3,844      1,639  
Net assets available for benefits
  $ 3,593,749      $ 2,828,358  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 
 
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UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Additions (Deductions)
           
Contributions
           
Employee contributions
  $ 440,158      $ 470,785  
Employer contributions, net of forfeitures
    192,043        195,423  
Total contributions
    632,201        666,208  
                 
Investment income (loss)
               
Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments
     454,105       (1,125,818
Interest and dividends
    8,882       27,021  
Net investment income (loss)
    462,987       (1,098,797
 
     1,095,188       (432,589
                 
                 
Benefits paid to participants
    (309,105 )     (306,382 )
Expenses
     (20,692 )     (21,352 )
Total deductions
     (329,797 )     (327,734 )
Net increase (decrease)
    765,391       (760,323
                 
Net assets available for benefits
               
Beginning
    2,828,358        3,588,681  
   Ending
  $ 3,593,749      $ 2,828,358  

See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 
 
 
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UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009 and 2008

(1)           Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying financial statements of the Unity Bank Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the "Plan") for employees of Unity Bank (the "Bank") have been prepared on an accrual basis and present the net assets available for benefits and the changes in those net assets.  Investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. The Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits presents the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

 
Administrative Expenses
 
Administrative fees of the Plan include certain fees charged directly to individual participants, related directly to transactions or events associated with individual participant accounts.  Expenses of administering the Plan are paid directly by the Bank.
 
 
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
 
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 Notes 6 and 7 for discussion of fair value measurements.
 
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
 
 
Payment of Benefits
 
Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
 
Risks and Uncertainties
 
The assets of the Plan are primarily financial instruments, which are monetary in nature. Accordingly, interest rates have a more significant impact on the Plan's performance than do the effects of general levels of inflation. Interest rates generally do not move in the same direction or with the same magnitude as prices of goods and services as measured by the consumer price index. Investments in funds are subject to risk conditions of the individual funds' objectives, stock market performance, interest rates, economic conditions, and world affairs.  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.

 
Use of Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the plan administrator 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 and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 
Related-Party Transactions
 
Certain Plan investments are managed by The Reliance Trust Company ("Reliance").  Reliance is the trustee as defined by the Plan and therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
 
 
Accounting Standards Codification
 
The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") became effective on July 1, 2009. At that date, the ASC became FASB’s officially recognized source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") applicable to all public and non-public non-governmental entities, superseding existing FASB, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA"), Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") and related literature. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All other accounting literature is considered non-authoritative. The switch to the ASC affects the way companies refer to U.S. GAAP in financial statements and accounting policies. Citing particular content in the ASC involves specifying the unique numeric path to the content through the Topic, Subtopic, Section and Paragraph structure.
 
 
(2)           Description of Plan
 
The following description of 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 participant-directed, Federal income tax deferred defined contribution plan that was initiated in August of 2003 and is administered by the Bank. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA").
 
 
 
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Investment Options
 
The participant contributions and employer matching contributions may be allocated to various investment funds, and/or the Unity Bank Stock Fund at the discretion of the participant, provided that all directed allocations be in whole percentages.
 
 
Benefits and Contributions
 
Eligible participants, as defined, include employees of the Bank who have attained the age of 21, are not resident aliens or collectively bargained employees. Eligible participants can begin making contributions after three months of employment. Participants are eligible to receive employer matching and discretionary contributions when they have completed three months of service, as defined. Benefits are determined based on accumulated participants' and employer's contributions and related investment earnings or losses on those contributions. The participant can contribute up to 75% of base compensation, as defined, subject to legal limitations. The employer’s contributions are equal to 100% of the participants' contributions, up to 3% of eligible compensation and 50% of the participant’s contributions for the next 2% of eligible compensation, as defined. The Bank may also make discretionary contributions. Each year the Bank's board of directors will determine if a discretionary contribution will be made to the Plan. Each participant's share of this contribution is based on the relationship his or her compensation bears to the total compensation of employees participating in the Plan. At the plan administrator's discretion, employees are entitled to contribute rollovers from other qualified plans.
 
