CAMCO FINANCIAL CORP
SC 13D, 1999-08-17
SAVINGS INSTITUTIONS, NOT FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13D


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


                    Westwood Homestead Financial Corporation
                                (Name of Issuer)

                                  Common Shares
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   961767 10 0
                                 (CUSIP Number)


                              Kathleen M. Molinsky
                       Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
                             Suite 2100, Atrium Two
                             221 East Fourth Street
                             Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
                                 (513) 723-4089
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)


                                 August 17, 1999
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)




If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  that is the subject of this  Schedule  13D, and is filing this
schedule because of ss.ss. 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the
following box.  [  ]












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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO.  961767 10 0

1.       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
         SS OR IRS IDENTIFICATION NO. OF REPORTING PERSON:

                  Camco Financial Corporation
                  51-0110823


2.       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

         (a)  [  ]
         (b)  [  ]


3.       SEC USE ONLY:


4.       SOURCE OF FUNDS:

                  WC


5.       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL  PROCEEDINGS  IS REQUIRED  PURSUANT TO
         ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e):                                               [  ]


6.       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:

                  Delaware

NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH:

7.       SOLE VOTING POWER:                          431,595
8.       SHARED VOTING POWER:                           -
9.       SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER:                     431,595
10.      SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER:                      -


11.      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:

                  431,595 (1)


12.      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
         EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES:                                          [  ]


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(1)  Camco  Financial  Corporation   ("Camco")  holds  an  option,   granted  in
     connection with the execution of a merger agreement with Westwood Homestead
     Financial  Corporation  ("WHFC") to  purchase a total of 431,595  shares of
     WHFC common shares, par value One Cent ($0.01) per share, which will become
     exercisable  upon the occurrence of certain  triggering  events outlined in
     the merger agreement.  The option will terminate when either (1) the merger
     is completed; (2) the merger agreement is terminated by either party before
     the  occurrence  of  a  triggering  event;  or  (3)  12  months  after  the
     termination of the merger agreement if a triggering event did occur.




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13.      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
                  16.6% (2)


14.      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:

                  CO





























- ----------------------------------

(2)  The  total  number of  outstanding  shares  of WHFC has been  increased  to
     include the 431,595 shares subject to the option held by Camco.




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Item 1.           Security and Issuer.

                  Common shares, $0.01 par value per share
                  Westwood Homestead Financial Corporation
                  3002 Harrison Avenue
                  Cincinnati, Ohio 45211

Item 2.           Identity and Background.

                  Name
                  Camco Financial Corporation

                  Principal address and place of business
                  814 Wheeling Avenue
                  Cambridge, Ohio  43725

                  Camco is incorporated in Delaware.

                  During the last five years,  Camco  Financial  Corporation has
                  not been convicted in a criminal proceeding.

                  During the last five years,  Camco  Financial  Corporation has
                  not  been a  party  to a civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or
                  administrative  body of competent  jurisdiction which resulted
                  in  a  judgment,   decree  or  final  order  enjoining  future
                  violations of, or prohibiting or mandating  activities subject
                  to, federal or state  securities laws or finding any violation
                  with respect to such laws.

                  Camco's  principal  business is as a savings and loan  holding
                  company.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds and Other Consideration.

                  Camco will pay the exercise price of the shares in immediately
                  available funds by wire transfer.

Item 4.           Purpose of  Transaction.

                  The  option  was  granted  to  Camco  in  connection  with the
                  execution of an Agreement of Merger and Plan of Reorganization
                  dated  August 6, 1999,  which  provides for the merger of WHFC
                  with and into Camco. In the merger, the shares of WHFC will be
                  extinguished and WHFC's former shareholders will receive 0.611
                  Camco  shares  and $5.20 for each of their  extinguished  WHFC
                  common  shares.  The  completion  of the  merger is subject to
                  regulatory approval, shareholder approval and certain standard
                  conditions.  The  parties  expect to  complete  the  merger in
                  January 2000.   After  the  merger, the  common shares of WHFC
                  will be delisted from NASDAQ.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

                  (a)      Camco  beneficially  owns  431,595  shares,  which is
                           16.6% of the  total  issued  and  outstanding  common
                           shares of the issuer,  after the  exercise of Camco's
                           option.

Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements,  Understandings or Relationships With
                  Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

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                  There  are  no  contracts,  arrangements,   understandings  or
                  relationships  between Camco and any other person with respect
                  to any  securities of the issuer,  except for the stock option
                  agreement, dated August 7, 1999, between Camco and WHFD.

Item 7.           Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

                  1.  Stock Option Award Agreement

Signature

                  After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
                  belief,  I  certify  that the  information  set  forth in this
                  statement is true, complete and correct.


/s/ Larry A. Caldwell, President, Camco Financial Corporation
Signature

Larry A. Caldwell, President, Camco Financial Corporation
Name

8/17/99
Date






                                    EXHIBIT 1

                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

         Stock  Option  Agreement,  dated as of August 7,  1999,  between  Camco
Financial  Corporation,   a  Delaware  corporation  ("Grantee"),   and  Westwood
Homestead Financial Corporation, an Indiana corporation ("Issuer").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS,  Grantee and Issuer have  entered  into an Agreement of Merger
and Plan of  Reorganization  of even date  herewith  (the  "Merger  Agreement"),
providing  for,  among other things,  the merger of Issuer with and into Grantee
(the "Merger");

         WHEREAS,  as a condition and an inducement to Grantee to enter into the
Merger Agreement,  Issuer has agreed to grant Grantee the Option (as hereinafter
defined); and

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  foregoing  and the  mutual
covenants  and  agreements  set forth  herein and in the Merger  Agreement,  the
parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein,  Issuer hereby
grants to Grantee an irrevocable  option (the "Option") to purchase,  subject to
the terms  hereof,  up to an aggregate of 431,595  fully paid and  nonassessable
shares (the  "Option  Shares") of common  stock,  par value $0.01 per share,  of
Issuer (the  "Common  Stock") at a price per share equal to $10.50 (the  "Option
Price");  provided,  however,  that in no event  shall the  number of shares for
which this  Option is  exercisable  exceed  19.9% of the issued and  outstanding
shares of Common Stock without  giving effect to any shares subject to or issued
pursuant  to the  Option.  The  number of shares  of  Common  Stock  that may be
received  upon the  exercise  of the Option and the Option  Price are subject to
adjustment as herein set forth.

