PEOPLES-SIDNEY FINANCIAL CORPORATION
                      1998 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN


       1. Plan  Purpose.  The  purpose of the Plan is to promote  the  long-term
interests  of the  Corporation  and its  stockholders  by  providing a means for
attracting  and retaining  directors,  advisory  directors,  directors  emeriti,
officers and employees of the  Corporation  and its  Affiliates.  It is intended
that  designated  Options  granted  pursuant  to the provi sions of this Plan to
persons  employed by the Corporation or its Affiliates will qualify as Incentive
Stock  Options.  Options  granted  to  persons  who  are not  employees  will be
Non-Qualified Stock Options.

       2.  Definitions.  The following definitions are applicable to the Plan:

       "Affiliate" - means any "parent corporation" or "subsidiary  corporation"
of the  Corporation,  as such  terms are  defined  in  Section  424(e)  and (f),
respectively, of the Code.

       "Association"  - means  Peoples  Federal  Savings & Loan  Association  of
Sidney and any successor entity.

       "Award" - means the grant of an Incentive  Stock Option,  a Non-Qualified
Stock Option, a Stock Appreciation  Right, a Limited Stock Appreciation Right or
any combination thereof, as provided in the Plan.

       "Code" - means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

       "Committee" - means the Committee referred to in Section 3 hereof.

       "Continuous   Service"  -  means  the  absence  of  any  interruption  or
termination  of service as a director,  advisory  director,  director  emeritus,
officer or employee of the  Corporation  or an Affiliate,  except that when used
with respect to any Options or Rights which at the time of exercise are intended
to be  Incentive  Stock  Options,  continuous  service  means the absence of any
interruption  or termination of service as an employee of the  Corporation or an
Affiliate.  Service  shall  not be  considered  interrupted  in the case of sick
leave,  military leave or any other leave of absence approved by the Corporation
or in the case of transfers  between  payroll  locations of the  Corporation  or
between the Corporation,  its parent,  its  subsidiaries or its successor.  With
respect to any advisory director or director emeritus,  continuous service shall
mean the  availability  to perform  such  functions  as may be  required of such
persons.
 
       "Corporation"  - means  Peoples-Sidney  Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.

       "Employee" - means any person,  including an officer or director,  who is
employed by the Corporation or any Affiliate.

       "ERISA" - means the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.

       "Exercise  Price" - means  (i) in the case of an  Option,  the  price per
Share at which the Shares  subject to such Option may be purchased upon exercise
of such Option and (ii) in the case of a Right,  the price per Share (other than
the Market Value per Share on the date of exercise and the Offer Price per Share
as defined in Section 10 hereof)  which,  upon grant,  the Committee  determines
shall be utilized in calculating the aggregate  value which a Participant  shall
be entitled to receive  pursuant to Sections 9, 10 or 12 hereof upon exercise of
such Right.

       "Incentive  Stock Option" - means an option to purchase Shares granted by
the Committee  pursuant to Section 6 hereof which is subject to the  limitations
and  restrictions  of Section 8 hereof and is intended to qualify  under Section
422(b) of the Code.

       "Limited Stock  Appreciation  Right" - means a stock  appreciation  right
with respect to Shares  granted by the  Committee  pursuant to Sections 6 and 10
hereof.

       "Market Value" - means the average of the high and low quoted sales price
on the date in question  (or, if there is no reported  sale on such date, on the
last  preceding  date on which any  reported  sale  occurred)  of a Share on the
Composite  Tape for the New York Stock  Exchange-Listed  Stocks,  or, if on such
date the Shares are not quoted on the

                                                         





Composite Tape, on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if the Shares are not listed
or  admitted  to  trading  on such  Exchange,  on the  principal  United  States
securities  exchange  registered  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 on
which the Shares are listed or admitted  to  trading,  or, if the Shares are not
listed or admitted to trading on any such exchange, the mean between the closing
high bid and low asked  quotations  with  respect to a Share on such date on the
NASDAQ System,  or any similar system then in use, or, if no such quotations are
available,  the fair market value on such date of a Share as the Committee shall
determine.