 
Forfeitures
 
Any forfeited amounts reduce the employer's contributions to the Plan. At December 31, 2009, forfeited non-vested accounts amounted to $1,858.   For the year ended December 31, 2009, there were no forfeited non-vested account balances used to reduce the employer’s contributions to the Plan.  These forfeited balances were related to participants who enrolled in the Plan prior to January 1, 2006.
 
 
Vesting
 
All participants are fully vested in their voluntary contributions and related investment earnings or losses. Beginning on January 1, 2006, Unity Bank’s 401(k) plan became a “Safe Harbor Plan” which means employer matching contributions made from that date forward are automatically vested.  Employer matching contributions made prior to January 1, 2006 are 100% vested after completing six years of service.
 
 
Participant Accounts
 
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and an allocation of (a) the Company’s contribution and (b) Plan earnings.  Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined.  The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
 
Funding
 
Employee contributions are funded through biweekly payroll deductions, and employer matching is funded each pay period.
 
 
Payment of Benefits
 
Upon normal retirement at age 65 or termination of employment, a participant may elect to receive a lump-sum amount equal to his or her vested account balance at termination date, various annuity options, or, by agreement with the plan administrator, a lump-sum payment at any date prior to the April 1 following the taxable year he or she attains, or would have attained, age 59-1/2. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit which can be provided from the participant's vested account balance.
 
 
(3)           Loan Policy
 
Employees participating in the Plan are eligible to receive loans from the Plan. Loans that are granted to the participant are subject to the following conditions:
 
The minimum amount of any loan shall have a minimum term of 12 months. The maximum loan amount is determined under federal tax and pension laws. Borrowings are from the vested portion of accounts in any amount between $1,000 and $50,000, reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance within the prior 12 months.
 
The interest rates on loans are at reasonable rates of interest based on interest rates that institutions in the business of making loans would charge under similar circumstances.  The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account.  Loans are repaid (principal and interest) and added back to the participant account balances generally through regular after-tax payroll deductions.
 
 
(4)           Plan Termination
 
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the employer has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of plan termination, participants will fully vest and receive the value of their accounts as a lump-sum distribution.
 
 
(5)           Tax Status
 
The Plan adopted a volume submitter plan in August 2003, intended to meet the form requirements of Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a).  The employer has not applied for a determination letter.  Plan management believes that that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.  Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements.
 
 
 
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(6)
Fair Value Measurement
 
 
The Plan follows FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures,” which requires additional disclosures about the Plan’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value.   Fair value is the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.  In determining fair  value, the Plan uses various methods including market, income and cost approaches.  Based on these approaches, the Plan may  utilize certain assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and or the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique.  These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable inputs.  The asset or liability's fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The Plan utilizes techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  Based on the observability of the inputs used in valuation techniques, the Plan is required to provide information according to the fair value hierarchy.  The fair value hierarchy ranks the quality and reliability of the information used to determine fair values.  Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value will be classified and disclosed as follows:
 
    Level 1 Inputs:
 Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
 
    Level 2 Inputs:
 
 Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets.
 
 Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets.
 
 Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for the term of the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates, yield curves, credit risks, prepayment speeds or volatilities) or "market corroborated inputs."
 
    Level 3 Inputs:
 
 Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both unobservable (i.e. supported by little or no market activity) and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
 
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value:
 
Short-term money market instruments: 
Short-term money market instruments are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
 
Mutual funds: 
Investments in registered mutual funds (other than those that are exchange traded) or collective investment funds, if any, are valued at their respective net asset value.  Short-term investments, if any, are stated at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.  This category is further broken down into the following types of funds:
 
Stock funds: These funds offer low cost exposure to stocks.  The stocks vary depending on the particular fund (i.e. S&P Large Cap Growth offers stocks of large U.S. companies considered to have above average growth potential, S&P Large Cap Value offers large U.S. value stocks).
Target retirement funds: These funds offer complete asset allocations which become more conservative closer to retirement.  Plan participants select the fund with a date closest to their expected retirement date and invest accordingly.
 