     (b) In the event that any  additional  shares of Common Stock are issued or
otherwise  become  outstanding  after  the date of this  Agreement  (other  than
pursuant to this  Agreement  and other than  pursuant to an event  described  in
Section 5(a) hereof), including, without limitation, pursuant to stock option or
other  employee plans or as a result of the exercise of conversion  rights,  the
number of shares of Common  Stock  subject to the Option  shall be  increased so
that,  after such  event,  such number  equals  19.9% of the number of shares of
Common Stock then issued and  outstanding  without  giving  effect to any shares
subject to or issued pursuant to the Option.  Nothing  contained in this Section
l(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to authorize Issuer to issue
shares in breach of any provision of the Merger Agreement.

     2. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Holder (as
hereinafter defined) may exercise the Option, in whole or part, and from time to
time, if, but only if, both an Initial Triggering Event (as hereinafter defined)
and a Subsequent  Triggering Event (as hereinafter  defined) shall have occurred
prior  to the  occurrence  of an  Exercise  Termination  Event  (as  hereinafter
defined),  provided  that the Holder  shall have sent the written  notice of the
first  exercise (as provided in paragraph  (e) of this Section 2) within 60 days
following the first  Subsequent  Triggering Event to occur (or such later period
as  provided  in  Section  10).  Each  of the  following  shall  be an  Exercise
Termination  Event: (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement);
(ii)  termination  of the Merger  Agreement in  accordance  with the  provisions
thereof  if such  termination  occurs  prior  to the  occurrence  of an  Initial
Triggering Event, except a termination by Grantee pursuant to Section 8.01(c) of
the Merger  Agreement  (unless the breach by Issuer giving rise to such right of
termination  was  non-volitional);  or (iii)  the  passage  of 12  months  after
termination of the Merger Agreement if such  termination  follows the occurrence
of an  Initial  Triggering  Event or is a  termination  by Grantee  pursuant  to
Section 8.01(c) of the Merger Agreement (unless the breach by Issuer giving rise

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to such right of  termination  is  non-volitional),  provided that if an Initial
Triggering  Event  continues or occurs beyond such  termination and prior to the
passage of such  12-month-period,  the  Exercise  Termination  Event shall be 12
months from the  expiration  of the Last  Triggering  Event but in no event more
than 18 months after such  termination.  The term "Last Triggering  Event" shall
mean the last "Initial  Triggering Event" to expire, and the term "Holder" shall
mean  the  holder  or  holders  of  the  Option   pursuant  to  this  Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Option may not be
exercised at any time when (i) Grantee shall be in material breach of any of its
covenants or agreements contained in the Merger Agreement such that Issuer shall
be entitled  to  terminate  the Merger  Agreement  pursuant  to Section  8.01(d)
thereof  as a  result  of such a  material  breach  and (ii) no  preliminary  or
permanent  injunction or other order  against the delivery of shares  covered by
the Option issued by any court of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect.

     (b) The term  "Initial  Triggering  Event" shall mean any of the  following
events or transactions occurring on or after the date hereof:

          (i)  Issuer or any  Subsidiary  of Issuer  (an  "Issuer  Subsidiary"),
     without having received Grantee's prior written consent, shall have entered
     into an agreement to engage in an Acquisition  Transaction  (as hereinafter
     defined) with any person (the term "person" for purposes of this  Agreement
     having the meaning assigned thereto in Sections 3(a)(9) and 13(d)(3) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), and the rules
     and  regulations  thereunder),  other  than  Grantee or any  Subsidiary  of
     Grantee (a "Grantee  Subsidiary")  or the Board of Directors of Issuer (the
     "Issuer  Board") shall have  recommended  that the  shareholders  of Issuer
     approve or accept any  Acquisition  Transaction  with any person other than
     Grantee  or a Grantee  Subsidiary.  For  purposes  of this  Agreement,  (a)
     "Acquisition Transaction" shall mean (w) a merger or consolidation,  or any
     similar transaction,  involving Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary (other than
     mergers, consolidations or similar transactions (i) involving solely Issuer
     and/or one or more wholly-owned  Subsidiaries of Issuer,  provided any such
     transaction  is not entered  into in  violation  of the terms of the Merger
     Agreement, or (ii) in which the shareholders of Issuer immediately prior to
     the completion of such  transaction own at least 50% of the Common Stock of
     Issuer  (or  the  resulting  or  surviving  entity  in  such   transaction)
     immediately  after  completion  of  such  transaction,  provided  any  such
     transaction  is not entered  into in  violation  of the terms of the Merger
     Agreement),  (x) a  purchase,  lease  or  other  acquisition  of all or any
     substantial  part  of the  assets  or  deposits  of  Issuer  or any  Issuer
     Subsidiary,  (y) a  purchase  or  other  acquisition  (including  by way of
     merger,   consolidation,   share   exchange  or  otherwise)  of  securities
     representing  10% or more of the  voting  power  of  Issuer  or any  Issuer
     Subsidiary  or  (z)  any  substantially   similar   transaction;   and  (b)
     "Subsidiary"  shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the 1934
     Act;

          (ii) Any person,  other than  Grantee or a Grantee  Subsidiary,  shall
     have  acquired  beneficial  ownership  or the right to  acquire  beneficial
     ownership  of 20% or more of the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock (the
     term  "beneficial  ownership"  for  purposes of this  Agreement  having the
     meaning  assigned  thereto in Section  13(d) of the 1934 Act, and the rules
     and regulations thereunder);

          (iii) The  Issuer  Board,  without  having  received  Grantee's  prior
     written consent,  shall have withdrawn or modified,  or publicly  announced
     its interest to withdraw or modify in any manner  adverse in any respect to
     Grantee,  its  recommendation  that the  stockholders of Issuer approve the
     transactions  contemplated  by the  Merger  Agreement  in  anticipation  of
     engaging in an Acquisition Transaction,  or Issuer or any Issuer Subsidiary
     shall have authorized,  recommended or proposed,  or publicly announced its
     intention to authorize,  recommend or propose, an agreement to engage in an
     Acquisition  Transaction  with any person  other than  Grantee or a Grantee
     Subsidiary;