       "Non-Employee  Director" - means a director  who (a) is not  currently an
officer or  employee  of the  Corporation;  (b) is not a former  employee of the
Corporation  who receives  compensation  for prior  services  (other than from a
tax-qualified  retirement plan); (c) has not been an officer of the Corporation;
(d) does not receive  renumeration  from the  Corporation  in any capacity other
than  as a  director;  and  (e)  does  not  possess  an  interest  in any  other
transactions or is not engaged in a business  relationship  for which disclosure
would be required under Item 404(a) or (b) of Regulation S-K.

       "Non-Qualified Stock Option" - means an option to purchase Shares granted
by the Committee pursuant to Section 6 hereof,  which is not intended to qualify
under Section 422(b) of the Code.

     "Option" - means an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

      "Participant" -  means any director, advisory director, director emeritus,
officer or employee of the  Corporation  or any Affiliate who is selected by the
Committee to receive an Award or who is granted an Award  pursuant to Section 19
hereof.

     "Plan" - means the 1998 Stock Option and Incentive Plan of the Corporation.

      "Related" -  means (i) in the case of a Right, a Right which is granted in
connection  with,  and to the extent  exercis able, in whole or in part, in lieu
of, an Option or another Right and (ii) in the case of an Option, an Option with
respect to which and to the extent a Right is exercisable,  in whole or in part,
in lieu thereof has been granted.

      "Right" - means a Limited Stock Appreciation Right or a Stock Appreciation
Right.

       "Shares" - means the shares of common  stock,  par value $0.01 per share,
of the Corporation.

       "Stock  Appreciation  Right"  -  means a stock  appreciation  right  with
respect to Shares granted by the Committee pursuant to Sections 6 and 9 hereof.

       3.  Administration.  The  Plan  shall  be  administered  by  a  Committee
consisting  of two or  more  members,  each  of  whom  shall  be a  Non-Employee
Director.  The  members  of the  Committee  shall be  appointed  by the Board of
Directors of the Corporation. Except as limited by the express provisions of the
Plan,  the  Committee  shall have sole and complete  authority  and  discretion,
subject to Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations,  to (i) select Participants
and grant Awards;  (ii) determine the number of Shares to be subject to types of
Awards generally,  as well as to individual Awards granted under the Plan; (iii)
determine the terms and conditions  upon which Awards shall be granted under the
Plan;  (iv) prescribe the form and terms of instruments  evidencing such grants;
and (v) establish from time to time  regulations for the  administration  of the
Plan,  interpret  the Plan,  and make all  determinations  deemed  necessary  or
advisable for the administration of the Plan.

       A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum,  and the acts of a
majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present,  or
acts approved in writing by a majority of the Committee without a meeting, shall
be acts of the Committee.

       4.  Participation in Committee Awards. The Committee may select from time
to time  Participants  in the Plan  from  those  directors  (including  advisory
directors  and   directors   emeriti),   officers  and  employees   (other  than
Disinterested Persons), of the Corporation or its Affiliates who, in the opinion
of  the  Committee,  have  the  capacity  for  contributing  to  the  successful
performance of the Corporation or its Affiliates.

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       5. Shares  Subject to Plan.  Subject to  adjustment  by the  operation of
Section 11 hereof, the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Awards may
be made  under the Plan is 178,538  Shares.  The  Shares  with  respect to which
Awards may be made under the Plan may be either  authorized and unissued  shares
or issued shares heretofore or hereafter reacquired and held as treasury shares.
Shares which are subject to Related Rights and Related  Options shall be counted
only once in  determining  whether the maximum  number of Shares with respect to
which Awards may be granted under the Plan has been exceeded. An Award shall not
be  considered  to have been made  under the Plan with  respect to any Option or
Right which terminates and new Awards may be granted under the Plan with respect
to the number of Shares as to which such termination has occurred.

