Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 ON
FORM S-8
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-4
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MERCANTILE BANCORPORATION INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Missouri 43-0951744
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
One Mercantile Center
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan
United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
RALPH W. BABB, JR.
Vice Chairman
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
P.O. Box 524
St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0524
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 425-2525
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
MICHAEL J. MARSHALL, ESQ.
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
P.O. Box 524
St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0524
(314) 425-8186
Approximate date of commencement for the proposed
sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this Registration Statement.
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 covers shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock originally registered on Form S-4 to
which this is an amendment. The registration fees in respect
to such Common Stock were paid at the time of the original fil-
ing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to such
Common Stock.
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Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Mercantile
Bancorporation Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
(i) The Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 1992 and the
Company's Quarterly Reports for the quarters
ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 1993.
(ii) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated
February 1, 1994, and January 13, May 13, August
26, and November 15, 1993.
(iii) The description of MBI's Common Stock and MBI's
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March
5, 1993, and any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sec-
tions 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, after the
date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securi-
ties remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be made a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Where any document or part thereof is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement, the Company will pro-
vide without charge to each person to whom a Prospectus with
respect to United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan
and United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan is de-
livered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of
any and all of the information incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement, excluding exhibits unless such exhibits
are specifically incorporated by reference.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 351.355(1) and (2) of The General and Busi-
ness Corporation Law of the State of Missouri provide that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that
he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the cor-
poration, or is or was serving at the request of the corpo-
ration as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
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corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enter-
prise, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connec-
tion with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with re-
spect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe his conduct was unlawful, except that, in the
case of an action or suit by or in the right of the corpora-
tion, the corporation may not indemnify such persons against
judgments and fines and no person shall be indemnified as to
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have
been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duty to the corporation, unless and only to
the extent that the court in which the action or suit was
brought determines upon application that such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for proper expenses. Sec-
tion 351.355(3) provides that, to the extent that a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been success-
ful in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding or
any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified
against expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and rea-
sonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or pro-
ceeding. Section 351.355(7) provides that a corporation may
provide additional indemnification to any person indemnifiable
under subsection (1) or (2), provided such additional indemni-
fication is authorized by the corporation's articles of incor-
poration or an amendment thereto or by a shareholder-approved
bylaw or agreement, and provided further that no person shall
thereby be indemnified against conduct which was finally ad-
judged to have been knowingly fraudulent, deliberately dis-
honest or willful misconduct or which involved an accounting
for profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934.
Article 12 of the Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the Registrant provides that the Registrant shall extend to
its directors and executive officers the indemnification speci-
fied in subsections (1) and (2) and the additional indemnifica-
tion authorized in subsection (7) and that it may extend to
other officers, employees and agents such indemnification and
additional indemnification.
Pursuant to directors' and officers' liability insur-
ance policies, with total annual limits of $30,000,000, the
Registrant's directors and officers are insured, subject to the
limits, retention, exceptions and other terms and conditions of
such policy, against liability for any actual or alleged error,
misstatement, misleading statement, act or omission, or neglect
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or breach of duty by the directors or officers of the Regis-
trant, individually or collectively, or any matter claimed
against them solely by reason of their being directors or of-
ficers of the Registrant.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed herewith or incorpo-
rated herein by reference:
3.1 Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Com-
pany, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration State-
ment No. 33-63196 and incorporated herein by reference.
3.2 By-Laws of the Company, filed as Exhibit 3(ii)
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.1 United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1991 Stock Option
Plan. [Such Plan is no longer in effect, but such document
sets forth the rights of current optionees, which rights have
been assumed by the registrant pursuant to the Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization dated August 17, 1993, by and between
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. and United Postal Bancorp, Inc.]
4.2 United Postal Bancorp, Inc. 1992 Stock Option
Plan. [Such Plan is no longer in effect, but such document
sets forth the rights of current optionees, which rights have
been assumed by the registrant pursuant to the Agreement and
Plan of Reorganization dated August 17, 1993, by and between
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. and United Postal Bancorp, Inc.]
4.3 Rights Agreement, dated as of May 23, 1988, be-
tween the Company and Mercantile Bank of St. Louis National
Association, as Rights Agent, filed as Exhibits 1 and 2 of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 5,
1988, and incorporated herein by reference.
5 Opinion of Jon W. Bilstrom, General Counsel, Mer-
cantile Bancorporation Inc., filed as Exhibit 5.1 to Regis-
tration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 33-50981), and
incorporated herein by reference.