          (iv) Any person other than Grantee or a Grantee  Subsidiary shall have
     filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC") a registration
     statement or tender offer materials with respect to a potential exchange or
     tender offer that would  constitute an Acquisition  Transaction (or filed a
     preliminary  proxy  statement with the SEC with respect to a potential vote
     by its stockholders to approve the issuance of shares to be offered in such
     an exchange offer);

          (v) After a bona fide  written  proposal is made by any person,  other
     than  Grantee or a Grantee  Subsidiary,  to Issuer or its  stockholders  to
     engage in an  Acquisition  Transaction,  Issuer  shall  have  breached  any
     covenant or  obligation  contained in the Merger  Agreement and such breach
     (x) would  entitle  Grantee  to  terminate  the Merger  Agreement  (whether
     immediately  or after the  giving of notice or passage of time or both) and
     (y) shall not have been cured prior to the Notice Date (as defined  below);
     or

          (vi) Any person other than Grantee or a Grantee  Subsidiary shall have
     filed an application  or notice with the Federal  Reserve Board (the "FRB")


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     or other  federal or state bank  regulatory or antitrust  authority,  which
     application  or notice has been  accepted for  processing,  for approval to
     engage in an Acquisition Transaction.

     (c) The term "Subsequent  Triggering Event" shall mean any of the following
events or transactions occurring after the date hereof:

          (i) The  acquisition  by any person (other than Grantee or any Grantee
     Subsidiary) of beneficial  ownership of 25% or more of the then outstanding
     Common Stock; or

          (ii) The  occurrence  of the Initial  Triggering  Event  described  in
     clause (i) of subsection  (b) of this Section 2, except that the percentage
     referred to in clause (y) of the second sentence thereof shall be 25%.

     (d) Issuer shall notify  Grantee  promptly in writing of the  occurrence of
any  Initial  Triggering  Event or  Subsequent  Triggering  Event  (together,  a
"Triggering  Event") of which it has notice, it being understood that the giving
of such notice by Issuer  shall not be a condition to the right of the Holder to
exercise the Option.

     (e) In the event the  Holder is  entitled  to and  wishes to  exercise  the
Option (or any portion  thereof),  it shall send to Issuer a written notice (the
date of which being herein referred to as the "Notice Date")  specifying (i) the
total  number  of  shares  of Common  Stock it will  purchase  pursuant  to such
exercise  and (ii) a place and date not  earlier  than three  business  days nor
later  than 45  business  days  from the  Notice  Date for the  closing  of such
purchase (the "Closing");  provided that if prior notification to or approval of
the FRB or any other  regulatory  or antitrust  agency is required in connection
with such  purchase,  the Holder  shall  promptly  file the  required  notice or
application for approval,  shall promptly notify Issuer of such filing and shall
expeditiously  process the same and the period of time that otherwise  would run
pursuant to this sentence  shall run instead from the date on which any required
notification periods have expired or been terminated or such approvals have been
obtained and any  requisite  waiting  period or periods  shall have passed.  Any
exercise  of the  Option  shall be deemed to occur on the Notice  Date  relating
thereto.  The term "business day" for purposes of this Agreement  means any day,
excluding  Saturdays,  Sundays and any other day that is a legal  holiday in the
State of Ohio or a day on which  banking  institutions  in the State of Ohio are
authorized by law or executive order to close.

     (f) At a Closing, the Holder shall (i) pay to Issuer the aggregate purchase
price for the shares of Common Stock  purchased  pursuant to the exercise of the
Option  in  immediately  available  funds  by wire  transfer  to a bank  account
designated by Issuer, and (ii) present and surrender this Agreement to Issuer at
its  principal  executive  offices,  provided that the failure or refusal of the
Issuer to designate  such a bank account or accept  surrender of this  Agreement
shall not preclude the Holder from exercising the Option.

     (g) At a Closing, simultaneously with the delivery of immediately available
funds as provided in  subsection  (f) of this Section 2, Issuer shall deliver to
the Holder a certificate or  certificates  representing  the number of shares of
Common Stock  purchased by the Holder and, if the Option  should be exercised in
part only, a new Option  evidencing the rights of the Holder thereof to purchase
the balance of the shares purchasable hereunder, and the Holder shall deliver to
Issuer a copy of this  Agreement and a letter  agreeing that the Holder will not
offer to sell or otherwise dispose of such shares in violation of applicable law
or the provisions of this Agreement.

     (h) Certificates  for Common Stock delivered at a Closing  hereunder may be
endorsed (in the sole discretion of Issuer) with a restrictive legend that shall
read substantially as follows:

     "The transfer of the shares  represented by this  certificate is subject to
certain  provisions  of an agreement  between the  registered  holder hereof and
Issuer and to resale  restrictions  arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.  A copy of such agreement is on file at the principal  office of Issuer
and will be provided to the holder hereof  without charge upon receipt by Issuer
of a written request therefor."

It is understood and agreed that:  (i) the reference to the resale  restrictions
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"),  in the above legend
shall be removed by delivery of substitute certificate(s) without such reference

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if the Holder  shall have  delivered to Issuer a copy of a letter from the staff
of the  SEC,  or an  opinion  of  counsel,  in  form  and  substance  reasonably
satisfactory  to Issuer,  to the effect  that such  legend is not  required  for
purposes of the 1933 Act; (ii) the reference to the provisions of this Agreement
in the above  legend shall be removed by delivery of  substitute  certificate(s)
without such reference if the shares have been sold or transferred in compliance
with the  provisions  of this  Agreement  and  under  circumstances  that do not
require the retention of such  reference in the  reasonable  written  opinion of
counsel to the Holder;  and (iii) the legend shall be removed in its entirety if
the  conditions in the  preceding  clauses (i) and (ii) are both  satisfied.  In
addition,  such  certificates  shall bear any other legend as may be required by
law.

     (i) Upon the  giving  by the  Holder to  Issuer  of the  written  notice of
exercise of the Option  provided for under  paragraph (e) of this Section 2, the
tender of the applicable  purchase price in immediately  available funds and the
tender of a copy of this  Agreement  to  Issuer,  the  Holder  shall be  deemed,
subject to the receipt of any necessary regulatory  approvals,  to be the holder
of  record  of  the  shares  of  Common  Stock   issuable  upon  such  exercise,
notwithstanding  that the stock transfer books of Issuer shall then be closed or
that  certificates  representing  such shares of Common  Stock shall not then be
actually delivered to the Holder. Issuer shall pay all expenses, and any and all
United  States  federal,  state and local  taxes and other  charges  that may be
payable  in  connection  with  the  preparation,  issue  and  delivery  of stock
certificates  under this  Section 2 in the name of the  Holder or its  assignee,
transferee or designee.