       6. General  Terms and  Conditions  of Options and Rights.  The  Committee
shall have full and  complete  authority  and  discretion,  subject to Office of
Thrift  Supervision  Regulations and except as expressly limited by the Plan, to
grant Options and/or Rights and to provide the terms and conditions  (which need
not be identical among Participants) thereof. In particular, the Committee shall
prescribe  the following  terms and  conditions:  (i) the Exercise  Price of any
Option or Right,  which shall not be less than the Market Value per Share at the
date of grant of such Option or Right, (ii) the number of Shares subject to, and
the expiration  date of, any Option or Right,  which  expiration  date shall not
exceed  ten  years  from the date of  grant,  (iii)  the  manner,  time and rate
(cumulative  or  otherwise)  of exercise  of such Option or Right,  and (iv) the
restrictions,  if any,  to be placed  upon such  Option or Right or upon  Shares
which may be issued upon exercise of such Option or Right. The Committee may, as
a condition of granting any Option or Right,  require that a  Participant  agree
not to thereafter  exercise one or more Options or Rights previously  granted to
such Participant.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing and subject to compliance with
applicable  Office of Thrift  Supervision  Regulations,  no individual  shall be
granted  Awards in any calendar  year with respect to more than 25% of the total
shares subject to the Plan.

       No director  who is not an employee of the  Corporation  shall be granted
Awards with respect to more than 5% of the total shares subject to the Plan. All
non-employee directors of the Corporation,  in the aggregate, may not be granted
Awards with respect to more than 30% of the total shares subject to the Plan and
no individual shall be granted Awards with respect to more than 25% of the total
shares subject to the Plan.

       Any Award  made  pursuant  to this  Plan,  which  Award is subject to the
requirements of Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations, shall vest in at least
five  equal  annual  installments  with the  first  installment  vesting  on the
one-year  anniversary  of the date of  grant,  except  in the  event of death or
disability.

       In the event Office of Thrift  Supervision  Regulations  are amended (the
"Amended  Regulations")  to permit  shorter  vesting  periods,  any  Award  made
pursuant  to this  Plan,  which  Award is subject  to the  requirements  of such
Amended  Regulations,  may vest,  at the sole  discretion of the  Committee,  in
accordance with such Amended Regulations.

       Furthermore,  at the time of any Award, the Participant  shall enter into
an agreement with the Corporation in a form specified by the Committee, agreeing
to the  terms  and  conditions  of the  Award  and  such  other  matters  as the
Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine (the "Option Agreement").

       7.    Exercise of Options or Rights.

(a)    Except as  provided  herein,  an Option or Right  granted  under the Plan
       shall be exercisable  during the lifetime of the Participant to whom such
       Option or Right  was  granted  only by such  Participant  and,  except as
       provided in  paragraphs  (c) and (d) of this Section 7, no such Option or
       Right may be exercised unless at the time such Participant exercises such
       Option or Right, such Participant has maintained Continuous Service since
       the date of grant of such Option or Right.



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(b)  To exercise an Option or Right under the Plan, the Participant to whom such
     Option or Right was granted shall give written notice to the Corporation in
     form  satisfactory  to the Committee  (and, if partial  exercises have been
     permitted by the Committee, by specifying the number of Shares with respect
     to which such Participant elects to exercise such Option or Right) together
     with full payment of the Exercise Price, if any and to the extent required.
     The date of exercise  shall be the date on which such notice is received by
     the Corporation.  Payment, if any is required,  shall be made either (i) in
     cash (including check, bank draft or money order) or (ii) by delivering (A)
     Shares  already  owned by the  Participant  and having a fair market  value
     equal to the  applicable  exercise  price,  such  fair  market  value to be
     determined in such  appropriate  manner as may be provided by the Committee
     or as may be required in order to comply with or to conform to requirements
     of any  applicable  laws or  regulations,  or (B) a combination of cash and
     such Shares.