23.1 Consent of General Counsel (included in Exhibit
5).
23.2 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick.
23.3 Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick.
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24 Powers of Attorney (filed as Exhibit 24.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Registration
No. 33-50981) and incorporated herein by reference).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers
and sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by
Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration
statement (or the most recent post-
effective amendment thereof), which,
individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the regis-
tration statement;
(iii) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribu-
tion previously disclosed in the reg-
istration statement or any material
change to such information in the
registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form
S-8, and the information required to be in-
cluded in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Ex-
change Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of
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such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide of-
fering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of
a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offer-
ing.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Secu-
rities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual re-
port pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorpo-
rated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the secu-
rities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities aris-
ing under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to direc-
tors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursu-
ant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such lia-
bilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person
of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit
or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or con-
trolling person in connection with the securities being regis-
tered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its coun-
sel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, sub-
mit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as ex-
pressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudica-
tion of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the require-
ments for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registra-
tion statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of
Missouri, on March 4, 1994.
MERCANTILE BANCORPORATION INC.
By /s/ Thomas H. Jacobsen
Thomas H. Jacobsen
Chairman of the Board, President,
and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this registration statement has been signed by the fol-
lowing persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature Title Date
/s/Thomas H. Jacobsen Chairman of the Board and March 4, 1994
Thomas H. Jacobsen Chief Executive Officer
Principal Executive
Officer
/s/Ralph W. Babb, Jr. Vice Chairman March 4, 1994
Ralph W. Babb, Jr.
/s/W. Randolph Adams Chief Financial Officer March 4, 1994
/s/Michael T. Normile Comptroller March 4, 1994
* Director March 4, 1994
Richard P. Conerly
* Director March 4, 1994
Harry M. Cornell, Jr.
* Director March 4, 1994
Earl K. Dille
* Director March 4, 1994
J. Cliff Eason
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Signature Title Date
* Director March 4, 1994
Bernard A. Edison
* Director March 4, 1994
William A. Hall
* Director March 4, 1994
Thomas A. Hays
* Director March 4, 1994
William G. Heckman
* Director March 4, 1994
James B. Malloy
* Director March 4, 1994
Charles H. Price II
* Director March 4, 1994
Harvey Saligman
* Director March 4, 1994
Craig D. Schnuck
* Director March 4, 1994
Robert W. Staley
* Director March 4, 1994
Robert L. Stark
* Director March 4, 1994
Patrick T. Stokes
* Director March 4, 1994
Francis A. Stroble
* Director March 4, 1994
Joseph G. Werner
* Director March 4, 1994
John A. Wright
*By /s/ Thomas H. Jacobsen
Thomas H. Jacobsen, Attorney-in-fact
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Thomas H. Jacobsen, by signing his name hereto, does sign this
document on behalf of the persons named above, pursuant to a
power of attorney duly executed by such persons, filed herewith
as Exhibit 24.
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Exhibit 4.1
UNITED POSTAL BANCORP, INC.
1991 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(AS AMENDED)
1. Purpose of the Plan.
The Plan shall be known as the United Postal Bancorp, Inc.
1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan
is to attract and retain the best available personnel for posi-
tions of substantial responsibility and to provide additional
incentive to directors, officers and key employees of United
Postal Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation") or any present or fu-
ture parent or subsidiary of the Corporation to promote the
success of the business. It is intended that options issued
pursuant to this Plan may constitute either incentive stock
options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, as amended, or options that do not so
qualify.
2. Definitions.
As used herein, the following definitions shall apply.
(a) "Association" shall mean the United Postal Sav-
ings Association.
(b) "Award" shall mean an Option, stock appreciation
right, or any combination thereof, as provided in the Plan.
(c) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Corporation or any Parent thereof.
(d) "Common Stock" shall mean Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(e) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
(f) "Committee" shall mean the Stock Option Commit-
tee appointed by the Board in accordance with paragraph 4(a) of
the Plan.
(g) "Continuous Employment" or "Continuous Status as
an Employee" shall mean the absence of any interruption or ter-
mination of the Employee's employment with the Corporation or
any present or future Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation.
Employment shall not be considered interrupted in the case of
sick leave, military leave or any other leave of absence ap-
proved by the Corporation or in the case of transfers between
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payroll locations of the Corporation or between the Corpora-
tion, its Parent, its Subsidiaries or a successor.
(h) "Corporation" shall mean the United Postal
Bancorp, Inc., the Parent Corporation of United Postal Savings
Association.
(i) "Director" shall mean a member of the Board of
the Corporation.