     3.  Issuer  agrees:  (i) that it shall at all  times  maintain,  free  from
preemptive  rights,  sufficient  authorized  but unissued or treasury  shares of
Common   Stock  so  that  the  Option  may  be  exercised   without   additional
authorization  of  Common  Stock  after  giving  effect  to all  other  options,
warrants, convertible securities and other rights to purchase Common Stock; (ii)
that it will not,  by  amendment  of its  Articles of  Incorporation  or through
reorganization,  consolidation, merger, dissolution or sale of assets, or by any
other voluntary act, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any
of the  covenants,  stipulations  or  conditions  to be  observed  or  performed
hereunder by Issuer;  (iii) promptly to take all action as may from time to time
be required  (including  without  limitation  (x) complying  with all applicable
premerger  notification,  reporting and waiting period requirements specified in
15 U.S.C.  Section 18a and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder  and (y) in the
event, under the Federal Reserve Act, the Home Owners Loan Act ("HOLA"),  or the
Change in Bank Control Act of 1978,  as amended,  or any state or other  federal
banking law, prior approval of or notice to the FRB, the FDIC, the OTS or to any
state or other federal  regulatory  authority is necessary before the Option may
be  exercised,  cooperating  fully  with  the  Holder  in  connection  with  the
preparation of such  applications  or notices and providing such  information to
the FRB or the OTS or such state or other federal  regulatory  authority as they
may  require)  in order to permit the Holder to  exercise  the Option and Issuer
duly and effectively to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant  hereto;  and (iv)
promptly to take all action  provided herein to protect the rights of the Holder
against dilution.

     4. This Agreement and the Option granted hereby are  exchangeable,  without
expense,  at the option of the Holder,  upon  presentation and surrender of this
Agreement at the principal office of Issuer, for other Agreements  providing for
Options of different  denominations  entitling the holder thereof to purchase on
the same terms and subject to the same conditions as are set forth herein in the
aggregate the same number of shares of Common Stock purchasable  hereunder.  The
terms  "Agreement"  and  "Option"  as  used  herein  include  any  Stock  Option
Agreements and related  Options for which this Agreement (and the Option granted
hereby)  may be  exchanged.  Upon  receipt  by  Issuer  of  evidence  reasonably
satisfactory  to it of the  loss,  theft,  destruction  or  mutilation  of  this
Agreement,  and (in the  case of  loss,  theft  or  destruction)  of  reasonably
satisfactory  indemnification,  and  upon  surrender  and  cancellation  of this
Agreement, if mutilated, Issuer will execute and deliver a new Agreement of like
tenor and date. Any such new Agreement  executed and delivered shall  constitute
an  additional  contractual  obligation  on the part of  Issuer,  subject to the
aforementioned  indemnification,  if applicable, whether or not the Agreement so
lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated shall at any time be enforceable by anyone.

     5. In addition to the  adjustment  in the number of shares of Common  Stock
that are  purchasable  upon exercise of the Option pursuant to Section 1 of this
Agreement,  the number of Option  Shares  purchasable  upon the  exercise of the
Option and the Option Price shall be subject to adjustment  from time to time as
provided in this Section 5.

          (a) In the event of any change in, or distributions in respect of, the
     Common   Stock   by   reason   of   stock   dividend,   split-up,   merger,

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     recapitalization, combination, subdivision, conversion, exchange of shares,
     distribution  on or in respect of the Common Stock or similar  transaction,
     the type and number of Option Shares shall be adjusted  appropriately,  and
     proper   provision   shall  be  made  in  the  agreements   governing  such
     transaction,  so that Grantee shall receive upon exercise of the Option the
     number and class of Option Shares that Grantee would have held  immediately
     after such event if the Option had been exercised immediately prior to such
     event, or the record date therefor, as applicable.

          (b)  Whenever  the number of Option  Shares is adjusted as provided in
     this  Section 5, the Option  Price  shall be adjusted  by  multiplying  the
     Option  Price by a fraction,  the  numerator of which shall be equal to the
     number  of  Option  Shares  purchasable  prior  to the  adjustment  and the
     denominator  of  which  shall  be  equal to the  number  of  Option  Shares
     purchasable after the adjustment.

     6. Upon the occurrence of a Subsequent  Triggering  Event that occurs prior
to an  Exercise  Termination  Event,  Issuer  shall,  at the  request of Grantee
delivered  within four  months (or such later  period as provided in Section 10)
following  such  Subsequent  Triggering  Event  (whether on its own behalf or on
behalf of any  subsequent  holder of this Option (or part thereof) or any of the
Option Shares issued pursuant hereto),  promptly prepare, file and keep current,
with respect to the Option and the Option Shares, a registration statement under
the 1933 Act and  qualify  such  Option  and  Option  Shares for resale or other
disposition  under  applicable state securities laws, in each case in accordance
with  any  plan  of  disposition  requested  by  Grantee.  Issuer  will  use all
reasonable  efforts  to cause such  registration  statement  promptly  to become
effective and then to remain effective for such period not in excess of 180 days
from the day such registration statement first becomes effective or such shorter
time as may be reasonably  necessary to effect such sales or other dispositions.
Grantee shall have the right to demand two such registrations.  The Issuer shall
bear the costs of such  registrations  (including,  but not limited to, Issuer's
attorneys'  fees,  printing  costs and  filing  fees,  except  for  underwriting
discounts  or  commissions,  brokers'  fees and the fees  and  disbursements  of
Grantee's counsel related thereto).  The foregoing  notwithstanding,  if, at the
time of any request by Grantee for  registration  of the Option or Option Shares
as provided  above,  Issuer is in  registration  with respect to an underwritten
public  offering by Issuer of shares of Common  Stock,  and if in the good faith
judgment of the managing underwriter or managing underwriters,  or, if none, the
sole underwriter or underwriters,  of such offering, the inclusion of the Option
and/or Option Shares would interfere with the successful marketing of the shares
of Common  Stock  offered by Issuer,  the  number of shares  represented  by the
Option  and/or  the  number of Option  Shares  otherwise  to be  covered  in the
registration  statement contemplated hereby may be reduced;  provided,  however,
that after any such required  reduction the number of shares  represented by the
Option  and/or the number of Option  Shares to be included in such  offering for
the account of the Holder shall  constitute  at least 25% of the total number of
shares to be sold by the  Holder  and  Issuer  in the  aggregate;  and  provided
further,  however,  that if such  reduction  occurs,  then  Issuer  shall file a
registration  statement for the balance as promptly as practicable thereafter as
to which no  reduction  pursuant to this  Section 6 shall be permitted or occur.
Each such Holder shall provide all  information  reasonably  requested by Issuer
for  inclusion  in any such  registration  statement to be filed  hereunder.  If
requested by any such Holder in connection with such registration,  Issuer shall
become  a party  to any  underwriting  agreement  relating  to the  sale of such
shares,   but  only  to  the   extent  of   obligating   itself  in  respect  of
representations,   warranties,  indemnities  and  other  agreements  customarily
included  in  secondary  offering  underwriting   agreements  for  Issuer.  Upon
receiving  any request  under this Section 6 from any Holder,  Issuer  agrees to
send a copy  thereof  to any other  person  known to Issuer  to be  entitled  to
registration  rights under this Section 6, in each case by promptly  mailing the
same,  postage  prepaid,  to the  address of record of the  persons  entitled to
receive such copies.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
in no event shall the number of registrations that Issuer is obligated to effect
be increased by reason of the fact that there shall be more than one Holder as a
result of any assignment or division of this Agreement.

