EXHIBIT 4.01
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FIRST ASHLAND FINANCIAL CORPORATION
1995 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, officers and employees of the Corporation
and its Affiliates. It is intended that designated Options granted pursuant to
the provisions 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.
"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.
"Bank" - means First Federal Bank for Savings and any predecessor or
successor entity.
"Cause" - means personal dishonesty, willful misconduct, any breach of
fiduciary duty involving personal profit, intentional failure to perform stated
duties, or the willful violation of any law, rule, regulation (other than
traffic violations or similar offenses) or a final cease and desist order which
results in a loss to the Bank or any Affiliate.
"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, director emeritus, advisory director,
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 director emeritus or advisory director, continuous service shall
mean availability to perform such functions as may be required of the Bank's
directors emeritus or advisory directors, as the case may be.
"Corporation" - means First Ashland Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"Disinterested Person" - means any member of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation who within the prior year has not been, and is not being,
granted any awards related to the Shares under this Plan or any other plan of
the Corporation or any of its Affiliates except for awards which (i) are
calculated in accordance with a formula as contemplated in paragraph (c) (ii) of
Rule 16b-3 ("Rule l6b-3") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; (ii) result
from participation in an ongoing securities acquisition plan meeting the
conditions of paragraph (d) (2) of Rule 16b-3; or, (iii) arise from an election
by a director to receive all or part of his board fees in securities. No
recipient of a stock award granted pursuant to Section 19 hereof shall be deemed
not to be a Disinterested Person solely by reason of such grant.
"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 11 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 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 National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc., Automated Quotations 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-Qualified Stock Option" - means an option to purchase Shares
granted by the Committee pursuant to Section 6 hereof, which option 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, officer or employee of the
Corporation or any Affiliate who is selected by the Committee to receive an
Award and any director, director emeritus or advisory director of the
Corporation who is granted an Award pursuant to Section 21 hereof.
"Plan" - means the 1994 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 exercisable, 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.
"Senior Officer" - means the Corporation's president, principal
financial officer, or principal accounting officer, any vice president of the
Corporation in charge of a principal business unit, division or function (such
as sales, administration or finance), any other officer who performs a
policy-making function, or any other person
who performs similar policy-making functions for the Corporation. Officers of
the Corporation's Affiliates shall be deemed Senior Officers of the Corporation
if they perform such policy-making functions for the Corporation.
"Shares" - means the shares of common stock 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.
"Ten Percent Beneficial Owner" - means the beneficial owner of more
than ten percent of any class of the Corporation's equity securities registered
pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
3. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee
consisting of three or more members, each of whom shall be a Disinterested
Person. 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 OTS 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 pursuant to a
quantifiable formula established by the Board of Directors and based on the
Corporation's performance; (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. The Committee
may maintain, and update from time to time as appropriate, a list designating
selected directors as Disinterested Persons. The purpose of such list shall be
to evidence the status of such individuals as Disinterested Persons, and the
Board of Directors may appoint to the Committee any individual actually
qualifying as a Disinterested Person, regardless of whether identified as such
on said list.
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, advisory directors,
officers, employees and other participants (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.
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 10% of the total Shares issued in the Bank's
conversion to the capital stock form. 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 or forfeiture has
occurred. Any award made pursuant to this Plan, which Award is subject to the
requirements of Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations, shall vest in five
equal annual installments with the first installment vesting on the one year
anniversary date of grant, except in the event of death or disability, in which
case all unvested shares shall vest immediately.
In the event that 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.
6. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS AND RIGHTS. The Committee
shall have full and complete authority and discretion, subject to OTS
regulations, 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.
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. Cash settlements of Rights may be made only in
accordance with any applicable restrictions pursuant to Rule l6b-3(e) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any similar or successor provision.
(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) if permitted by
the Committee, 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 (including disability
and normal or early retirement, but excluding death 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
a Participant to whom an Option or Right was granted shall cease to maintain
Continuous Service due to normal or early retirement or disability and such
Participant has served the Corporation or the Bank for at least ten years, such
Participant may exercise such Option or Right, but only to the extent vested and
only during the shortest of the following periods: (A) the two-year period
immediately succeeding such cessation of Continuous Service, or (B) the period
remaining until the expiration date of such Option or Right. 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 giving to the Participant of
notice 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 two-year
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 immediately prior to his death, 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 Participant 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.
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 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.
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 60 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 60th 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 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,
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 and class 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 of
incorporation, to receive the appraised or fair value of their holdings), any
Participant to whom an Option or Right has been granted at least six months
prior to such event 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. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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
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 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.
16. 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.
17. 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 OTS regulations, but (except as provided in Section 12 hereof) no
amendment shall be made without approval of the stockholders of the Corporation
which shall (i) materially increase the aggregate number of Shares with respect
to which Awards may be made under the Plan, (ii) materially increase the
aggregate number of Shares which may be subject to Awards to Participants who
are not Employees 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.
Notwithstanding anything else in this Plan to the contrary, to the
extent that the Plan provides for formula awards, as defined in Rule 16b-3(c)
(2) (ii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such provisions may not be
amended more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in
the Code, ERISA or the rules thereunder.
18. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PLAN. The Plan shall become effective
upon its ratification by stockholders of the Corporation at least subsequent to
the Bank's conversion to a stock institution. It shall continue in effect for a
term of ten years unless sooner terminated under Section 17 hereof.
19. INITIAL GRANT. By, and simultaneously with, the ratification of
this Plan, each member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation at the time
of stockholder ratification of the Plan who is not an Employee and each advisory
director of the Bank, is hereby granted a ten-year, Non-Qualified Stock Option
to purchase a number of shares equal to .5% of the shares sold in the conversion
at an Exercise Price per share equal to the Market Value per share on the date
of stockholder ratification of the Plan, with such award to be determined under
a quantifiable formula established by the Board of Directors and based on the
Corporation's performance. In addition, each non-employee director of the
Corporation elected after stockholder ratification of the Plan is hereby granted
as of the date he or she is elected and qualified ("election date") a ten-year
Non-Qualified Stock Option to purchase 4,000 shares at the applicable Market
Value per share on the election date, subject to availability, with such award
to be determined under a quantifiable formula established by the Board of
Directors and based on the Corporation's performance. 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 21 shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share to the extent
necessary to ensure that no options to purchase stock representing fractional
shares are granted.