(j) "Effective Date" shall mean the date specified
in paragraph 13 hereof.
(k) "Employee" shall mean any person employed by the
Corporation or any present or future Parent or Subsidiary of
the Corporation.
(l) "Option" shall mean an option to purchase Common
Stock granted pursuant to this Plan.
(m) "Optioned Stock" shall mean stock subject to an
Option granted pursuant to this Plan.
(n) "Optionee" shall mean a person who receives an
Option or other Award pursuant to the Plan.
(o) "Parent" shall mean any present or future corpo-
ration which would be a "parent corporation" as defined in Sub-
sections 424(e) and (g) of the Code.
(p) "Plan" shall mean the United Postal Bancorp,
Inc. 1991 Stock Option Plan.
(q) "Share" shall mean one share of the Common
Stock.
(r) "Subsidiary" shall mean any present or future
corporation which would be a "subsidiary corporation" as de-
fined in Subsections 424(f) and (g) of the Code.
3. Shares Subject to the Plan.
Except as otherwise required by the provisions of Para-
graph 11 hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon the exercise of Awards pursuant to the Plan
shall not exceed 250,000 shares. Such shares may either be
authorized but unissued or treasury shares.
If Awards should expire, become unexercisable or forfeited
for any reason without having been exercised in full, the
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unpurchased shares which were subject thereto shall, unless the
Plan shall have been terminated, be available for the grant of
other Awards under the Plan.
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) Composition of Option Committee. The Plan shall
be administered by the Committee which shall consist of not
less than three Directors appointed by the Board. All persons
designated as members of the Committee shall be "disinterested
persons" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 Act"). All members of the Commit-
tee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
(b) Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall
have discretionary authority (but only to the extent not con-
trary to the express provisions of the Plan or to resolutions
adopted by the Board) to interpret the Plan, to prescribe,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan,
to determine the form and content of Awards to be issued under
the Plan and to make other determinations necessary or advis-
able for the administration of the Plan, and shall have and may
exercise such other power and authority as may be delegated to
it by the Board from time to time. A majority of the entire
Committee shall constitute a quorum and the action of a major-
ity of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be deemed the action of the Committee.
(c) Effect of Committee's Decision. All decisions,
determinations and interpretations of the Committee shall be
final and conclusive on all persons affected thereby.
5. Eligibility.
Awards may be granted to each such Employee or director of
the Corporation or any present or future Parent or Subsidiary
as shall be designated by the Committee. An Optionee who has
been granted an Award may, if otherwise eligible, be granted an
additional Award or Awards. Except however, in no event shall
Options granted to directors in the aggregate under this Plan
exceed more than 15% of the total number of shares authorized
for delivery under this Plan pursuant to Paragraph 3 herein.
The aggregate fair market value (determined pursuant to
Paragraph 7 hereof as of the date the Option is granted) of the
Shares with respect to which incentive stock options are exer-
cisable for the first time by an Employee during any calendar
year (under all incentive stock option plans, as defined in
Section 422 of the Code, of the Corporation or any present or
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future Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation) shall not ex-
ceed $100,000. Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this
paragraph, the Committee may grant Options in excess of the
foregoing limitations, in which case such Options granted in
excess of such limitation shall be treated as Options which are
not incentive stock options, as defined in Section 422 of the
Code, pursuant to Section 422(d) of the Code.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Plan, each
director of the Corporation and/or the Association who is not
an Employee at the Effective Date shall receive on the Effec-
tive Date, Options to purchase 1,850 Shares of the Corpora-
tion's Common Stock at an Option price equal to the initial
offering price of such Common Stock. Further, non-employee
directors of the Corporation or the Association appointed or
elected as such following the Effective Date shall receive on
the date of their appointment or election Options to purchase
1,850 Shares of the Corporation's Common Stock (to the extent
such Shares are available for issuance under Options) at an
Option price equal to the fair market value of the Common Stock
at the time the Option is granted. Such Options granted pur-
suant to this subparagraph shall be designated as not being
incentive stock options, shall be exercisable at any time fol-
lowing stockholders approval of the Plan as provided in Para-
graph 14 hereof, and shall have a term of ten years following
the later of the Effective Date or the date of grant of such
Options. Options received under the provisions of this para-
graph may be exercised by (a) written notice of intent to exer-
cise the Option with respect to a specified number of shares,
and (b) payment to the Corporation (contemporaneously with the
delivery of such notice), in cash, in Common Stock, or a combi-
nation of cash and Common Stock, of the amount of the Option
price for the number of shares with respect to which the Option
is then being exercised. Each such notice and payment shall be
delivered, or mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail,
addressed to the Treasurer of the Corporation at the Corpora-
tion's executive offices. Such Options may be exercised only
while the Optionee is a director of the Corporation or the As-
sociation, or within one year after termination of the
Optionee's status as a director, or in the event of such per-
son's death during the term of his directorship, by the per-
sonal representatives of his estate or person or persons to
whom his rights under such Option shall have passed by will or
by laws of descent and distribution. Such Options of the de-
ceased director may be exercised within two years from the date
of his death, but not later than the date on which the Option
would otherwise expire. Unless otherwise inapplicable, or in-
consistent with the provisions of this paragraph, the Options
to be granted to directors hereunder shall be subject to all
other provisions of this Plan.