(c)  If a  Participant  to whom an Option or Right was  granted  shall  cease to
     maintain Continuous Service for any reason (excluding death, disability and
     termination  of employment by the  Corporation or any Affiliate for cause),
     such   Participant  may,  but  only  within  the  period  of  three  months
     immediately succeeding such cessation of Continuous Service and in no event
     after the expiration date of such Option or Right,  exercise such Option or
     Right to the extent that such  Participant  was  entitled to exercise  such
     Option or Right at the date of such cessation, provided, however, that such
     right of  exercise  after  cessation  of  Continuous  Service  shall not be
     available to a Participant  if the Committee  otherwise  determines  and so
     provides in the applicable  instrument or instruments  evidencing the grant
     of such Option or Right.  If a  Participant  to whom an Option or Right was
     granted  shall cease to maintain  Continuous  Service by reason of death or
     disability then, unless the Committee shall have otherwise  provided in the
     instrument  evidencing  the grant of an Option or Right,  all  Options  and
     Rights granted and not fully exercisable  shall become  exercisable in full
     upon the happening of such event and shall remain so exercisable (i) in the
     event of death for the period  described in paragraph (d) of this Section 7
     and (ii) in the event of disability for a period of three months  following
     such date. If the Continuous  Service of a Participant to whom an Option or
     Right was granted by the  Corporation is terminated  for cause,  all rights
     under any Option or Right of such Participant shall expire immediately upon
     the effective date of such termination.

(d)  In the event of the death of a Participant while in the Continuous  Service
     of the  Corporation  or an  Affiliate  or  within  the  three-month  period
     referred  to in  paragraph  (c) of this  Section  7, the person to whom any
     Option  or  Right  held by the  Participant  at the  time of his  death  is
     transferred by will or the laws of descent and distribution, or in the case
     of an Award other than an Incentive  Stock Option,  pursuant to a qualified
     domestic relations order, as defined in the Code or Title 1 of ERISA or the
     rules  thereunder may, but only to the extent such Participant was entitled
     to exercise  such  Option or Right upon his death as provided in  paragraph
     (c) above, exercise such Option or Right at any time within a period of one
     year  succeeding  the date of death  of such  Participant,  but in no event
     later  than ten  years  from the date of  grant of such  Option  or  Right.
     Following the death of any Partici pant to whom an Option was granted under
     the Plan,  irrespective of whether any Related Right shall have theretofore
     been granted to the  Participant or whether the person entitled to exercise
     such Related Right desires to do so, the Committee  may, as an  alternative
     means of settlement of such Option, elect to pay to the person to whom such
     Option is transferred  by will or by the laws of descent and  distribution,
     or in the case of an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option,  pursuant
     to a qualified  domestic relations order, as defined in the Code or Title I
     of ERISA or the rules thereunder,  the amount by which the Market Value per
     Share on the date of  exercise  of such Option  shall  exceed the  Exercise
     Price of such  Option,  multiplied  by the number of Shares with respect to
     which such Option is properly  exercised.  Any such settlement of an Option
     shall be  considered  an exercise  of such  Option for all  purposes of the
     Plan.

(e)  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of  subparagraphs  (c) and (d) above,  the
     Committee  may,  in its sole  discretion,  establish  different  terms  and
     conditions  pertaining to the effect of termination to the extent permitted
     by applicable federal and state law.

       8. Incentive  Stock Options.  Incentive Stock Options may be granted only
to  Participants  who are  Employees.  Any provision of the Plan to the contrary
notwithstanding,  (i) no  Incentive  Stock Option shall be granted more than ten
years  from the  date  the Plan is  adopted  by the  Board of  Directors  of the
Corporation  and no Incentive  Stock Option shall be  exercisable  more than ten
years from the date such  Incentive  Stock Option is granted,  (ii) the Exercise
Price of any Incentive  Stock Option shall not be less than the Market Value per
Share on the date such  Incentive  Stock Option is granted,  (iii) any Incentive
Stock Option shall not be transferable by the Participant to whom such Incentive
Stock  Option  is  granted  other  than  by  will or the  laws  of  descent  and
distribution,  and shall be exercisable during such Participant's  lifetime only
by such  Participant,  (iv) no  Incentive  Stock  Option shall be granted to any
individual who, at the time such Incentive  Stock Option is granted,  owns stock
possessing  more than ten  percent  of the total  combined  voting  power of all
classes of stock of the  Corporation or any Affiliate  unless the Exercise Price
of such  Incentive  Stock Option is at least 110 percent of the Market Value per
Share at the date of grant and such Incentive Stock Option is not

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exercisable  after the  expiration  of five years  from the date such  Incentive
Stock Option is granted,  and (v) the aggregate  Market Value  (determined as of
the time any  Incentive  Stock  Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to
which  Incentive  Stock  Options  are  exercisable  for  the  first  time  by  a
Participant in any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000.