Unity Bancorp, Inc. stock fund:  
This is comprised of Unity Bancorp, Inc. common stock which is traded on NASDAQ and valued at its quoted market price at the daily close
 
Common collective trusts
Common collective trusts are valued at the net asset value ("NAV") of shares held by the plan at year-end.  The NAV is derived from each Fund's audited financial statements and not published prices.  With respect to the underlying collective investment funds, equity investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sale price on their principal exchange on valuation date, or official close price for certain markets. If no sales are reported for that day, investments are valued at the more recent of the last published sale price or the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, or at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustee. In addition, the underlying collective investment funds invest in fixed income investments which are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by a Trustee-approved independent pricing service, which determines valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships between securities which are generally recognized by institutional traders, or at fair value as determined in good faith by the Trustee. This category is further broken down into the following types of funds:
 
Asset allocation funds: These funds offer broad diversification and a disciplined rebalancing process by keeping the mix of U.S. stocks, international stocks and U.S bonds at a set percentage, depending on the plan participant's investment strategy (i.e. conservative, moderate, or aggressive).
Bond funds: These funds offer broad, low cost exposure to the U.S. bond market. 
Stock funds: These funds offer broad, low cost exposure to stocks.  The stocks vary depending on the particular fund (i.e. S&P 500 offers stocks of large U.S. companies, S&P Mid Cap offers stocks of medium U.S. companies, Russell Small Cap offers stocks of small U.S. companies).
 
Guaranteed investment contracts ("GICs")
Guaranteed investment contracts are stated at fair value.  The fair value of GICs is calculated based on the market values of the underlying securities.  A synthetic GIC is comprised of two components, an underlying asset and a "wrapper" contract.  Wrapper contracts generally change the investment characteristics of underlying securities (such as corporate debt or U.S. government securities) to those of guaranteed investment contracts.  The wrapper contracts provide benefit-responsive distributions for specific underlying securities and may be withdrawn at contract or face value.    
 
Participant loans receivable
Participant loans receivable are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
 
 
 
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The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values.  Furthermore, while 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.  There were no changes in the inputs or methodologies used to determine fair value during the year endded December 31, 2009 as compared to December 31, 2008.
 
The following tables present, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's assets at fair value as of December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008.
 
    As of December 31, 2009  
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
                         
Short-term money market instruments     $  -      $ 565,567       $  -      $  565,567  
                                 
Stock funds    
 -
     
394,765
     
 -
     
394,765
 
Target retirement funds      -        110,869        -       110,869  
Total mutual funds      -       505,634        -       505,634  
                                 
Unity Bancorp, Inc. stock fund (61,876 shares)    
 -
     
231,657
     
 -
     
231,657
 
                                 
Asset allocation funds      -        267,805        -       267,805  
Bond funds      -        283,233        -       283,233  
Stock funds      -        1,428,438        -       1,428,438  
Total common collective trusts    
 -
       1,979,477      
-
     
1,979,477
 
                                 
Guaranteed investment contracts    
 -
     
 -
     
235,926
     
235,926
 
                                 
Participant loans receivable
   
  -
     
-
     
79,425
     
79,425
 
                                 
Total assets at fair value
  $
-
    $
3,282,335
   
$
315,351
    $
3,597,686
 
 
 
    As of December 31, 2008  
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Short-term money market instruments    $        $  513,503      $        $  513,503  
Mutual funds    
 -
     
 256,180
     
 -
     
256,180
 
Unity Bancorp, Inc. stock fund (69,498 shares)    
 -
     
 271,043
     
 -
     
 271,043
 
Common collective trusts    
 -
     
 1,507,150
     
-
     
 1,507,150
 
Guaranteed investment contracts    
 -
     
 -
     
190,024
     
 190,024
 
Participant loans receivable
   
  -
     
-
     
88,928
     
88,928
 
Total assets at fair value
  $
-
    $
2,547,876
   
$
278,952
    $
2,826,828
 
 
 
The following tables present the changes in Level 3 assets:

    As of December 31, 2009  
   
Guaranteed Investment Contract
   
Participant Loans
 
Beginning balance December 31, 2008
  $ 190,024     $ 88,928  
Realized gains (losses)
    -       -  
Unrealized gains (losses) relating to instruments still held at the reporting date
    5,651       -  
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net
    40,251       (9,503 )
Ending balance December 31, 2009
  $ 235,926     $ 79,425  
 
