Exhibit 10.31
REVISED AND RESTATED
BANC ONE CORPORATION
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of the BANC ONE CORPORATION 1995 Stock Incentive Plan is to
provide incentives and rewards for Employees and Eligible Directors of the
Corporation and its Subsidiaries (i) to support the execution of the
Corporation's business and human resource strategies and the achievement of its
goals and (ii) to associate the interests of Employees and Eligible Directors
with those of the Corporation's shareholders.
2. DEFINITIONS
"Award" includes, without limitation, stock options (including incentive
stock options under Section 422 of the Code and Director Stock Options), stock
appreciation rights, restricted and performance shares, restricted and
performance share units, Performance Stock Awards, dividend or equivalent
rights, or other awards that are valued in whole or in part by reference to, or
are otherwise based on, the Common Stock ("other Common Stock-based Awards"),
all on a stand alone, combination or tandem basis, as described in or granted
under this Plan.
"Award Agreement" means a written agreement entered into between the
Corporation and a Participant setting forth the terms and conditions of an Award
made to such Participant under this Plan, in the form prescribed by the
Committee.
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
"Change of Control" shall have the meaning specified in Section 12(b).
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
"Committee" means the Committee appointed by the Board, each member of
which shall be a "non-employee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act and shall be an "outside director" within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall be composed of no fewer than the
minimum number of disinterested persons as may be required by Rule 16b-3.
"Common Stock" means the common stock of the Corporation, without par
value.
"Corporation" means BANC ONE CORPORATION, a bank holding company under the
Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
"Director Stock Option" means the right, granted to an Eligible Director,
to purchase Common Stock at a stated price for a specified period of time. Each
Director Stock Option shall be a nonqualified stock option whose grant is not
intended to comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any
successor Section as it may be amended from time to time.
"Eligible Director" means any statutory director of the Corporation who is
not an employee of the Corporation or any Subsidiary.
"Employee" means an employee of the Corporation or a Subsidiary.
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"Employee Award" means an Award (other than a Director Stock Option) to an
Employee under this Plan.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Fair Market Value" means the closing price of the Common Stock as reported
on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Tape on the relevant
valuation date or, if there were no Common Stock transactions on the valuation
date, on the next preceding date on which there were Common Stock transactions;
provided, however, that the Committee may specify some other definition of Fair
Market Value with respect to any particular Employee Award.
"Negative Discretion" means other factors to be applied by the Committee in
reducing the number of restricted shares to be issued pursuant to a Performance
Stock Award if the Performance Goals have been met or exceeded if, in the
Committee's sole judgment, such application is appropriate in order to act in
the best interest of the Corporation and its shareholders. The Negative
Discretion factors include, but are not limited to, the achievement of
measurable individual performance objectives established by the Committee and
communicated to the Employee in advance of the Performance Period, and
competitive pay practices.
"Participant" means an Employee or an Eligible Director who has been
granted an Award under this Plan.
"Performance Goals" means, with respect to any Performance Period,
performance goals based on any of the following criteria and established by the
Committee prior to the beginning of such Performance Period or performance goals
based on any of the following criteria and established by the Committee after
the beginning of such Performance Period that meet the requirements to be
considered pre-established performance goals under Section 162(m) of the Code:
earnings or earnings growth; return on equity, assets or investment; revenues;
expenses; stock price; market share; charge-offs; or reductions in
non-performing assets. Such Performance Goals may be particular to an Employee
or the division, department, branch, line of business, Subsidiary or other Unit
in which the Employee works, or may be based on the performance of the
Corporation generally.
"Performance Period" means the period of time designated by the Committee
applicable to a Performance Stock Award during which the Performance Goals shall
be measured.
"Performance Stock Award" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6(g).
"Plan" means this BANC ONE CORPORATION 1995 Stock Incentive Plan.
"Plan Year" means a twelve-month period beginning with January 1 of each
year.
"Reporting Person" means an officer or director of the Corporation subject
to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
"Subsidiary" means any corporation or other entity, whether domestic or
foreign, in which the Corporation has or obtains, directly or indirectly, a
proprietary interest of more than 50% by reason of stock ownership or otherwise.
