Exhibit 10.2
FOUR OAKS FINCORP, INC.
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Amended and Restated May 17, 2001)
Four Oaks Fincorp, Inc., a North Carolina business corporation (the
"Holding Company"), has amended and restated its Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
(Assumed, Amended and Restated as of July 1, 1997) to expand the group of
persons eligible to receive options to include non-employee directors. The
resulting plan is this Four Oaks Fincorp, Inc. Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan
(the "Plan").
1. Purpose of Plan. The purpose of the Plan is to further the success of
the Holding Company by making shares of the Holding Company's common stock
available for purchase by the eligible employees and directors of the Holding
Company or its subsidiaries in order to provide such persons with an additional
incentive to continue their employment or director relationship with the Holding
Company and give them a greater interest in the Holding Company's success. This
purpose will be carried out through the granting of options which do not meet
the statutory requirements of Sections 422 or 423 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
2. Stock Subject to Plan. Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 10 of the
Plan, the Holding Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") shall reserve for
issuance upon the exercise of options to be granted under the Plan from time to
time an aggregate of Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares of the Holding
Company's common stock, par value one dollar ($1.00) per share ("Common Stock"),
which shares shall be authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock. The Board
may also from time to time reserve additional shares of authorized and unissued
Common Stock for issuance upon the exercise of options to be granted under the
Plan. If any option granted under the Plan shall expire or terminate for any
reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares of Common
Stock subject to the expired or terminated option shall again be available for
the purposes of the Plan.
3. Administration. The Board shall appoint a committee of at least two
"non-employee Directors" as defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated under
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Committee") to
administer the Plan. The Committee shall report all of its actions to the Board.
The Board may from time to time remove members from the Committee and appoint
their successors. The Board shall fill all vacancies on the Committee however
caused.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, the Committee shall
have absolute discretionary authority (a) to determine (i) the purchase price of
the shares of Common Stock covered by each option, (ii) the employees or
directors to whom and the time or times at which options shall be granted and
(iii) the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to each option; (b) to
determine when an option can be exercised and whether in whole or in
installments; (c) to interpret the Plan; (d) to prescribe, amend and rescind
rules and regulations relating to the Plan; (e) to determine the terms and
provisions (and amendments of the terms and provisions) of the option agreements
(which need not be identical), including such terms and provisions (and
amendments of terms and provisions) as shall be required in the Committee's
judgment to conform to any change in any applicable law or regulation; and (f)
to make all other determinations the Committee shall deem necessary or advisable
for the Plan's administration.
The Committee shall select one of its members as its chairman and shall
hold its meetings at such times and places as it may determine. The Committee
shall make all decisions and determinations by not less than a majority vote of
its members. Any decision or determination which the Committee reduces to a
writing signed by all its members shall be fully as effective as if such
decision or determination had been made by a majority vote of the Committee at a
meeting which shall have been duly called and held. The Committee shall appoint
a secretary who shall keep minutes of its meetings. The Committee shall make
such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it shall deem
advisable. No member of the Committee or the Board shall be liable to any person
for any action or determination which he or she makes in good faith.
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4. Eligibility. The persons who shall be eligible to receive options shall
be executive employees and directors of the Holding Company or its subsidiaries
whom the Committee may select from time to time. The term "executive employees"
shall include, but shall not be limited to, the Holding Company's and any of its
subsidiaries' chief executive officer and employees who are city executives of
subsidiaries of the Holding Company. In determining the employees or directors
to whom options shall be granted and the number of shares of Common Stock to be
covered by each option, the Committee may take into account the nature of the
services rendered by each eligible employee or director, his or her present and
potential contributions to the Holding Company's success and such other factors
as the Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. An option holder may be
granted an additional option or options under the Plan if the Committee shall so
determine. Except as determined by the Committee, there shall be no limit on the
aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time an option is granted) of
the Common Stock for which any eligible person or option holder may be granted
options under the Plan in any calendar year. However, no eligible person or
option holder shall be granted an option or options in any calendar year to
purchase more than 50,000 shares of Common Stock.
5. Option Price. The Committee shall determine the purchase price of the
shares of Common Stock under each option; provided, however, the purchase price
for any share shall not be less than the par value of such share.
6. Exercise of Options. Each option shall be exercisable from time to time
over a period commencing no earlier than one year from the date of the option's
grant and ending upon the option's expiration or termination; provided, however,
the Committee may by the provisions of any option agreement limit the number of
shares of Common Stock purchasable under the option in any period or periods of
time during which the option is exercisable. No option may be exercised for a
fractional share of Common Stock. The purchase price of the shares of Common
Stock subject to the option shall be paid in full in cash upon the exercise of
the option, and the Holding Company shall not be required to deliver
certificates for such shares until such payment is made. The term of each option
shall be for such period as the Committee shall determine, but such term shall
not extend for more than ten years from the date of the option's grant or such
shorter period as is prescribed in Paragraphs 8, 9 and 11 of the Plan. Except as
provided in Paragraphs 8, and 9, an option may not be exercised at any time
unless the option holder's employment or director relationship with the Holding
Company or its subsidiaries shall have been continuous from the date of the
option's grant to the date of the option's exercise. The holder of an option
shall not have any of the rights of a shareholder with respect to the shares of
Common Stock subject to the option until such shares shall be issued to him or
her upon the exercise of the option and payment of the purchase price, and the
Holding Company shall make no adjustments for dividends or other rights for
which the record date is before the date the Holding Company issues the
certificate representing such shares.
7. Nontransferability of Options. No options granted under the Plan shall
be transferable otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and distribution,
and during the lifetime of the option's holder may only be exercised by the
option holder (or his or her duly appointed legal representative).
