EXHIBIT 10.1

                        MONTGOMERY FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                      1997 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, offi
cers 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.

      "Association" - means Montgomery  Savings,  A Federal  Association 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 re spect 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 availability to perform such functions as may be required of such persons.

      "Conversion and  Reorganization"  - means (i) the conversion of Montgomery
Mutual  Holding  Company  from mutual form to a federal  interim  stock  savings
association and its merger into the Association and (ii) the merger  transaction
pursuant to which the Association  will become a wholly owned  subsidiary of the
Corporation.

      "Corporation"  --  means  Montgomery  Financial  Corporation,  an  Indiana
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.


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      "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 remuneration 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.

      "Plan"  -  means  the  1997  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.

      "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 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 the extent applicable,
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

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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 of the Corporation or
its  Affiliates  who, in the opinion of the  Committee,  have the  capacity  for
contributing   to  the  successful  per  formance  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  Shares  issued  in the  Conversion  and
Reorganization   (excluding   Shares  issued  in  exchange  for  shares  of  the
Association). 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.  To the extent Office
of Thrift Supervision Regulations are applicable to this Plan, each non-employee
director of the  Corporation may not be granted Awards with respect to more than
5% of the total shares subject to the Plan and 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.  Notwithstanding the foregoing
and  subject  to  compliance  with  applicable  Office  of  Thrift   Supervision
Regulations,  if  applicable,  no  individual  shall be  granted  Awards  in any
calendar  year with respect to more than 25% of the total shares  subject to the
Plan in any calendar year or during the entire term of 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 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

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      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.

(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  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

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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 exer cisable 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,  if
applicable,  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 Re lated  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.


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      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 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,  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 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,  advisory  director,
director  emeritus,  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,  advisory directory,  director emeritus,  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

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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  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.

      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, and may, in its sole discretion,  withhold
sufficient Shares to cover the amount of taxes which the Corporation is required
to withhold.

      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 Office of Thrift Supervision Regulations,  if applicable, but (except
as provided in Section 11 hereof) 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,  (ii)
materially  increase the benefits  accruing to  Participants,  (iii)  materially
change the requirements as to eligibility for  participation in the Plan or (iv)
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.

      18.  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 17 hereof.



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