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6. Term of Plan; Term of Awards.
(a) The Plan shall continue in effect for a term of
ten years from its Effective Date, unless sooner terminated
pursuant to Paragraph 16. No Award shall be granted under the
Plan after ten years from the Effective Date.
(b) The term of each Award granted under the Plan
shall be established by the Committee, but shall not exceed 10
years; provided however that in the case of an Employee who
owns stock representing more than ten (10) percent of the Cor-
poration's outstanding Common Stock at the time the Award is
granted, the term of such Award shall not exceed five years.
7. Exercise Price.
The price per share at which each Award granted under the
Plan may be exercised shall not, as to any particular Award, be
less than the fair market value of the stock to which the Award
relates at the time such Award is granted. In the case of an
Employee who owns stock representing more than ten percent of
the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock at the time the
Award is granted, the exercise price shall not be less than
110% of the fair market value of the stock at the time the
Award is granted. If the Common Stock is traded otherwise than
on a national securities exchange at the time of the granting
of an Award, then the exercise price per share shall be not
less than the mean between the bid and asked price on the date
the Award is granted or, if there is no bid and asked price on
said date, then on the next prior business day on which there
was a bid and asked price. If no such bid and asked price is
available, then the exercise price shall be determined by the
Committee. If the Common Stock is listed on a national securi-
ties exchange (including the NASDAQ National Market System) at
the time of granting an Award, then the exercise price per
share shall be not less than the average of the highest and
lowest selling price on such exchange on the date such Award is
granted or if there were no sales on said date, then the price
shall be not less than the mean between the bid and asked price
on such date.
8. Exercise of Award.
(a) Procedure for Exercise. Any Award granted here-
under shall be exercisable at such times and under such condi-
tions as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan and
of the Award granted to an Optionee. An Award may not be exer-
cised for a fractional Share.
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An Option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exer-
cised, subject to provisions relative to its termination and
limitations on its exercise, from time to time only by (a)
written notice of intent to exercise the Option with respect to
a specified number of shares, and (b) payment to the Corpora-
tion (contemporaneously with delivery of such notice), in cash,
in Common Stock, or a combination of cash and Common Stock, of
the amount of the Option price for the number of shares with
respect to which the Option is then being exercised. Each such
notice and payment (as applicable) shall be delivered, or
mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail, addressed to
the Treasurer of the Corporation at the Corporation's executive
offices. Common Stock utilized in full or partial payment of
the exercise price shall be valued at its fair market value at
the date of exercise. A stock appreciation right may be exer-
cised in the same manner, provided that the Optionee shall not
be required to make the payment described in subsection (b) of
this paragraph.
(b) Exercise During Employment or Following Death or
Disability. Except as may be specifically provided for by the
terms of an Award as may be authorized by the Committee at the
time of such grant, an Award may be exercised by an Optionee
only while he is an Employee and has maintained Continuous Sta-
tus as an Employee since the date of the grant of the Award or
within three months after termination of status as an Employee
(but not later than the date on which the Award would otherwise
expire), except if his Continuous Employment is terminated by
reason of (1) "Cause" (which for purposes hereof shall have the
same meaning as defined in the then existing employment agree-
ment between the Optionee and the Corporation or any of its
Parent or Subsidiaries and, in the absence of any such agree-
ment, shall have the meaning defined in 12 C.F.R.