     7. (a) Upon the  occurrence  of a Subsequent  Triggering  Event that occurs
prior  to an  Exercise  Termination  Event,  (i) at the  request  of any  Holder
delivered  within 90 days  following  such  occurrence  (or such later period as
provided in Section 10), Issuer (or any successor  thereto) shall repurchase the
Option from the Holder at a price (the "Option  Repurchase  Price") equal to the
amount by which (A) the  Market/Offer  Price (as defined  below) exceeds (B) the
Option  Price,  multiplied by the number of shares for which the Option may then
be exercised, and (ii) at the request of the owner of Option Shares from time to
time (the "Owner"),  delivered within 60 days following such occurrence (or such

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later period as provided in Section 10), Issuer (or any successor thereto) shall
repurchase  such  number of the Option  Shares from the Owner as the Owner shall
designate at a price (the "Option Share Repurchase  Price") equal to the greater
of (A) the Market/Offer  Price and (B) the average exercise price per share paid
by the Owner for the Option Shares so designated.  The term "Market/Offer Price"
shall  mean the  highest  of (i) the price per share of Common  Stock at which a
tender offer or exchange offer therefor has been made,  (ii) the price per share
of  Common  Stock to be paid by any  person,  other  than  Grantee  or a Grantee
Subsidiary,  pursuant to an agreement with Issuer,  (iii) the highest sale price
for shares of Common Stock within the six-month period immediately preceding the
date of such required repurchase of the Option or Option Shares, as the case may
be, or (iv) in the event of a sale of all or any  substantial  part of  Issuer's
assets or  deposits,  the sum of the price paid in such sale for such  assets or
deposits  and the  current  market  value of the  remaining  assets of Issuer as
determined  by a  nationally-recognized  investment  banking firm  selected by a
majority  in  interest  of the  Holders or the  Owners,  as the case may be, and
reasonably acceptable to Issuer, divided by the number of shares of Common Stock
of Issuer  outstanding at the time of such sale. In determining the Market/Offer
Price,  the value of  consideration  other  than cash shall be  determined  by a
nationally-recognized  investment  banking firm selected by the Holder or Owner,
as the case may be, and reasonably acceptable to Issuer.

     (b) Each Holder and Owner,  as the case may be, may  exercise  its right to
require Issuer to repurchase  the Option and any Option Shares  pursuant to this
Section 7 by surrendering for such purpose to Issuer, at its principal office, a
copy of this  Agreement  or  certificates  for  Option  Shares,  as  applicable,
accompanied by a written notice or notices stating that such Holder or Owner, as
the case may be,  elects to require  Issuer to  repurchase  this  Option  and/or
Option Shares in accordance  with the  provisions of this Section 7. As promptly
as  practicable,  and in any event within five business days after the surrender
of the Option and/or certificates  representing Option Shares and the receipt of
such notice or notices  relating  thereto,  Issuer shall  deliver or cause to be
delivered  to the  Holder the Option  Repurchase  Price  and/or to the Owner the
Option Share Repurchase Price therefor or the portion thereof that Issuer is not
then prohibited under applicable law and regulation from so delivering.

     (c) To the  extent  that  Issuer  is  prohibited  under  applicable  law or
regulation,  or as a consequence of  administrative  policy, or as a result of a
written agreement or other binding  obligation with a governmental or regulatory
body or agency,  from  repurchasing the Option and/or the Option Shares in full,
Issuer shall  immediately so notify each Holder and/or each Owner and thereafter
deliver or cause to be delivered,  from time to time, to such Holder and/or such
Owner, as appropriate, the portion of the Option Repurchase Price and the Option
Share  Repurchase  Price,  respectively,  that it is no longer  prohibited  from
delivering,  within  five  business  days  after the date on which  Issuer is no
longer so  prohibited;  provided,  however,  that if  Issuer  at any time  after
delivery of a notice of  repurchase  pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 7
is  prohibited  under  applicable  law or  regulation,  or as a  consequence  of
administrative  policy,  or as a result of a written  agreement or other binding
obligation with a governmental or regulatory body or agency,  from delivering to
the Holder and/or the Owner, as appropriate, the Option Repurchase Price and the
Option  Share  Repurchase  Price,  respectively,  in part or in full (and Issuer
hereby  undertakes  to  use  all  reasonable  efforts  to  obtain  all  required
regulatory and legal  approvals and to file any required  notices as promptly as
practicable in order to accomplish  such  repurchase),  such Holder or Owner may
revoke its notice of repurchase of the Option and/or the Option Shares either in
whole or to the extent of the prohibition, whereupon, in the latter case, Issuer
shall promptly (i) deliver to the Holder and/or the Owner, as appropriate,  that
portion of the Option  Repurchase Price and/or the Option Share Repurchase Price
that Issuer is not prohibited  from delivering with respect to Options or Option
Shares as to which the Holder or the Owner,  as the case may be, has not revoked
its  repurchase  demand;  and (ii) deliver,  as  appropriate,  either (A) to the
Holder,  a new  Agreement  evidencing  the right of the Holder to purchase  that
number of shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying the number of shares of
Common Stock for which the surrendered  Agreement was exercisable at the time of
delivery of the notice of  repurchase  by a fraction,  the numerator of which is
the Option  Repurchase Price less the portion thereof  theretofore  delivered to
the Holder and the denominator of which is the Option Repurchase  Price,  and/or
(B) to such Owner, a certificate  for the Option Shares it is then so prohibited
from repurchasing.