8. Termination of Employment or Director Relationship. In the event of
termination of the employment or director relationship of an option holder,
other than (a) a termination that is either (i) for cause or (ii) voluntary on
the part of the option holder and without the written consent of the Holding
Company or one of its subsidiaries or (b) a termination by reason of death, the
option holder may (unless otherwise provided in his or her option agreement)
exercise his or her option at any time within fifteen months after such
termination of service, or within such other time as the Committee shall
authorize, but in no event after ten years from the date of the option's grant;
provided, however, such option may not be exercised if it was previously
terminated pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 11 of the Plan. In the event
of the termination of the employment or director relationship of an option
holder that is either (i) for cause or (ii) voluntary on the part of the option
holder and without the written consent of the Holding Company or one of its
subsidiaries, any option under the Plan which such person shall hold shall
(except to the extent exercised before termination of such service) immediately
terminate. The term "cause" shall mean (a) criminal conviction for fraud,
embezzlement, misappropriation or the like, (b) misconduct involving moral
turpitude or (c) a failure to perform the individual's duties faithfully,
diligently, competently and to the best of his or her ability for reasons other
than serious physical disability or other incapacity, as determined in the
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Committee's sole discretion. Retirement in accordance with the normal
retirement policies of the Holding Company or its subsidiary or termination of
the employment or director relationship in the event of disability, as
determined in the Committee's sole discretion, shall not be deemed to be
voluntary on the part of the individual for purposes of the Plan. Options
granted under the Plan shall not be affected by any change in the option
holder's position of employment so long as the option holder continues to be an
employee of the Holding Company or one of its subsidiaries. The option agreement
may contain such provisions as the Committee shall approve regarding the effect
of approved leaves of absence. Nothing in the Plan or in any option granted
pursuant to the Plan shall (a) confer on any individual any right to continue in
the employ of the Holding Company or its subsidiaries or (b) interfere in any
way with the right of the Holding Company or its subsidiaries to terminate his
or her employment at any time.
9. Death of Holder of Option. If an option holder shall die while he or she
is employed by or is serving as a director of the Holding Company or one of its
subsidiaries or shall die within fifteen months after the termination of his or
her employment or director relationship, the option held by such person may be
exercised by any legatee of such option under the option holder's will, by the
option holder's personal representative or by any distributee of such option at
any time within a period of fifteen months after the option holder's death but
not after ten years from the date of the option's grant; provided, however, such
option may not be exercised if it has been previously terminated pursuant to the
provisions of Paragraph 8 or 11 of the Plan or if such exercise is barred by the
provisions of the option agreement.
10. Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization. Subject to the provisions of
Paragraph 11 of the Plan, each option agreement may contain such provisions as
the Committee shall determine to be appropriate for the adjustment of (a) the
number and class of shares of Common Stock subject to such option and (b) the
option price in the event of changes in the outstanding Common Stock by reason
of any stock dividend, split-up, recapitalization, combination or exchange of
shares, merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, separation,
reorganization or liquidation or similar action. In the event of any such change
in the outstanding Common Stock, the Committee shall adjust the aggregate number
and class of shares of Common Stock reserved and available under the Plan
appropriately, and the Committee's determination on adjustment shall be
conclusive.
11. Termination of Options on Merger or Sale of Assets. A liquidation of
the Holding Company, a merger or consolidation in which the Holding Company is
not the surviving or resulting corporation or a sale of all or substantially all
of the Holding Company's assets shall cause every option outstanding under the
Plan to terminate on the effective date of such action. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, upon a liquidation of the Holding Company, a merger or
consolidation in which the Holding Company is not the surviving or resulting
corporation or a sale of all or substantially all of the Holding Company's
assets, each option holder shall have the right, within his or her sole
discretion and without regard to whether the period of one year has passed since
the option's grant, to exercise before the effective date of such action any or
all of the options he or she may hold. Any options not so exercised shall
terminate on the effective date of such action.
12. Amendment and Termination. Unless terminated earlier as provided for in
this Paragraph, the Plan shall terminate when all shares of Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan have been issued. The Board may terminate
the Plan at any time for any reason or make such modifications or amendments to
the Plan as the Board shall deem advisable in order to conform to any change in
any applicable law or regulation or for any other reason. No termination,
modification, or amendment of the Plan shall, without the consent of the person
to whom any option shall previously have been granted, adversely affect such
option holder's rights under such option.
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13. Effectiveness of Plan. The Plan shall become effective on such date as
the Board shall determine. The exercise of each option shall be subject to the
condition that if at any time the Holding Company shall determine in its
discretion that (a) the satisfaction of withholding tax or other withholding
liabilities, (b) the listing upon any securities exchange or the registration or
qualification under any state or federal law of any shares of Common Stock
otherwise deliverable upon such exercise or (c) the consent or approval of any
regulatory body is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection
with, such exercise or the delivery or purchase of shares of Common Stock
pursuant to such exercise, then in any such event, such exercise shall not be
effective unless such withholding, listing, registration, qualification, consent
or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not
acceptable to the Holding Company.
14. Time of Granting Options. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any
resolution adopted or to be adopted by the Committee, the Board, or the Holding
Company's stockholders shall constitute the granting of any option under the
Plan. The granting of an option under the Plan shall take place only when a
written option agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by or on
behalf of the Holding Company and the employee or director to whom such option
is to be granted. Each option agreement shall state the total number of shares
of Common Stock subject to the option and the purchase price for such shares.
15. Use of Proceeds. The Holding Company shall add the proceeds it shall
receive from the sale of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of options
granted under the Plan to the Holding Company's general funds and use such
proceeds for general corporate purposes.
16. Expenses of Plan. The Holding Company shall bear all costs and expenses
in connection of the administration of the Plan.
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