Sec. 563.39(b)(1) as in effect on the Effective Date of this
Plan) then the Optionee's rights to exercise such Award shall
expire on the date of such termination, (2) death, then to the
extent that the Optionee would have been entitled to exercise
the Award immediately prior to his death, such Award of the de-
ceased Optionee may be exercised within two years from the date
of his death (but not later than the date on which the Award
would otherwise expire) by the personal representatives of his
estate or person or persons to whom his rights under such Award
shall have passed by will or by laws of descent and distribu-
tion, or (3) Permanent and Total Disability (as such term is
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), then to the extent
that the Optionee would have been entitled to exercise the
Award immediately prior to his Permanent and Total Disability,
such Award may be exercised within one year from the date of
such Permanent and Total Disability, but not later than the
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date on which the Award would otherwise expire. Notwithstand-
ing the provisions of any Award which provides for its exercise
in installments as designated by the Committee, such Award
shall become immediately exercisable upon death or Permanent
and Total Disability, as defined herein, of the Optionee.
The Committee's determination whether an Optionee's
employment has ceased, and the effective date thereof, shall be
final and conclusive on all persons affected thereby.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
in no event shall any Award granted pursuant to the Plan be
exercisable for six months from the date of grant, except in
the event of the death or Permanent and Total Disability of the
Optionee. In the case of Awards granted prior to stockholder
approval of the Plan as provided at Paragraph 14, herein, the
date of such stockholder approval shall be deemed the date of
such grant.
(d) Options granted under the Plan may include the
right to acquire an Additional Option Right ("AOR"). If an
Option grant contains an AOR, and if a Optionee pays all or
part of the purchase price of the Option with shares of Common
Stock held by the Optionee for at least one (1) year, then upon
exercise of the Option, the Optionee shall be granted an ad-
ditional Option to purchase, at the fair market value as of the
date of the exercise of this AOR grant, the number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the number of whole shares of Common
Stock used by the Optionee in payment of the purchase price and
the number of whole shares of Common Stock, if any, withheld by
the Corporation as payment for applicable withholding taxes.
An AOR may be exercised no earlier than one (1) year after its
grant and no later than the date of expiration of the Option to
which the AOR is related. Other terms applicable to the exer-
cise of the AOR shall be the same as those terms applicable to
the Option to which such AOR relates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no case shall such AOR be exercisable in the
event that the delivery of Common Stock upon the exercise of
such AOR shall be deemed (within the sole discretion of the
Committee based upon its review of interpretive letters issued
by the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to
Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act) to
reduce the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable un-
der the Plan pursuant to Paragraph 3 herein.
9. Stock Appreciation Rights and Change in Control.
(a) The Committee may, but shall not be obligated
to, from time to time, authorize the granting of stock appre-
ciation rights to, or accept the surrender of previously
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granted Options from, such Employees as the Committee shall
select. Each stock appreciation right, including the surrender
of previously granted Options, may either relate to one or more
shares subject to a specific Option or may be granted indepen-
dently of any Option. The terms of such stock appreciation
rights shall authorize the Corporation to accept the surrender
of the stock appreciation right or of the right to exercise an
Option granted under the Plan (or portion thereof) in consider-
ation for the payment by the Corporation of an amount equal to
the excess of the fair market value of the shares of Common
Stock subject to such stock appreciation right or such Option
(or portion thereof) surrendered over the exercise price of the
stock appreciation right or the Option price of such shares, as
applicable. Such payment, at the discretion of the Committee,
may be made in shares of Common Stock valued at the then fair
market value thereof (determined as provided in Paragraph 7
hereof) or in cash or partly in cash and partly in shares of
Common Stock.
(b) Any election by an Optionee to exercise the
stock appreciation rights in this section shall be made during
the period beginning on the third business day following the
release for publication of quarterly or annual financial infor-
mation and ending on the twelfth business day following such
date. This condition shall be deemed to be satisfied when the
specified financial data is first made publicly available.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any Award
which provides for its exercise in installments as designated
by the Committee, such Award shall become immediately exercis-
able in the event of a change in control or offer to effect a
change in control. At such time, the Optionee shall, at the
discretion of the Committee, be entitled to receive cash in an
amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Com-
mon Stock (determined in accordance with Paragraph 7) subject
to such Award over the exercise price, in exchange for the sur-
render of such Awards by the Optionee. For purposes of this
Section 9, "change in control" shall refer to the acquisition
of the beneficial ownership (as that term is defined in Rule
13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) of 25 percent or more of the voting secu-
rities of the Corporation by any person or by persons acting as
a group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and "offer" shall refer to every offer to
buy or acquire, solicitation of an offer to sell, tender offer
for, or request of invitation for tenders of, the voting secu-
rities of the Corporation for value, as such term is defined
under 12 C.F.R. 563b.3(i). The term "person" refers to an in-
dividual or a corporation, partnership, trust, association,
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joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorpo-
rated organization or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein. The decision of the Committee as to whether a
change in control, or offer to effect a change in control, has
occurred shall be conclusive and binding.