     8. (a) In the event that prior to an  Exercise  Termination  Event,  Issuer
shall enter into an agreement (i) to consolidate  with or merge into any person,
other than Grantee or a Grantee Subsidiary, or engage in a plan of exchange with
any person,  other than  Grantee or a Grantee  Subsidiary,  and in either  case,
Issuer  shall  not  be  the   continuing  or  surviving   corporation   of  such
consolidation or merger or the acquiror in such plan of exchange, (ii) to permit
any person, other than Grantee or a Grantee Subsidiary,  to merge into Issuer or
be acquired by Issuer in a plan of exchange and Issuer  shall be the  continuing

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or surviving or acquiring  corporation,  but, in connection  with such merger or
plan of exchange,  the then outstanding  shares of Common Stock shall be changed
into or exchanged  for stock or other  securities of any other person or cash or
any other  property or the then  outstanding  shares of Common Stock shall after
such  merger or plan of  exchange  represent  less  than 50% of the  outstanding
shares and share  equivalents  of the merged or acquiring  company,  or (iii) to
sell or  otherwise  transfer  all or a  substantial  part  of its or any  Issuer
Subsidiary's  assets or deposits to any person,  other than Grantee or a Grantee
Subsidiary,   then,  and  in  each  such  case,  the  agreement  governing  such
transaction  shall make  proper  provision  so that the Option  shall,  upon the
consummation of any such transaction and upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein,  be  converted  into,  or  exchanged  for,  an option  (the  "Substitute
Option"), at the election of any Holder, of either (x) the Acquiring Corporation
(as  hereinafter  defined)  or  (y)  any  person  that  controls  the  Acquiring
Corporation.

     (b) The following terms have the meanings indicated:

          (i) "Acquiring Corporation" shall mean (i) the continuing or surviving
     person of a  consolidation  or merger with  Issuer (if other than  Issuer),
     (ii)  the  acquiring  person  in a plan of  exchange  in  which  Issuer  is
     acquired,  (iii)  Issuer in a merger or plan of exchange in which Issuer is
     the continuing or surviving or acquiring person, and (iv) the transferee of
     all or a substantial  part of Issuer's assets or deposits (or the assets or
     deposits of an Issuer Subsidiary).

          (ii)  "Substitute  Common Stock" shall mean the common stock issued by
     the issuer of the Substitute Option upon exercise of the Substitute Option.

          (iii) "Assigned Value" shall mean the  Market/Offer  Price, as defined
     in Section 7.

          (iv) "Average  Price" shall mean the average  closing price of a share
     of the Substitute  Common Stock for the one year immediately  preceding the
     consolidation,  merger, share exchange or sale in question, but in no event
     higher than the closing price of the shares of  Substitute  Common Stock on
     the day  preceding  such  consolidation,  merger,  share  exchange or sale;
     provided that if Issuer is the issuer of the Substitute Option, the Average
     Price shall be computed  with  respect to a share of common stock issued by
     the person  merging  into  Issuer or by any  company  which  controls or is
     controlled by such person, as the Holder may elect.

     (c) The Substitute Option shall have the same terms as the Option, provided
that if the terms of the  Substitute  Option cannot,  for legal reasons,  be the
same as the Option, such terms shall, to the extent legally  permissible,  be as
similar as possible  to, and in no event less  advantageous  to the Holder than,
the terms of the Option.  The issuer of the  Substitute  Option also shall enter
into an agreement  with the then Holder or Holders of the  Substitute  Option in
substantially  the same form as this  Agreement  (after  giving  effect for such
purpose to the provisions of Section 9), which  agreement shall be applicable to
the Substitute Option.

     (d) The Substitute Option shall be exercisable for such number of shares of
Substitute  Common Stock as is equal to the  Assigned  Value  multiplied  by the
number  of  shares  of  Common  Stock  for  which  the  Option  was  exercisable
immediately  prior to the event described in the first sentence of Section 8(a),
divided by the Average Price.  The exercise  price of the Substitute  Option per
share of  Substitute  Common  Stock  shall  then be equal  to the  Option  Price
multiplied  by a fraction,  the numerator of which shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock for which the Option was  exercisable  immediately  prior to the
event  described in the first  sentence of Section 8(a) and the  denominator  of
which  shall be the number of shares of  Substitute  Common  Stock for which the
Substitute Option is exercisable.

     (e) In no event,  pursuant to any of the  foregoing  paragraphs,  shall the
Substitute Option be exercisable for more than 19.9% of the shares of Substitute
Common Stock  outstanding  prior to exercise of the  Substitute  Option.  In the
event that the Substitute Option would be exercisable for more than 19.9% of the
shares of  Substitute  Common Stock  outstanding  prior to exercise but for this
paragraph  (e),  the issuer of the  Substitute  Option (the  "Substitute  Option
Issuer")  shall  make a cash  payment  to Holder  equal to the excess of (i) the
value of the  Substitute  Option without giving effect to the limitation in this
paragraph (e) over (ii) the value of the  Substitute  Option after giving effect
to the  limitation  in this  paragraph  (e).  This  difference in value shall be
determined by a  nationally-  recognized  investment  banking firm selected by a
majority in interest of the Holders and  reasonably  acceptable to the Acquiring
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     (f) Issuer shall not enter into any transaction  described in paragraph (a)
of this Section 8 unless the Acquiring  Corporation and any person that controls
the  Acquiring  Corporation  assume in  writing  all the  obligations  of Issuer
hereunder.