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3. ELIGIBILITY
(a) Any Employee selected by the Committee is eligible to receive an
Employee Award.
(b) Eligible Directors are entitled to participate in this Plan solely
with respect to the grant of Director Stock Options and may not receive any
other Awards under this Plan. The selection of Eligible Directors is not subject
to the discretion of the Committee. Persons serving on the Committee who are
Eligible Directors may receive grants of Director Stock Options.
4. PLAN ADMINISTRATION
(a) This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall
periodically make determinations with respect to the participation of Employees
in this Plan and, except as otherwise required by law or this Plan, the grant
terms of Awards including vesting schedules, price, performance standards
(including Performance Goals), length of relevant performance, restriction or
option period, dividend rights, post-retirement and termination rights, payment
alternatives such as cash, stock, contingent awards or other means of payment
consistent with the purposes of this Plan, and such other terms and conditions
as the Committee deems appropriate. Except as otherwise required by this Plan,
the Committee shall have authority to interpret and construe the provisions of
this Plan and the Award Agreements and make determinations pursuant to any Plan
provision or Award Agreement which shall be final and binding on all persons.
(b) The Committee may designate persons other than its members to carry out
its responsibilities under such conditions or limitations as it may set, other
than its authority with regard to Awards granted to Reporting Persons.
5. STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PLAN
(a) The stock subject to the provisions of this Plan shall either be shares
of authorized but unissued Common Stock, shares of Common Stock held as treasury
stock or previously issued shares of Common Stock reacquired by the Corporation,
including shares purchased on the open market. Subject to adjustment in
accordance with the provisions of Section 11, and subject to Section 5(d), (i)
the total number of shares of Common Stock available for grants of Awards
(including, without limitation, Awards of restricted and performance shares) in
any Plan Year shall not exceed one percent of the outstanding Common Stock as
reported in the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ending immediately prior to such Plan Year and (ii) the total number of shares
of Common Stock available for grants of restricted and performance shares
(including restricted shares to be issued pursuant to Performance Stock Awards)
in any Plan Year shall not exceed one fourth of one percent of the outstanding
Common Stock as reported in the Corporation's Annual Report on form 10- K for
the fiscal year ending immediately prior to such Plan Year.
(b) Subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 11, and subject to
Section 5(a), (i) the total number of shares of Common Stock available for
grants of Awards in any Plan Year to any Participant shall not exceed one half
of one percent of the outstanding Common Stock as reported in the Corporation's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending immediately prior to such
Plan Year and (ii) the total number of shares of Common Stock available for
grants of restricted shares to be issued pursuant to Performance Stock Awards in
any Plan Year to any Employee shall not exceed one eighth of one percent of the
outstanding Common Stock as reported in the Corporation's Annual Report on form
10-K for the fiscal year ending immediately prior to such Plan Year.
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(c) For purposes of calculating the total number of shares of Common Stock
available for grants of Awards, (i) the grant of a performance or restricted
share unit Award shall be deemed to be equal to the maximum number of shares of
Common Stock which may be issued under the Award and (ii) where the value of an
Award is variable on the date it is granted, the value shall be deemed to be the
maximum limitation of the Award. Awards payable solely in cash will not reduce
the number of shares of Common Stock available for Awards granted under this
Plan.
(d) There shall be carried forward and be available for Awards under this
Plan in each succeeding Plan Year, in addition to shares of Common Stock
available for grant under paragraph (a) of this Section 5, all of the following:
(i) any unused portion of the limit set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 5
for the two immediately preceding Plan Years; (ii) shares of Common Stock
represented by Awards which have been canceled, forfeited, surrendered,
terminated or expire unexercised during that Plan Year or the two immediately
preceding Plan Years; (iii) the excess amount of variable Awards which become
fixed at less than their maximum limitations; (iv) authorized shares of Common
Stock as to which stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock
awards, performance shares or performance awards were not granted under the BANC
ONE CORPORATION 1989 Stock Incentive Plan; and (v) shares of Common Stock under
the BANC ONE CORPORATION 1989 Stock Incentive Plan subject to stock options,
stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, performance shares or
performance awards which have been canceled, forfeited, surrendered, terminated
or expire unexercised during that Plan Year or the two immediately preceding
Plan Years.