10. Non-Transferability of Awards.
Awards granted under the Plan may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any man-
ner other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and dis-
tribution, or (ii) pursuant to the terms of a "qualified domes-
tic relations order" as defined by the Code or by the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the
rules and regulations thereunder. An Award may be exercised,
during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.
11. Effect of Change in Stock Subject to the Plan.
In the event that each of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders) shall
be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
shares of stock of the Corporation or of another corporation
(whether by reason of merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock dividend, split-up, combination of
shares, or otherwise), then there shall be substituted for each
share of Common Stock or stock appreciation right then under
Award or available for Award the number and kind of shares of
stock into which each outstanding share of Common Stock (other
than shares held by dissenting shareholders) shall be so
changed or for which each such share shall be so exchanged,
together with an appropriate adjustment of the exercise price.
In the event there shall be any change in the number of,
or kind of, issued shares of Common Stock, or of any stock or
other securities into which such Common Stock shall have been
changed, or for which it shall have been exchanged, then if the
Committee shall, in its discretion, determine that such change
equitably requires an adjustment in the number, or kind, or
exercise price of shares then subject to an Award or available
for Award, such adjustment shall be made by the Board and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
12. Time of Granting Awards.
The date of grant of an Award under the Plan shall, for
all purposes other than pursuant to Paragraph 8(c) herein, be
the date on which the Committee makes the determination of
granting such Award. Notice of the determination shall be
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given to each Employee to whom an Award is so granted within a
reasonable time after the date of such grant.
13. Effective Date.
The Plan shall become effective upon the commencement of
business activities by the Corporation, which for purposes
hereof shall be deemed to have occurred upon the acquisition of
all of the Association's stock by the Corporation. Awards may
be granted prior to ratification of the Plan by the stockhold-
ers of the Corporation if the exercise of such Awards is sub-
ject to such stockholder ratification of the Plan. The Plan
shall continue in effect for a term of ten years from the Ef-
fective Date, unless sooner terminated under Paragraph 16 of
the Plan.
14. Approval by Shareholders.
The Plan shall be approved by stockholders of the Corpora-
tion within twelve (12) months before or after the Effective
Date.
15. Modification of Awards.
At any time and from time to time the Board may authorize
the Committee to direct execution of an instrument providing
for the modification of any outstanding Award, provided no such
modification, extension or renewal shall confer on the holder
of said Award any right or benefit which could not be conferred
on him by the grant of a new Award at such time, or impair the
Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. Notwith-
standing anything to the contrary, and not in limitation of the
authority of the Committee to modify an Award under this Para-
graph 15, the Committee shall have the authority to cancel out-
standing Awards with the consent of the Optionee and to reissue
new Awards at a lower exercise price equal to the then fair
market value per share of Common Stock in the event that the
fair market value per share of Common Stock at any time prior
to the date of exercise of outstanding Awards falls below the
exercise price of such Awards.
16. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
The Board may amend, modify or terminate the Plan except
that no action of the Board may materially increase (other than
as provided in Paragraph 11) the maximum number of shares per-
mitted to be optioned or become available for the granting of
Awards under the Plan, materially increase the benefits accru-
ing to participants, or materially modify the requirements for
eligibility for participation in the Plan, unless such action
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of the Board shall be subject to approval or ratification by
the shareholders of the Corporation. Furthermore, with respect
to the provisions of Paragraph 5 hereof that relate to the
granting of Options to non-Employee directors of the Corpora-
tion and/or the Association, no amendment shall be made within
six months of the date of any other amendment, other than an
amendment made to comport with the Code, the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the rules
thereunder.
No action of the Board may, without the consent of the
holder of the Award, impair any then outstanding Award.
17. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
Shares shall not be issued with respect to any Award
granted under the Plan unless the issuance and delivery of such
Shares shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, in-
cluding, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, any
applicable state securities law, and the requirements of any
stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed.
Inability of the Corporation to obtain from any regulatory
body or authority deemed by the Corporation's counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereun-
der shall relieve the Corporation of any liability in respect
of the non-issuance or sale of such Shares. As a condition to
the exercise of an Award, the Corporation may require the per-
son exercising to make such representations and warranties as
may be necessary to assure the availability of an exemption
from the registration requirements of federal or state securi-
ties law.