 
    As of December 31, 2008  
   
Guaranteed Investment Contract
   
Participant Loans
 
Beginning balance December 31, 2007
  $ 142,836     $ 121,017  
Realized gains (losses)
    -       -  
Unrealized gains (losses) relating to instruments still held at the reporting date
    11,730       -  
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements, net
    35,458       (32,089 )
Ending balance December 31, 2008
  $ 190,024     $ 88,928  
 
 
 
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(7)
Fair Value of Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or its equivalent)
 
 
    The following table sets forth additional disclosures of the Plan's investments whose fair value is estimated using net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as of December 31, 2009:
   
Investment
 
Fair Value
 
Unfunded Commitment
Redemption Frequency
Redemption Notice Period
Stock funds
  $ 394,765    $ -
Immediate
None
Target retirement funds
    110,869     -
Immediate
None
Total mutual funds (a)
   $ 505,634    $ -    
                 
Asset allocation funds
   $ 267,805    $ -
Immediate
None
Bond funds
    283,233     -
Immediate
None
Stock funds
    1,428,438     -
Immediate
None
Total common collective trusts (b)
   $ 1,979,477    $ -    
 
(a)  This category includes index funds and other collective investment funds.  Investments in this category can be redeemed immediately at the current net asset value per share based on the fair value of the underlying assets.  The fair value of investment(s) in this category have been estimated using the net asset value per share of the investment(s).
(b) This category includes collective investment funds, which invest in common stocks and fixed income securities.  Investments in this category can be redeemed immediately at the current net asset value per share based on the fair value of underlying assets.  The fair value of investment(s) in this category have been estimated using the net asset value per share of the investment(s).
   
 
(8)
Investments
For the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value as follows:
 
   
2009
   
2008
 
Common Collective Trusts
  $ 455,208     $ (844,209
Common stock
    (1,103     (281,609
Total
  $ 454,105     $ (1,125,818 )
 
The following table represents the fair value of individual investments, which exceed 5% of the Plan’s net assets as of December 31, 2009 and 2008:

   
2009
   
2008
 
SSgA - Government Short Term Investment Fund
  $ 548,389     $ 500,913  
SSgA - S&P 500 Flagship SL Series Fund - Class A
    411,993       285,593  
SSgA - S&P Midcap Index SL Series Fund - Class A
    393,683       254,594  
SSgA - S&P Growth Index SL Fund Series - Class A
    265,644       192,817  
Unity Bancorp, Inc. Stock Fund
    231,657       270,934  
SSgA - Pentegra Stable Value Fund
    235,926       190,024  
SSgA - International Index SL Series Fund - Class I
    224,737       112,165  
SSgA - Russell Small Cap SL Series Fund - Class I
    204,539       135,154  
 
 
 
 
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(9)  
New Accounting Pronouncements
 
 
As discussed in Note 1, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies", on July 1, 2009, the Accounting Standards Codification became FASB’s officially recognized source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles applicable to all public and non-public non-governmental entities, superseding existing FASB, AICPA, EITF and related literature. Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under the authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All other accounting literature is considered non-authoritative. The switch to the ASC affects the way companies refer to U.S. GAAP in financial statements and accounting policies. Citing particular content in the ASC involves specifying the unique numeric path to the content through the Topic, Subtopic, Section and Paragraph structure.
 
 
FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures”

Enhanced guidance under ASC Topic 820,”Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” addresses:  a) determining when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability has significantly decreased; b) identifying circumstances in which a transaction is not orderly; and c) understanding the fair value measurement implications of both (a) and (b).  This FSP requires several new disclosures, including the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs, if any, in both interim and annual periods.  The Plan adopted the new authoritative accounting guidance under ASC Topic 820 during the first quarter of 2009.  Adoption of the new guidance did not significantly impact the Plan’s financial statements.
 
 
FASB ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events"
 
 New authoritative accounting guidance under ASC Topic 855, “Subsequent Events,” establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or available to be issued. ASC Topic 855 defines (i) the period after the balance sheet date during which a reporting entity’s management should evaluate events or transactions that may occur for potential recognition or disclosure in the financial statements, (ii) the circumstances under which an entity should recognize events or transactions occurring after the balance sheet date in its financial statements, and (iii) the disclosures an entity should make about events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date. The new authoritative accounting guidance under ASC Topic 855 became effective for the Plan’s financial statements for periods ending after June 15, 2009 and did not have a significant impact on the Plan’s financial statements.
 