6. EMPLOYEE AWARDS UNDER THIS PLAN
As the Committee may determine, the following types of Employee Awards may
be granted under this Plan to Employees on a stand alone, combination or tandem
basis:
(a) Stock Option. A right to buy a specified number of shares of Common
Stock at a fixed exercise price during a specified time, all as the Committee
may determine; provided that the exercise price of any option shall not be less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of grant of
the Award.
(b) Incentive Stock Option. An award in the form of a stock option which
shall comply with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor
Section as it may be amended from time to time.
(c) Stock Appreciation Right. A right to receive the excess of the Fair
Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the stock appreciation right
is exercised over the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date
the stock appreciation right was granted.
(d) Restricted and Performance Shares. A transfer of shares of Common Stock
to a Participant, subject to such restrictions on transfer or other incidents of
ownership, or subject to specified performance standards, for such periods of
time as the Committee may determine.
(e) Restricted and Performance Share Unit. A fixed or variable share or
dollar denominated unit subject to conditions of vesting, performance and time
of payment as the Committee may determine, which may be paid in shares of Common
Stock, cash or a combination of both.
(f) Dividend or Equivalent Right. A right to receive dividends or their
equivalent in value in shares of Common Stock, cash or in a combination of both
with respect to any new or previously existing Employee Award.
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(g) Performance Stock Awards. A right, granted to an Employee, to receive
restricted shares (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof) that are not to be issued
to the Employee until after the end of the related Performance Period, subject
to satisfaction of the Performance Goals for such Performance Period.
(h) Other Common Stock-Based Awards. Other Common Stock-based Awards which
are related to or serve a similar function to those Employee Awards set forth in
this Section 6.
In addition to granting Employee Awards for purposes of incentive
compensation, Employee Awards may also be made in tandem with or in lieu of
current or deferred Employee compensation.
7. PERFORMANCE STOCK AWARDS.
(a) Administration. Performance Stock Awards may be granted to Employees
either alone or in addition to other Employee Awards granted under this Plan.
The Committee shall determine the Employees to whom Performance Stock Awards
shall be awarded for any Performance Period, the duration of the applicable
Performance Period, the number of restricted shares to be awarded at the end of
a Performance Period to Employees if the Performance Goals are met or exceeded
and the terms and conditions of the Performance Stock Award in addition to those
contained in this Section 7.
(b) Payment of Award. After the end of a Performance Period, the financial
performance of the Corporation during such Performance Period shall be measured
against the Performance Goals. If the Performance Goals are not met, no
restricted shares shall be issued pursuant to the Performance Stock Award. If
the Performance Goals are met or exceeded, the Committee shall certify that fact
in writing in the Committee minutes or elsewhere and certify the number of
restricted shares to be issued under each Performance Stock Award in accordance
with the related Award Agreement. The Committee may, in its sole discretion,
apply Negative Discretion to reduce the number of restricted shares to be issued
under a Performance Stock Award.
(c) Requirement of Employment. To be entitled to receive a Performance
Stock Award, an Employee must remain in the employment of the Corporation
through the end of the Performance Period, except that the Committee may provide
for partial or complete exceptions to this requirement as it deems equitable in
its sole discretion.
8. DIRECTOR STOCK OPTIONS
Subject to the provisions of Section 5, Director Stock Options shall be
granted to Eligible Directors as provided in this Section 8 and the Committee
shall have no discretion with respect to any matters set forth in this Section
8.
(a) Vesting. Each Director Stock Option shall become exercisable on and
after the first anniversary of the date of the grant.