       9. Stock Appreciation  Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right shall, upon its
exercise,  entitle the  Participant  to whom such Stock  Appreciation  Right was
granted to  receive a number of Shares or cash or  combination  thereof,  as the
Committee in its discretion shall determine, the aggregate value of which (i.e.,
the sum of the  amount of cash  and/or  Market  Value of such  Shares on date of
exercise)  shall  equal (as nearly as  possible,  it being  understood  that the
Corporation  shall not  issue any  fractional  shares)  the  amount by which the
Market  Value per Share on the date of such  exercise  shall exceed the Exercise
Price of such Stock Appreciation Right,  multiplied by the number of Shares with
respect of which such Stock  Appreciation  Right  shall have been  exercised.  A
Stock  Appreciation  Right  may be  Related  to an  Option  or  may  be  granted
independently  of any  Option as the  Committee  shall from time to time in each
case determine.  At the time of grant of an Option the Committee shall determine
whether and to what extent a Related Stock  Appreciation  Right shall be granted
with respect thereto, provided, however, and notwithstanding any other provision
of the Plan,  that if the  Related  Option is an  Incentive  Stock  Option,  the
Related  Stock  Appreciation  Right  shall  satisfy  all  the  restrictions  and
limitations of Section 8 hereof as if such Related Stock Appreciation Right were
an Incentive  Stock Option and as if other rights which are Related to Incentive
Stock Options were  Incentive  Stock Options.  In the case of a Related  Option,
such Related  Option shall cease to be  exercisable  to the extent of the Shares
with respect to which the Related Stock Appreciation  Right was exercised.  Upon
the exercise or termination of a Related Option,  any Related Stock Appreciation
Right  shall  terminate  to the extent of the Shares  with  respect to which the
Related Option was exercised or terminated.

       10. Limited Stock Appreciation  Rights. At the time of grant of an Option
or Stock  Appreciation  Right to any Participant,  the Committee shall have full
and  complete  authority  and  discretion  to also grant to such  Participant  a
Limited  Stock  Appreciation  Right  which is  Related  to such  Option or Stock
Appreciation Right, provided, however and notwithstanding any other provision of
the Plan, that if the Related Option is an Incentive  Stock Option,  the Related
Limited  Stock  Appreciation  Right  shall  satisfy  all  the  restrictions  and
limitations  of Section 8 hereof as if such Related  Limited Stock  Appreciation
Right  were an  Incentive  Stock  Option  and as if all other  Rights  which are
Related to Incentive  Stock Options were  Incentive  Stock  Options.  Subject to
vesting  requirements  contained in 12 C.F.R. ss.  563b.3(g)(4) or any successor
regulation,  a Limited Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only during
the period  beginning on the first day  following  the date of expiration of any
"offer" (as such term is hereinafter  defined) and ending on the forty-fifth day
following such date.

       A Limited Stock Appreciation Right shall, upon its exercise,  entitle the
Participant to whom such Limited Stock Appreciation Right was granted to receive
an amount of cash equal to the  amount by which the "Offer  Price per Share" (as
such  term is  hereinafter  defined)  or the  Market  Value  on the date of such
exercise,  as shall have been provided by the Committee in its discretion at the
time  of  grant,   shall  exceed  the  Exercise  Price  of  such  Limited  Stock
Appreciation  Right,  multiplied  by the number of Shares with  respect to which
such  Limited  Stock  Appreciation  Right  shall have been  exercised.  Upon the
exercise  of a Limited  Stock  Appreciation  Right,  any Related  Option  and/or
Related Stock  Appreciation Right shall cease to be exercisable to the extent of
the Shares  with  respect to which such  Limited  Stock  Appreciation  Right was
exercised. Upon the exercise or termination of a Related Option or Related Stock
Appreciation Right, any Related Limited Stock Appreciation Right shall terminate
to the extent of the Shares with respect to which such Related Option or Related
Stock Appreciation Right was exercised or terminated.