     9.  (a) At the  request  of  the  holder  of  the  Substitute  Option  (the
"Substitute  Option Holder"),  the issuer of the Substitute  Option Issuer shall
repurchase  the Substitute  Option from the Substitute  Option Holder at a price
(the "Substitute  Option Repurchase Price") equal to the amount by which (i) the
Highest Closing Price (as hereinafter  defined)  exceeds (ii) the exercise price
of the  Substitute  Option,  multiplied  by the  number of shares of  Substitute
Common Stock for which the Substitute  Option may then be exercised,  and at the
request of each owner (the  "Substitute  Share  Owner") of shares of  Substitute
Common Stock (the  "Substitute  Shares"),  the  Substitute  Option  Issuer shall
repurchase the Substitute  Shares at a price (the  "Substitute  Share Repurchase
Price")  equal to the  greater  of (A) the  Highest  Closing  Price  and (B) the
average  exercise  price per share paid by the  Substitute  Share  Owner for the
Substitute  Shares so designated,  multiplied by the number of Substitute Shares
so designated.  The term "Highest  Closing Price" shall mean the highest closing
price for  shares  of  Substitute  Common  Stock  within  the  six-month  period
immediately  preceding the date the Substitute Option Holder gives notice of the
required repurchase of the Substitute Option or the Substitute Share Owner gives
notice of the required repurchase of the Substitute Shares, as applicable.

     (b) Each Substitute  Option Holder and Substitute  Share Owner, as the case
may be, may  exercise  its  respective  right to require the  Substitute  Option
Issuer to repurchase the Substitute Option and the Substitute Shares pursuant to
this Section 9 by surrendering for such purpose to the Substitute Option Issuer,
at its principal  office,  the agreement for such Substitute  Option (or, in the
absence of such an agreement,  a copy of this Agreement) and/or certificates for
Substitute  Shares  accompanied by a written notice or notices  stating that the
Substitute  Option  Holder or the  Substitute  Share Owner,  as the case may be,
elects to require the  Substitute  Option  Issuer to repurchase  the  Substitute
Option and/or the  Substitute  Shares in accordance  with the provisions of this
Section 9. As promptly as  practicable,  and in any event  within five  business
days  after  the  surrender  of  the  Substitute   Option  and/or   certificates
representing  Substitute  Shares  and the  receipt  of such  notice  or  notices
relating  thereto,  the  Substitute  Option  Issuer shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Substitute Option Holder the Substitute Option Repurchase Price
and/or to the  Substitute  Share Owner the  Substitute  Share  Repurchase  Price
therefor,  or the portion(s)  thereof which the Substitute  Option Issuer is not
then prohibited under applicable law and regulation from so delivering.

     (c) To the extent that the  Substitute  Option Issuer is  prohibited  under
applicable law or regulation,  or as a consequence of administrative  policy, or
as  a  result  of a  written  agreement  or  other  binding  obligation  with  a
governmental  or regulatory  body or agency,  from  repurchasing  the Substitute
Option and/or the Substitute  Shares in part or in full,  the Substitute  Option
Issuer  following a request  for  repurchase  pursuant  to this  Section 9 shall
immediately so notify the Substitute  Option Holder and/or the Substitute  Share
Owner and thereafter deliver or cause to be delivered, from time to time, to the
Substitute Option Holder and/or the Substitute Share Owner, as appropriate,  the
portion of the Substitute  Option  Repurchase  Price and/or the Substitute Share
Repurchase  Price,   respectively,   which  it  is  no  longer  prohibited  from
delivering,  within five  business  days after the date on which the  Substitute
Option  Issuer  is no  longer  so  prohibited;  provided,  however,  that if the
Substitute Option Issuer is at any time after delivery of a notice of repurchase
pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section 9 prohibited  under applicable law or
regulation,  or as a consequence of  administrative  policy, or as a result of a
written agreement or other binding  obligation with a governmental or regulatory
body or agency,  from  delivering  to the  Substitute  Option  Holder and/or the
Substitute Share Owner, as appropriate,  the Substitute  Option Repurchase Price
and the  Substitute  Share  Repurchase  Price,  respectively,  in full  (and the
Substitute Option Issuer shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain all required
regulatory and legal approvals as promptly as practicable in order to accomplish
such repurchase), the Substitute Option Holder and/or Substitute Share Owner may
revoke its  notice of  repurchase  of the  Substitute  Option or the  Substitute
Shares either in whole or to the extent of the  prohibition,  whereupon,  in the
latter case,  the  Substitute  Option  Issuer shall  promptly (i) deliver to the
Substitute Option Holder or Substitute Share Owner, as appropriate, that portion
of the Substitute  Option  Repurchase  Price or the Substitute  Share Repurchase
Price that the Substitute  Option Issuer is not prohibited from delivering;  and
(ii) deliver, as appropriate,  either (A) to the Substitute Option Holder, a new
Substitute  Option  evidencing  the  right of the  Substitute  Option  Holder to
purchase  that  number of shares of the  Substitute  Common  Stock  obtained  by
multiplying  the number of shares of the  Substitute  Common Stock for which the
surrendered  Substitute  Option was  exercisable  at the time of delivery of the
notice of  repurchase by a fraction,  the  numerator of which is the  Substitute


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Option  Repurchase Price less the portion thereof  theretofore  delivered to the
Substitute  Option Holder and the denominator of which is the Substitute  Option
Repurchase  Price,  and/or (B) to the Substitute  Share Owner, a certificate for
the Substitute Option Shares it is then so prohibited from repurchasing.

     10. The periods for exercise of certain  rights under  Sections 2, 6, 7 and
12 shall be  extended:  (i) to the extent  necessary  to obtain  all  regulatory
approvals  for the  exercise of such  rights (for so long as the Holder,  Owner,
Substitute Option Holder or Substitute Share Owner, as the case may be, is using
its reasonable  best efforts to obtain such regulatory  approvals),  and for the
expiration of all  statutory  waiting  periods;  (ii) during the pendency of any
temporary  restraining order,  injunction or other legal bar to exercise of such
rights; and (iii) to the extent necessary to avoid liability under Section 16(b)
of the 1934 Act by reason of such exercise.

     11. (a) Issuer hereby represents and warrants to Grantee as follows:

          (i) Issuer  has full  corporate  power and  authority  to execute  and
     deliver this  Agreement and to  consummate  the  transactions  contemplated
     hereby.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the  consummation
     of  the  transactions  contemplated  hereby  have  been  duly  and  validly
     authorized by the Issuer Board and no other  corporate  proceedings  on the
     part of Issuer are necessary to authorize  this  Agreement or to consummate
     the transactions so contemplated.  This Agreement has been duly and validly
     executed and delivered by Issuer.