(b) Number of Shares. Director Stock Options shall be granted as follows:
(i) Each person who is first elected or appointed to serve as a
director of the Corporation after the effective date of this Plan and who is an
Eligible Director shall, upon such person's initial appointment or election as
an Eligible Director, automatically be granted Director Stock Options for that
number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value of $100,000 on the
date the Director Stock Options are granted; and
(ii) Commencing immediately after the adjournment of the Corporation's
annual meeting of shareholders (an "Annual Meeting") in 1995 and immediately
after the adjournment of the Annual
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Meeting each year thereafter, each Eligible Director who was an Eligible
Director immediately preceding such Annual Meeting and who has been elected as a
director at such Annual Meeting shall automatically be granted Director Stock
Options for that number of shares of Common Stock having a Fair Market Value of
$60,000 on the date the Director Stock Options are granted if, but only if, the
return on common equity of the Corporation as set forth in the Corporation's
annual report to shareholders for the immediately preceding fiscal year is equal
to or greater than 10%.
(c) Option Price. Each Director Stock Option shall have an option price
("Option Price") that is equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on
the date the Director Stock Option is granted.
(d) Duration of Options. No Director Stock Option may be exercisable later
than twenty years and one day from the date of its grant.
(e) Payment. The Option Price upon exercise of any Director Stock Option
shall be payable to the Corporation in full either (i) in U.S. dollars by
personal check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the
Corporation, by money transfers or direct account debits, (ii) through the
delivery or deemed delivery based on attestation of ownership of shares of
Common Stock with a Fair Market Value at the time of exercise equal to the total
Option Price or (iii) by a combination of the methods described in items (i) and
(ii) above.
(f) Termination of Director Stock Options. If an Eligible Director ceases
to be an Eligible Director for any reason, the rights under any then outstanding
Director Stock Option granted pursuant to this Plan which are exercisable as of
the date such person ceases to be an Eligible Director shall terminate upon the
date determined as provided in Section 8(d), above, or three years after such
cessation date, whichever first occurs. Any then outstanding Director Stock
Option granted to such Eligible Director which is not exercisable as of the date
such person ceases to be an Eligible Director shall terminate on and as of such
date.
9. OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(a) Assignability. Except to the extent, if any, as may be permitted by the
Code and rules promulgated under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, (i) no Award
shall be assignable or transferable except by will, by the laws of descent and
distribution, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined by the
Code and as determined or established by the Committee, and (ii) during the
lifetime of a Participant, an Award shall be exercisable only by such
Participant, such Participant's guardian, legal representative or assignee
pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order or as determined or established
by the Committee. An Award shall not otherwise be assignable.
(b) Award Agreement. Each Award under this Plan shall be evidenced by an
Award Agreement.
(c) Rights As A Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein or in any
Award Agreement, a Participant shall have no rights as a shareholder with
respect to shares of Common Stock covered by an Award until the date the
Participant or his nominee (which, for purposes of this Plan, shall include any
third party agent selected by the Committee to hold such shares on behalf of a
Participant), guardian or legal representative is the holder of record of such
shares.
(d) No Obligation to Exercise. The grant of an Award shall impose no
obligation upon the Participant to exercise the Award.
(e) Payments by Participants. The Committee may determine that Employee
Awards for which a payment is due from a Participant may be payable: (i) in U.S.
dollars by personal check, bank draft or money order payable to the order of the
Corporation, by money transfers or direct account debits; (ii) through the
delivery or deemed delivery based on attestation to the ownership of shares of
Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to the total payment due from the
Participant; (iii) by a combination of the methods described in (i) and (ii)
above; or (iv) by such other methods as the Committee may deem appropriate.
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(f) Tax Withholding. The Corporation shall have the right to withhold from
any payments made under this Plan, or to collect as a condition of payment, any
taxes required by law to be withheld. At any time when a Participant is required
to pay to the Corporation an amount required to be withheld under applicable
income tax laws in connection with a distribution of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to this Plan, the Participant may satisfy this obligation in whole or
in part by electing to have the Corporation withhold from such distribution
shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be
withheld. The value of the shares of Common Stock to be withheld shall be based
on the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date that the amount of tax
to be withheld shall be determined (the "Tax Date"). Any such election is
subject to the following restrictions: (i) the election must be made on or prior
to the Tax Date and (ii) the election must be subject to the disapproval of the
Committee.
