THE HIBERNIA SAVINGS BANK
1986 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of The Hibernia Savings Bank 1986 Stock Option Plan (referred
to hereinafter as the "Plan") is to furnish an additional incentive to key
employees of The Hibernia Savings Bank (the "Bank) by affording them an
opportunity to become owners of the Bank's Common Stock either through
options (referred to hereinafter as "incentive stock options") which qualify
under the provisions of Sections 421 and 422A of the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, as amended (referred to hereinafter as the "Code"), or through options
which do not qualify under those Code sections (referred to hereinafter as
"nonqualified stock options").
2. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
The total number of shares of stock which may be sold pursuant to options
granted under the Plan shall be _____________ shares of the Bank's Common
Stock, $1.00 par value, subject to adjustment as provided in Paragraph 13. If
any option shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been
exercised as to all shares subject to it, the unpurchased shares may again be
subjected to an option under the Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION
The Plan shall be administered by The Hibernia Savings Bank Management and
Compensation Committee, or the Executive Committee if no Management and
Compensation Committee shall have been appointed, (the "Committee") which,
subject to the express provisions of the Plan, shall have full authority to
interpret the Plan and each option granted thereunder. Subject to the express
provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine the individuals to whom
and the time or times at which such options shall be granted, the type of
option granted, the number of shares subject to each option, the purchase
price of such shares and other terms and conditions of each option, which
need not be identical as to each option, PROVIDED that, all incentive stock
options granted under the Plan must meet the requirements of Section 422A of
the Code. In making its determination, the Committee may take into account the
nature of the services rendered by the individual, his present and potential
contribution to the Bank's success and such other factors as the Committee
in its discretion may deem relevant. All determinations and decisions
made by the Committee pursuant to this Plan shall be final and conclusive on
all parties.
4. ELIGIBILITY
Options under the Plan may be granted only to those key employees of the
Bank (including any who are also officers and/or Directors of the Bank) who
are responsible for the management, growth and protection of the business of
the Bank and who are under the age of 60 years and employed by the Bank on a
full time basis.
5. OPTION PRICE
The purchase price under each option shall be determined by the Committee,
but shall not be less than the fair market value of the stock at the time
such option is granted; provided that, if any incentive stock option is
granted to an individual who possesses, at the time the incentive stock
option is granted, more than 10 percent of the total combined voting power of
all classes of stock of the Bank, or of its parent, if any, or subsidiary
corporations, the purchase price under any incentive stock option granted to
such individual shall be at least 110 percent of the fair market value of the
stock at the time such incentive stock option is granted. Fair market value
shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
6. LIMITATION ON SHARES SUBJECT TO INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
The aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the incentive
stock option is granted) of the stock for which any employee may be granted
incentive stock options in any calendar year (under all stock option plans of
his employer corporation and its parent and subsidiary corporations) shall
not exceed $100,000 plus any unused limit carryover to such year, as that
term is explained in Section 422A of the Code.
7. PERIOD OF OPTION
Each option granted hereunder shall be subject to the following terms and
conditions:
(a) No option shall be exercisable after the expiration of 10 years from
the date the option is granted; except that any incentive stock option
which is granted to an individual who possesses, at the time the
incentive stock option is granted, more than 10 percent of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Bank, or of its
parent, if any, or subsidiary corporations, shall not be exercisable
after the expiration of five (5) years
from the date the incentive stock option is granted; and
(b) No option shall be exercisable by an optionee unless (except as
provided in Paragraphs 11 and 12) at all times during the period
beginning on the date of the granting of the option and ending on the
day 3 month before the date of such exercise, such individual was an
employee of the Bank; except that in the case of an employee who is
disabled within the meaning of Section 105(d)(4) of the Code, the 3
month period referred to above shall be one (1) year.