 
FASB ASU 2009-12, "Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or its Equivalent)"
 
 In September 2009, FASB issued an amendment "Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or its Equivalent)", which provides guidance on how entities should estimate fair value of certain alternative investments.  The fair value of investments within the scope of this guidance can now be determined using net asset value ("NAV") per share as a practical expedient, when the fair value is not readily determinable, unless it is probable the investment will be sold at something other than NAV.  It also requires disclosure of certain attributes by major category of alternative investments, regardless of whether the practical expedient was used.  This amendment is effective for periods ending after December 15, 2009, with early adoption permitted.  See Note 7 for the impact of our adoption.
 
 
FASB ASC Topic 740, "Income Taxes"
 
The FASB issued new guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes.  The Plan adopted this new guidance for the year ended December 31, 2009.  Management evaluated the Plan's tax positions and concluded that the Plan has maintained its tax exempt status and had taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes has been included in the financial statements.
 
(10)  
Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
 
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits from the Plan’s financial statements to the Form 5500:
 
      As of December 31,  
     
2009
     
2008
 
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 3,593,749     $ 2,828,358  
Adjustment from contract value to fair value
    3,844       (1,639 )
     Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
  $ 3,597,593     $ 2,826,719  
 
 
The following is a reconciliation of net investment income (loss) from the Plan’s financial statements to the Form 5500:
 
      As of December 31,  
     
2009
     
2008
 
Net investment income (loss) per the financial statements
  $ 462,987     $ (1,098,797
Adjustment from contract value to fair value
    5,483       3,218   
     Net investment income (loss) per Form 5500
  $ 468,470     $ (1,095,579
 
 
 
(11) 
Subsequent Events
 
The Plan has evaluated subsequent events through the date on which the financial statements were issued.
 
 
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UNITY BANK
Employees’ Savings and Profit Sharing Plan and Trust
Schedule H, Line 4(i) - Schedule of Assets
(Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2009
 
 
Shares
 
Current Value
 
SSgA - Government Short Term Investment Fund
548,388    $ 548,389   
SSgA - S&P 500 Flagship SL Series Fund - Class A
1,817      411,993   
SSgA - S&P Midcap Index SL Series Fund - Class A
14,863      393,683   
SSgA - S&P Growth Index SL Fund Series - Class A
24,535      265,644   
Unity Bancorp, Inc. Stock Fund*
61,876      231,657   
SSgA - Pentegra Stable Value Fund
20,166      235,926   
SSgA - International Index SL Series Fund - Class I
12,663      224,737   
SSgA - Russell Small Cap SL Series Fund - Class I
9,629      204,539   
SSgA - U.S. Long Treasury Index SL Series Fund 13,824      172,490   
SSgA - NASDAQ 100 Index NL Series Fund - Class A 11,892      138,600   
SSgA - Large Cap Value Index SL Series Fund 13,859      129,121   
SSgA - Moderate Strategic Balanced SL Fund 8,228      114,054   
SSgA - U.S. Bond Index SL Series Fund - Class I
5,397      110,743   
SSgA - Target Retirement 2015 SL Series Fund - Class I
9,772      103,412   
SSgA-Aggressive Strategic Balanced SL Fund
7,435      83,528   
Loans to Participants (Range of interest rates charged was 4.25% to 9.25%) *
79,425      79,425   
SSgA - Conservative Strategic Balanced SL
4,266      70,223   
SSgA/Tuckerman - REIT Index NL Series Fund - Class A
2,609      54,887   
SSgA - Target Retirement 2035 SL Series Fund - Class I
371      3,714   
SSgA - Target Retirement 2045 SL Series Fund - Class I
191      1,942   
SSgA - Target Retirement 2025 SL Series Fund - Class I
175      1,801   
 Collective Short-Term Investment Funds 17,178      17,178   
 
    $ 3,597,686   
      
                 * A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA


 
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SIGNATURE OF PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Unity Bank
Dated: June 25, 2010
 
By:
 
/s/ Alan J. Bedner, Jr.
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Alan J. Bedner, Jr.
Plan Administrator
EVP and CFO

 
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