          (ii) Issuer has taken all necessary  corporate action to authorize and
     reserve  and to permit it to issue,  and at all times from the date  hereof
     through the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms will
     have reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the Option,  that number of
     shares  of Common  Stock  equal to the  maximum  number of shares of Common
     Stock at any time and from time to time  issuable  hereunder,  and all such
     shares,  upon issuance pursuant thereto,  will be duly authorized,  validly
     issued, fully paid, nonassessable,  and will be delivered free and clear of
     all claims,  liens,  encumbrances and security interests and not subject to
     any preemptive rights.

     (b) Grantee hereby represents and warrants to Issuer that:

          (i)  Grantee has full  corporate  power and  authority  to execute and
     deliver this Agreement and,  subject to any approvals or consents  referred
     to  herein,  to  consummate  the  transactions   contemplated  hereby.  The
     execution  and  delivery  of this  Agreement  and the  consummation  of the
     transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
     corporate  action  on the part of  Grantee.  This  Agreement  has been duly
     executed and delivered by Grantee.

          (ii) The Option is not being,  and any shares of Common Stock or other
     securities  acquired  by Grantee  upon  exercise of the Option will not be,
     acquired  with a view to the public  distribution  thereof  and will not be
     transferred or otherwise disposed of except in a transaction  registered or
     exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

     12.  Neither  of the  parties  hereto  may  assign  any of  its  rights  or
obligations  under this Agreement or the Option  created  hereunder to any other
person,  without the express written consent of the other party,  except that in
the event a Subsequent Triggering Event shall have occurred prior to an Exercise
Termination Event, Grantee, subject to the express provisions hereof, may assign
in whole or in part its rights and  obligations  hereunder  within  four  months
following such Subsequent  Triggering Event;  provided,  however, that until the
date 15 days  following  the date on which the FRB  approves an  application  by
Grantee under the Bank Holding Company Act or the OTS approves an application by
Grantee  under the HOLA to  acquire  the shares of Common  Stock  subject to the
Option,  Grantee  may not  assign its  rights  under the Option  except in (i) a
widely dispersed public  distribution,  (ii) a private placement in which no one
party  acquires  the right to purchase  in excess of 2% of the voting  shares of
Issuer,  (iii) an  assignment  to a single party (e.g.,  a broker or  investment
banker)  for  the  sole  purpose  of  conducting  a  widely   dispersed   public
distribution on Grantee's behalf or (iv) any other manner approved by the FRB or
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     13. Each of Grantee and Issuer will use all reasonable  efforts to make all
filings  with,  and to obtain  consents of, all third  parties and  governmental
authorities  necessary to the consummation of the  transactions  contemplated by
this Agreement,  including,  without  limitation,  applying to the FRB under the
Bank  Holding  Company Act or the OTS under the HOLA for approval to acquire the
shares  issuable  hereunder and applying for listing or quotation of such shares
on any exchange or quotation  system on which the Common Stock is then listed or
quoted.

     14. The parties  hereto  acknowledge  that damages  would be an  inadequate
remedy  for a breach of this  Agreement  by  either  party  hereto  and that the
obligations  of the parties  hereto shall be  enforceable by either party hereto
through injunctive or other equitable relief.

     15. If any term,  provision,  covenant  or  restriction  contained  in this
Agreement  is held  by a court  or a  federal  or  state  regulatory  agency  of
competent  jurisdiction to be invalid,  void or unenforceable,  the remainder of
the terms, provisions and covenants and restrictions contained in this Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect, and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or  invalidated.  If for any reason such court or regulatory  agency  determines
that the Holder is not  permitted  to acquire,  or Issuer or  Substitute  Option
Issuer, as the case may be, is not permitted to repurchase pursuant to Section 7
or  Section  9, as the case may be,  the full  number of shares of Common  Stock
provided in Section l(a) hereof (as adjusted pursuant to Section l(b) or Section
5 hereof),  it is the express intention of Issuer (which shall be binding on the
Substitute Option Issuer) to allow the Holder to acquire or to require Issuer or
Substitute  Option Issuer,  as the case may be, to repurchase such lesser number
of shares as may be permissible, without any amendment or modification hereof.

     16.  All  notices,  requests,  claims,  demands  and  other  communications
hereunder  shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered in person,  by
fax,  telecopy or by  registered  or certified  mail  (postage  prepaid,  return
receipt  requested) at the respective  addresses of the parties set forth in the
Merger Agreement.

     17. This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with
the  laws of the  State  of  Indiana,  without  regard  to the  conflict  of law
principles thereof.

     18. This  Agreement  may be executed in two or more  counterparts,  each of
which shall be deemed to be an original,  but all of which shall  constitute one
and the same agreement.

     19.  Except as otherwise  expressly  provided  herein,  each of the parties
hereto shall bear and pay all costs and expenses incurred by it or on its behalf
in connection with the transactions  contemplated hereunder,  including fees and
expenses of its own financial consultants,  investment bankers,  accountants and
counsel.

     20.  Except  as  otherwise  expressly  provided  herein  or in  the  Merger
Agreement, this Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with
respect to the  transactions  contemplated  hereunder and  supersedes  all prior
arrangements or understandings with respect thereof,  written or oral. The terms
and  conditions of this  Agreement  shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the parties hereto and their respective  successors and permitted  assigns.
Nothing in this  Agreement,  express or implied,  is intended to confer upon any
party,  other than the  parties  hereto,  and their  respective  successors  and
permitted assigns any rights,  remedies,  obligations or liabilities under or by
reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided herein.

     21. The transactions  provided for in this Agreement are in addition to and
supplemental of the provisions of the Merger Agreement.

     22.  Capitalized  terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned thereto in the Merger Agreement.


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be
executed on its behalf by its officers thereunto duly authorized,  all as of the
date first above written.


                                    WESTWOOD HOMESTEAD FINANCIAL
                                    CORPORATION
Attest:



/s/ Mary Ann Jacobs                 By: /s/ Michael P. Brennan
Name:   Mary Ann Jacobs             Name:  Michael P. Brennan
Title:  Secretary                   Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


                                    CAMCO FINANCIAL CORPORATION
Attest:



/s/ Anthony J. Popp                 By: /s/ Larry A. Caldwell
Name:   Anthony J. Popp             Name:  Larry A. Caldwell
Title:  Secretary                   Title: President, Chief Executive Officer
                                           and Chairman of the Board





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