8. EXERCISE OF OPTION
All options shall be exercisable by serving written notice of exercise on
the Bank accompanied by payment of the purchase price in accordance with
paragraph 9 of the Plan. No option may be exercised for a fraction of a
share. The Board of Directors may also require as a condition precedent to
the exercise of an option that the optionee (or in the event of his death the
person or personal representative or representatives exercising the option
pursuant to Paragraph 12) satisfy the Bank by a written agreement, written
representation and/or other evidence that the shares being acquired by
exercise of the option are not being acquired with a view to the distribution
thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The
holder of an option shall have none of the rights of a stockholder with
respect to any shares subject thereto until such shares have been issued to
him.
9. PAYMENT FOR SHARES
The option price shall be payable (i) in cash or by check acceptable to
the Bank, (ii) at the discretion of the Committee, by the transfer to the
Bank by the optionee of shares of Common Stock of the Bank having a value at
the time of exercise equal to the total purchase price, or (iii) by a
combination of (i) or (ii). The Bank may not directly or indirectly make any
loan to an optionee for the purpose of assisting him to acquire any shares
issuable upon the exercise of any option granted to him under the Plan.
10. OPTION AGREEMENT
Each person granted an option under the Plan shall enter into a written
option agreement with the Bank evidencing the option, which shall be dated
the day of the grant of the option. An incentive stock option and, to the
extent applicable, a nonqualified stock option, granted under this Plan shall
contain the following terms and conditions and such
other term and conditions consistent with the Plan as may be prescribed by
the Board of Directors:
(a) A provision that the incentive stock option shall not be exercisable
while there is outstanding within the meaning of Section 422A(c)(7) of
the Code, any incentive stock option which was granted before the
granting of this option, to the original holder to purchase stock in
his employer corporation or in a corporation which (at the time of the
granting of this option) was a parent or subsidiary corporation of the
employer corporation, or in a predecessor corporation of any of such
corporations;
(b) A provision that the option shall not be transferable by the
optionee otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and
distribution, and that the options shall be exercisable, during his
lifetime, only by him;
(c) A provision that the option is not exercisable after the expiration
of 10 years (five years in the case of an incentive stock option
granted to any individual who, at the time the incentive stock option
was granted, possessed more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Bank or of its parent, if any,
or subsidiary corporations) after the granting of the option; and
(d) A provision that the option is, pursuant to Paragraph 13 of this
Plan, subject to adjustment in certain cases.
(e) Subject to paragraph (f), in the event of a change in control of the
Bank, as defined in paragraph (g), all Options outstanding as of the
date of such change in control shall become immediately exercisable.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no officer or
director of the Bank shall exercise any option granted hereunder
within three years from the date of completion of the conversion of
the Bank to stock form, except with the approval of the Commissioner
of Banks of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
(g) CHANGE IN CONTROL. For purposes of the Plan, a "Change in Control"
shall be deemed to have occurred in either of the following events:
(i) if there has occurred a change in control which the Bank would be
required to report in response to Item 5(f) of the
Form for Proxy Statement (Form F-5) prescribed by 12 CFR Section 335.212
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), or, if such regulation is no longer in effect, any regulations
promulgated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act which are intended to serve
similar purposes or (ii) when any "person" (as such term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) becomes a "beneficial owners" (as such
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Bank representing twenty-five percent or
more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the election of
directors of the Bank, and in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, the
Bank's Board of Directors has not consented to such event by a two-thirds
vote of all of the members of the Board of Directors adopted prior to such
event. In addition, a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if,
as the result of, or in connection with, any tender or exchange offer, merger
or other business combination, sale of assets or contested election, or any
combination of the foregoing transactions, the persons who were directors of
the Bank before such transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Bank or of any successor institution.
Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, the sale of the Bank's
stock in connection with its conversion from mutual to stock form shall not
constitute a Change in Control.
11. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
If the employment of the holder of an option shall be terminated for
cause, each option granted to him under the Plan shall terminate immediately.