18. Reservation of Shares.
The Corporation, during the term of this Plan, will re-
serve and keep available a number of Shares sufficient to sat-
isfy the requirements of the Plan.
19. Withholding Tax.
Where an Optionee or other person is entitled to receive
Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Award pursuant to the
Plan, the Corporation shall have the right to require the Op-
tionee 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 (which payment may be affected by deliv-
ering to the Corporation shares of Common Stock that he or she
already owns, having a value equal to the amount required to be
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withheld; the value of shares to be withheld, or delivered to
the Corporation, shall be based on the fair market value of the
shares, as determined in accordance with Paragraph 7, on the
date the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined), or,
in lieu thereof, to retain, or sell without notice, a number of
such Shares sufficient to cover the amount required to be with-
held.
20. Governing Law.
The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Missouri except to the extent
that Federal law shall be deemed to apply.
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Exhibit 4.2
UNITED POSTAL BANCORP, INC.
1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1. Purpose of the Plan.
The Plan shall be known as the United Postal Bancorp, Inc.
1992 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). The purpose of the Plan
is to attract and retain the best available personnel for posi-
tions of substantial responsibility and to provide additional
incentive to officers and key employees of, and consultants to,
United Postal Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation") or any present
or future parent or subsidiary of the Corporation to promote
the success of the business. It is intended that options is-
sued pursuant to this Plan may constitute either incentive
stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or options that do not so
qualify.
2. Definitions.
As used herein, the following definitions shall apply.
(a) "Association" shall mean the United Postal Sav-
ings Association.
(b) "Award" shall mean an Option, stock appreciation
right, or any combination thereof, as provided in the Plan.
(c) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Corporation or any Parent thereof.
(d) "Common Stock" shall mean Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share, of the Corporation.
(e) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.
(f) "Committee" shall mean the Stock Option Commit-
tee appointed by the Board in accordance with Paragraph 4(a) of
the Plan.
(g) "Consultant" shall mean an individual who per-
forms services for the Corporation or any present or future
Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation not as an Employee but
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as an independent contractor; provided, however, that an indi-
vidual shall not be considered to be a Consultant solely on
account of being a Director.
(h) "Continuous Service" or "Continuous Status as an
Employee" shall mean the absence of any interruption or termi-
nation of the Employee's or Consultant's service with the Cor-
poration or any present or future Parent or Subsidiary of the
Corporation. 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 a successor.
(i) "Corporation" shall mean the United Postal
Bancorp, Inc., the Parent Corporation of United Postal Savings
Association.
(j) "Director" shall mean a member of the Board of
the Corporation.
(k) "Effective Date" shall mean the date specified
in Paragraph 13 hereof.
(l) "Employee" shall mean any person employed by the
Corporation or any present or future Parent or Subsidiary of
the Corporation.
(m) "Option" shall mean an option to purchase Common
Stock granted pursuant to this Plan.
(n) "Optioned Stock" shall mean stock subject to an
Option granted pursuant to this Plan.
(o) "Optionee" shall mean a person who receives an
Option or other Award pursuant to the Plan.
(p) "Parent" shall mean any present or future corpo-
ration which would be a "parent corporation" as defined in Sub-
sections 424(e) and (g) of the Code.
(q) "Plan" shall mean the United Postal Bancorp,
Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan.
(r) "Share" shall mean one share of the Common
Stock.
(s) "Subsidiary" shall mean any present or future
corporation which would be a "subsidiary corporation" as de-
fined in Subsections 424(f) and (g) of the Code.
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3. Shares Subject to the Plan.
Except as otherwise required by the provisions of Para-
graph 11 hereof, the aggregate number of Shares of Common Stock
deliverable upon the exercise of Awards pursuant to the Plan
shall not exceed 200,000 Shares. Such Shares may either be
authorized but unissued or treasury Shares.
If Awards should expire, become unexercisable or forfeited
for any reason without having been exercised in full, the un-
purchased Shares which were subject thereto shall, unless the
Plan shall have been terminated, be available for the grant of
other Awards under the Plan.
4. Administration of the Plan.
(a) Composition of Option Committee. The Plan shall
be administered by the Committee which shall consist of not
less than three Directors who are appointed by the Board and
who have not received an Award for the one year prior to becom-
ing a member of the Committee. All persons designated as mem-
bers of the Committee shall be "disinterested persons" within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 ("1934 Act"). All members of the Committee shall serve at
the pleasure of the Board.