(g) Restrictions On Sale and Exercise. With respect to Reporting Persons,
and if required to comply with rules promulgated under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act, (i) no Award providing for exercise, a vesting period, a
restriction period or the attainment of performance standards shall permit
unrestricted ownership of shares of Common Stock by the Participant for at least
six months from the date of grant, and (ii) shares of Common Stock acquired
pursuant to this Plan (other than shares of Common Stock acquired as a result of
the granting of a "derivative security") may not be sold or otherwise disposed
of for at least six months after acquisition.
(h) Requirements of Law. The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares
of Common Stock upon the exercise of Awards shall be subject to all applicable
requirements imposed by federal and state securities and other laws, rules and
regulations and by any regulatory agencies having jurisdiction, and by any stock
exchanges upon which the Common Stock may be listed. As a condition precedent to
the issuer of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the grant or exercise of an
Award, the Corporation may require the Participant to take any reasonable action
to meet such requirements.
10. AMENDMENTS
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Plan, the Board may at any time
terminate and, from time to time, may amend or modify this Plan. Any such action
of the Board may be taken without the approval of the Corporation's
shareholders, but only to the extent that such shareholder approval is not
required by applicable law or regulation, including specifically Rule 16b-3
under the Exchange Act.
(b) No amendment, modification or termination of this Plan shall in any
manner adversely affect any Awards theretofore granted to a Participant under
this Plan without the consent of such Participant.
11. RECAPITALIZATION
The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock as to which Awards may be
granted to Participants, the number of shares thereof covered by each
outstanding Award, and the price per share thereof in each such Award, shall all
be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of issued
shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock split, stock dividend, combination
or exchange of shares, exchange for other securities, reclassification,
reorganization, redesignation, merger, consolidation, recapitalization or other
such change. Any such adjustment may provide for the elimination of fractional
shares.
12. NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT
No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award, and the
grant of an Award shall not be construed as giving a Participant the right to be
retained in the employ of the Corporation or a Subsidiary. Nothing in this Plan
shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary to terminate any Participant's employment at any time, nor confer
upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ of the Corporation or
any Subsidiary.
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13. CHANGE OF CONTROL
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 13(c) below, notwithstanding
anything contained in this Plan, the provisions of Section 13(a)(iii) below or
any Award Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change of Control, as
defined below, the following (x) may, in the sole discretion of the Committee,
occur with respect to any and all Employee Awards outstanding as of such Change
of Control and (y) shall occur with respect to any and all Director Stock
Options outstanding as of such Change of Control:
(i) automatic maximization of performance standards, lapse of all
restrictions and acceleration of any time periods relating to the exercise,
realization or vesting of such Awards so that such Awards may be immediately
exercised, realized or vested in full on or before the relevant date fixed in
the Award Agreement;
(ii) performance shares or performance units shall be paid entirely in
cash;
(iii) upon exercise of a stock option or an incentive stock option
(collectively, an "Option") during the 60-day period from and after the date of
a Change of Control, the Participant exercising the Option may in lieu of the
receipt of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Option, elect by written notice
to the Corporation to receive an amount in cash equal to the excess of the
aggregate Value (as defined below) of the shares of Common Stock covered by the
Option or portion thereof surrendered determined on the date the Option is
exercised, over the aggregate exercise price of the Option (such excess is
referred to herein as the "Aggregate Spread"); provided, however, and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, if the end of such 60-day
period from and after the date of a Change of Control is within six months of
the date of grant of an Option held by a Participant who is a Reporting Person,
such Option shall be canceled in exchange for a cash payment to the Participant
equal to the Aggregate Spread on the day which is six months and one day after
the date of grant of such Option. As used in this Section 13(a)(iii) the term
"Value" means the higher of (i) the highest Fair Market Value during the 60-day
period from and after the date of a Change of Control and (ii) if the Change of
Control is the result of a transaction or series of transactions described in
paragraphs (i) or (iii) of the definition of Change of Control, the highest
price per share of the Common Stock paid in such transaction or series of
transactions (which in the case of paragraph (i) shall be the highest price per
share of the Common Stock as reflected in a Schedule 13D filed by the person
having made the acquisition);
(iv) if a Participant's employment terminates for any reason other
than retirement or death following a Change of Control, any Options held by such
Participant may be exercised by such Participant until the earlier of three
months after the termination of employment or the expiration date of such
Options; and
(v) all Awards become non-cancelable.