       For the  purposes  of this  Section 10, the term  "Offer"  shall mean any
tender  offer  or  exchange  offer  for  Shares  other  than  one  made  by  the
Corporation,  provided that the  corporation,  person or other entity making the
offer acquires  pursuant to such offer either (i) 25% of the Shares  outstanding
immediately  prior to the  commencement of such offer or (ii) a number of Shares
which,  together with all other Shares  acquired in any tender offer or exchange
offer (other than one made by the  Corporation)  which expired within sixty days
of the  expiration  date of the  offer in  question,  equals  25% of the  Shares
outstanding  immediately prior to the commencement of the offer in question. The
term "Offer  Price per Share" as used in this  Section 10 shall mean the highest
price per Share paid in any Offer  which  Offer is in effect any time during the
period  beginning on the sixtieth day prior to the date on which a Limited Stock
Appreciation  Right is  exercised  and ending on the date on which such  Limited
Stock Appreciation Right is exercised. Any securities or

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property which are part or all of the consideration paid for Shares in the Offer
shall be valued in  determining  the Offer  Price per Share at the higher of (A)
the valuation placed on such securities or property by the  corporation,  person
or other entity making such Offer or (B) the valuation placed on such securities
or property by the Committee.

       11.  Adjustments  Upon  Changes  in  Capitalization.  In the event of any
change in the outstanding Shares subsequent to the effective date of the Plan by
reason of any  reorganization,  recapitalization,  stock split,  stock dividend,
cash  distribution in excess of normal dividend levels,  combination or exchange
of shares,  merger,  consolidation  or any change in the corporate  structure or
Shares of the Corporation,  the maximum  aggregate number and class of shares as
to which Awards may be granted under the Plan and the number, class and exercise
price of shares with respect to which Awards theretofore have been granted under
the Plan shall be appropriately  adjusted by the Committee,  whose determination
shall be conclusive.

       12.  Effect of  Merger.  In the  event of any  merger,  consolidation  or
combination  of  the  Corporation   (other  than  a  merger,   consolidation  or
combination in which the Corporation is the continuing entity and which does not
result in the outstanding Shares being converted into or exchanged for different
securities,  cash or other property,  or any combination  thereof) pursuant to a
plan or agreement  the terms of which are binding upon all  stockholders  of the
Corporation (except to the extent that dissenting  stockholders may be entitled,
under  statutory  provisions  or  provisions  contained  in the  certificate  or
articles  of  incorporation,  to receive  the  appraised  or fair value of their
holdings),  any  Participant  to whom an Option or Right has been granted  shall
have the right  (subject to the  provisions  of the Plan and any  limitation  or
vesting  period  applicable to such Option or Right),  thereafter and during the
term of each such Option or Right,  to receive upon  exercise of any such Option
or Right an amount  equal to the excess of the fair market  value on the date of
such exercise of the securities, cash or other property, or combination thereof,
receivable upon such merger,  consolidation or combination in respect of a Share
over the  Exercise  Price of such Right or Option,  multiplied  by the number of
Shares with  respect to which such  Option or Right  shall have been  exercised.
Such  amount may be payable  fully in cash,  fully in one or more of the kind or
kinds of property  payable in such  merger,  consolidation  or  combination,  or
partly in cash and partly in one or more of such kind or kinds of property,  all
in the discretion of the Committee.

       13. Effect of Change in Control.  If a tender offer or exchange offer for
Shares (other than such an offer by the  Corporation)  is  commenced,  or if the
stockholders of the Corporation shall approve an agreement  providing either for
a transaction in which the Corporation will cease to be an independent  publicly
owned entity or for a sale or other  disposition of all or substantially all the
assets of the  Corporation or the  Association,  unless the Committee shall have
otherwise provided in the instrument  evidencing the grant of an Option or Stock
Appreciation  Right,  all  Options  and Stock  Appreciation  Rights  theretofore
granted and not fully  exercisable  shall  become  exercisable  in full upon the
happening  of such event and shall remain so  exercisable  for a period of sixty
days following such date, after which they shall revert to being  exercisable in
accordance  with  their  terms;  provided,  however,  that no  Option  or  Stock
Appreciation  Right which has previously been exercised or otherwise  terminated
shall become exercisable.