If a holder's employment ceases by reason of his voluntary resignation and
acceptance thereof by the Board of Directors or under circumstances in which
the Board of Directors deems termination of the option to be inequitable,
such holder may, but only within 3 months next succeeding such cessation of
employment and in no event later than 10 years (five years in the case of an
incentive stock option granted to any individual who, at the time the
incentive stock option was granted, possessed more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Bank or of its parent,
if any, or subsidiary corporations) after the date the option was granted,
exercise each option granted to him under the Plan to the extent that he was
entitled to exercise
it on the date of such cessation of employment. Whether authorized leave of
absence or absence on military or governmental service shall constitute
termination of employment for the purpose of the Plan shall be determined by
the Board of Directors. Nothing in the Plan or in any option granted under it
shall confer upon any optionee any right with respect to continuation of
employment by the Bank or interfere in any way with the Bank's right to
terminate his employment.
12. DEATH OF OPTIONEE
In the event that the holder of an option dies while it was exercisable
by him, the option may be exercised within a period of 12 months after the
date of death, but in no event later than 10 years (five years in the case of
an incentive stock option granted to any individual who, at the time the
incentive stock option was granted, possessed more than 10% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Bank or of its parent,
if any, or subsidiary corporations) after the date the option was granted,
and only to the extent that the optionee was entitled to exercise such option
on the date of his death, by the person designated in the optionee's will for
that purpose. If no such person is designated or if the Optionee dies
intestate, then such option may be exercised within said period to the same
extent by the optionee's personal representative or representatives.
13. ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGED IN CAPITALIZATION
In the event of any subdivision of combination of the Bank's outstanding
Common Stock, by reclassification or otherwise, or in the event of the
payment of Common Stock dividend, or, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors in the event of any other capital adjustment effected without
receipt of consideration from another entity, the aggregate number of shares
with respect to which options may be granted under the Plan, the number of
shares covered by each outstanding option and the price per share in each
such option shall be proportionately adjusted. Each option granted under the
Plan shall provide for similar adjustments if any such event occurs after the
grant but prior to the exercise of the option.
14. MERGER; DISSOLUTION
Subject to any required action by the stockholders, if the Bank is a
party to any merger or consolidation, any unexercised portion of an option
shall, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such
unexercised portion, pertain and apply to the number and class or classes of
securities to which the optionee would have been entitled under the
agreement of
merger of consolidation, had the optionee been the holder of record of a
number of shares of Common Stock covered by such unexercised portion. If the
Bank dissolves or liquidates, each option outstanding under the Plan shall
terminate.
15. DISPOSITION OF SHARES ACQUIRED THROUGH AN INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION
The tax benefits provided for in Section 421(a) of the Coder shall apply
with respect to the transfer of any share of stock to an individual pursuant
to his exercise of an incentive stock option only if no disposition of such
share is made by him within two (2) years from the date of the granting of
the incentive stock option nor within one (1) year after the transfer of such
share to him. If a holder of any share of stock acquired pursuant to his
exercise of an incentive stock option under the Plan disposes of said share
before the expiration of either of these periods, he shall notify the Bank of
such disposition and of the amount realized upon such disposition.
16. TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT
The Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan
is approved by the Shareholders of the Bank, and no option shall be granted
under the Plan after such date. The Board of Directors may at any time or
from time to time suspend or terminate the Plan or make other amendments or
modifications thereof with respect to any shares as to which options are not
outstanding, and with the consent of the optionee the Board of Directors may
amend or modify any option agreement, evidencing an option granted under the
Plan, PROVIDED, ALWAYS, that the Board of Directors may not in any event:
(a) increase the total number of shares which may be sold under the
Plan except as provided in Section 13 hereof;
(b) change the employees or class of employees eligible to receive
options under the Plan;
(c) decrease the minimum option price provided in Paragraph 5; or
(d) extend the date of termination of this Plan, without the approval of
the shareholders of the Bank.
17. EFFECTIVE DATE
This Plan will be submitted to the Bank's Shareholders at its first
meeting after conversion to a stock company for approval by the Shareholders,
and become effective upon approval by the Shareholders and the Commissioner
of Banks pursuant to Mass. G. L. ch 172 Section 26 and endorsement hereon by
the Clerk of the Bank that such approval has occurred, signifying the date of
such approval.