HIGH COUNTRY BANCORP, INC. MANAGEMENT RECOGNITION PLAN COMMITTEE NOTICE OF AWARD --------------- WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of High Country Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") has previously adopted the High Country Bancorp, Inc. Management Recognition Plan (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has previously appointed Directors Mitchell, Glenn, Young, and Harsh as members of the Management Recognition Plan Committee (the "Committee") pursuant to the terms of the Plan, and by resolution dated _____________ __, 199_ the Committee made awards under the Plan. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the following individual be granted an award under the Plan ("Plan Share Award"), effective __________________________: Number of Shares Subject to Recipient Plan Share Award --------- --------------------------- ____________________ ____ AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Plan Share Award specified herein shall be subject to the restrictions and other provisions of Section 7.01 of the Plan. Date of Notice: _____________, 199__ HIGH COUNTRY BANCORP, INC. MANAGEMENT RECOGNITION PLAN COMMITTEE By: _________________________ Its Chairman