(b) A "Change of Control" of the Corporation shall be deemed to have
occurred upon the happening of any of the following events:
(i) the acquisition, other than from the Corporation, by any
individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2)
of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership of 20% or more of either the then
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Corporation or the combined voting
power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Corporation entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors; provided, however, that any
acquisition by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, or any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) of the Corporation or its Subsidiaries, or any
corporation with respect to which, following such acquisition, more than 50% of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of such corporation
and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such
corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then
beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the
individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the
Common Stock and voting securities of the Corporation immediately prior to such
acquisition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership, immediately
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prior to such acquisition, of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the
Corporation or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, as the case may be, shall not constitute a Change of Control;
(ii) individuals who, as of January 1, 1995, constitute the Board as
of the date hereof (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority of the Board, provided that any individual becoming a director
subsequent to such date whose election, or nomination for election by the
Corporation's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the
directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office is in connection
with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election of the
directors of the Corporation (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of
Regulation 14A promulgated under the Exchange Act); or
(iii) approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of a
reorganization, merger or consolidation of the Corporation, in each case, with
respect to which the individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial
owners of the Common Stock and voting securities of the Corporation immediately
prior to such reorganization, merger or consolidation do not, following such
reorganization, merger or consolidation, beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of
Common Stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case
may be, of the corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger or
consolidation, or a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or of
the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Corporation.
(c) If any right granted pursuant to Section 13(a) would make a Change of
Control transaction ineligible for pooling of interests accounting that but for
Section 13(a) would otherwise be eligible for such accounting treatment, the
Committee shall have the ability to substitute the cash payable pursuant to
Section 13(a) with Common Stock with a Fair Market Value equal to the cash that
would otherwise be payable thereunder.
14. GOVERNING LAW
To the extent that federal laws do not otherwise control, this Plan shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of Ohio.
15. INDEMNIFICATION
Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee or of the
Board shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation against and from
any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably
incurred by him in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding to which he may be a party or in which he may be involved by reason
of any action taken or failure to act under this Plan and against and from any
and all amounts paid by him in settlement thereof, with the Corporation's
approval, or paid by him in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action,
suit or proceeding against him, provided he shall give the Corporation an
opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he
undertakes to handle and defend it on his own behalf. The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to
which such persons may be entitled under the Corporation's Articles of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any
power that the Corporation may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.
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16. SAVINGS CLAUSE
This Plan is intended to comply in all aspects with applicable law and
regulation, including, with respect to those Employees who are Reporting
Persons, Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. In case any one or more of the
provisions of this Plan shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect under applicable law and regulation (including Rule 16b-3), the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby and the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provision shall be deemed null and void; however, to the extent
permissible by laws, any provision which could be deemed null and void shall
first be construed, interpreted or revised retroactively to permit this Plan to
be construed in compliance with all applicable laws (including Rule 16b-3) so as
to foster the intent of this Plan. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the
contrary, the Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion, may bifurcate this
Plan so as to restrict, limit or condition the use of any provision of this Plan
to Participants who are Reporting Persons without so restricting, limiting or
conditioning this Plan with respect to other Participants.
17. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM
The effective date of this Plan is April 17, 1995 subject to its approval
by the Corporation's shareholders at their next annual meeting or at any
adjournment thereof, within twelve months following the date of its adoption by
the Board. This Plan shall remain in effect until terminated by the Board.
Amended:
Oct. 1996 - Section 2 - Definition of Committee
Section 9(f) - Tax Withholding
Jan. 1997 - Section 9(a) - Assignability
Jan. 1998 - Section 10 - Amendments - former Section 10(b) deleted
Section 13(a) - Change of Control
Section 13(c) - Change of Control added
Revised 5/30/97
Revised 6/2/97 (tab spacing change only)
Revised 2/27/98
Revised 3/10/98 (correct two typos)
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