       14.  Assignments  and Transfers.  No Award nor any right or interest of a
Participant under the Plan in any instrument evidencing any Award under the Plan
may be assigned,  encumbered or transferred except, in the event of the death of
a Participant, by will or the laws of descent and distribution or in the case of
Awards  other than  Incentive  Stock  Options  pursuant to a qualified  domestic
relations  order,  as  defined  in the Code or  Title I of  ERISA  or the  rules
thereunder.

       15.  Employee  Rights Under the Plan.  No  director,  officer or employee
shall have a right to be selected as a Participant nor, having been so selected,
to be selected  again as a  Participant  and no director,  officer,  employee or
other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan
or  under  any  other  incentive  or  similar  plan  of the  Corporation  or any
Affiliate.  Neither the Plan nor any action taken  thereunder shall be construed
as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Corporation
or any Affiliate.

       16. Delivery and Registration of Stock. The  Corporation's  obligation to
deliver Shares with respect to an Award shall, if the Committee so requests,  be
conditioned upon the receipt of a representation as to the investment  intention
of the Participant to whom such Shares are to be delivered,  in such form as the
Committee  shall  determine  to be  necessary  or  advisable  to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 or any other Federal, state or local

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securities legislation or regulation. It may be provided that any representation
requirement shall become  inoperative upon a registration of the Shares or other
action  eliminating the necessity of such  representation  under such Securities
Act or other securities  legislation.  The Corporation  shall not be required to
deliver any Shares  under the Plan prior to (i) the  admission of such shares to
listing  on any  stock  exchange  or other  system on which  Shares  may then be
listed,  and (ii) the completion of such registration or other  qualification of
such Shares under any state or Federal law, rule or regulation, as the Committee
shall determine to be necessary or advisable.

       This Plan is  intended  to comply  with Rule 16b-3  under the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Any provision of the Plan which is inconsistent  with said
Rule shall,  to the extent of such  inconsistency,  be inoperative and shall not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Plan.

       17.  Withholding Tax. The Corporation shall have the right to deduct from
all amounts  paid in cash with respect to the exercise of a Right under the Plan
any taxes  required by law to be withheld  with  respect to such cash  payments.
Where a Participant  or other person is entitled to receive  Shares  pursuant to
the exercise of an Option or Right pursuant to the Plan, the  Corporation  shall
have the  right to  require  the  Participant  or such  other  person to pay the
Corporation  the  amount  of any taxes  which the  Corporation  is  required  to
withhold with respect to such Shares, and may, in its sole discretion,  withhold
sufficient Shares to cover the amount of taxes which the Corporation is required
to withhold.

       18.  Amendment or Termination.  The Board of Directors of the Corporation
may amend,  suspend or  terminate  the Plan or any portion  thereof at any time,
subject to Office of Thrift Supervision  Regulations,  but no amendment shall be
made without  approval of the  stockholders of the Corporation  which shall, (i)
increase the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be made
under the Plan  (except  pursuant  to Section  4),  (ii)  materially  change the
requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan or (iii) change the
class of persons eligible to participate in the Plan; provided, however, that no
such  amendment,  suspension  or  termination  shall  impair  the  rights of any
Participant,  without his consent, in any Award theretofore made pursuant to the
Plan.

       19. Effective Date and Term of Plan. The Plan shall become effective upon
its ratification by stockholders of the Corporation. It shall continue in effect
for a term of ten years unless sooner terminated under Section 18 hereof.

       20. Initial Grant. By, and simultaneously  with, the ratification of this
Plan by the  stockholders  of the  Corporation,  each  member  of the  Board  of
Directors of the  Corporation  at the time of stockholder  ratification  of this
Plan  who  is  not  a  full-time   Employee,   is  hereby  granted  a  ten-year,
Non-Qualified  Stock Option to purchase 8,926 Shares.  Each such Option shall be
evidenced by a  Non-Qualified  Stock Option  Agreement in a form approved by the
Board of  Directors  and  shall be  subject  in all  respects  to the  terms and
conditions of this Plan, which are controlling.  All Options granted pursuant to
this  section  shall  vest in five  equal  annual  installments  with the  first
installment  vesting on the first  anniversary of the date of grant,  subject to
the  Director  maintaining  Continuous  Service  with  the  Corporation  or  its
Affiliates since the date of grant.

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