(b) Powers of the Committee. The Committee shall
have discretionary authority (but only to the extent not con-
trary to the express provisions of the Plan or to resolutions
adopted by the Board) to interpret the Plan, to prescribe,
amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan,
to determine the form and content of Awards to be issued under
the Plan and to make other determinations necessary or advis-
able for the administration of the Plan, and shall have and may
exercise such other power and authority as may be delegated to
it by the Board from time to time. A majority of the entire
Committee shall constitute a quorum and the action of a major-
ity of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is
present shall be deemed the action of the Committee.
(c) Effect of Committee's Decision. All decisions,
determinations and interpretations of the Committee shall be
final and conclusive on all persons affected thereby.
5. Eligibility.
Awards may be granted to each such Employee of or Consult-
ant to the Corporation or any present or future Parent or Sub-
sidiary as shall be designated by the Committee; except that
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non-Employee Consultants may not be granted incentive stock
options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. An Op-
tionee who has been granted an Award may, if otherwise eli-
gible, be granted an additional Award or Awards.
The aggregate fair market value (determined pursuant to
Paragraph 7 hereof as of the date the Option is granted) of the
Shares with respect to which incentive stock options are exer-
cisable for the first time by an Employee during any calendar
year (under all incentive stock option plans, as defined in
Section 422 of the Code, of the Corporation or any present or
future Parent or Subsidiary of the Corporation) shall not ex-
ceed $100,000. Notwithstanding the prior provisions of this
Paragraph, the Committee may grant Options in excess of the
foregoing limitations, in which case such Options granted in
excess of such limitation shall be treated as Options which are
not incentive stock options, as defined in Section 422 of the
Code, pursuant to Section 422(d) of the Code.
6. Term of Plan; Term of Awards.
(a) The Plan shall continue in effect for a term of
ten years from its Effective Date, unless sooner terminated
pursuant to Paragraph 16. No Award shall be granted under the
Plan after ten years from the Effective Date.
(b) The term of each Award granted under the Plan
shall be established by the Committee, but shall not exceed 10
years; provided however that in the case of an Employee who
owns stock representing more than ten (10) percent of the Cor-
poration's outstanding Common Stock at the time the Award is
granted, the term of such Award shall not exceed five years.
7. Exercise Price.
The price per share at which each Award granted under the
Plan may be exercised shall not, as to any particular Award, be
less than the fair market value of the stock to which the Award
relates at the time such Award is granted. In the case of an
Employee who owns stock representing more than ten percent of
the Corporation's outstanding Common Stock at the time the
Award is granted, the exercise price shall not be less than
110% of the fair market value of the stock at the time the
Award is granted. If the Common Stock is traded otherwise than
on a national securities exchange at the time of the granting
of an Award, then the exercise price per share shall be not
less than the mean between the bid and asked price on the date
the Award is granted or, if there is no bid and asked price on
said date, then on the next prior business day on which there
was a bid and asked price. If no such bid and asked price is
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available, then the exercise price shall be determined by the
Committee. If the Common Stock is listed on a national securi-
ties exchange (including the NASDAQ National Market System) at
the time of granting an Award, then the exercise price per
share shall be not less than the average of the highest and
lowest selling price on such exchange on the date such Award is
granted or if there were no sales on said date, then the price
shall be not less than the mean between the bid and asked price
on such date.
8. Exercise of Award.
(a) Procedure for Exercise. Any Award granted here-
under shall be exercisable at such times and under such condi-
tions as shall be permissible under the terms of the Plan and
of the Award granted to an Optionee. An Award may not be exer-
cised for a fractional Share.
An Option granted pursuant to the Plan may be exer-
cised, subject to provisions relative to its termination and
limitations on its exercise, from time to time only by (a)
written notice of intent to exercise the Option with respect to
a specified number of shares, and (b) payment to the Corpora-
tion (contemporaneously with delivery of such notice), in cash,
in Common Stock, or a combination of cash and Common Stock, of
the amount of the Option price for the number of shares with
respect to which the Option is then being exercised. Each such
notice and payment (as applicable) shall be delivered, or
mailed by prepaid registered or certified mail, addressed to
the Treasurer of the Corporation at the Corporation's executive
offices. Common Stock utilized in full or partial payment of
the exercise price shall be valued at its fair market value at
the date of exercise. A stock appreciation right may be exer-
cised in the same manner, provided that the Optionee shall not
be required to make the payment described in subsection (b) of
this Paragraph.
(b) Exercise During Continuous Service or Following
Death or Disability. Except as may be specifically provided
for by the terms of an Award as may be authorized by the Com-
mittee at the time of such grant, an Award may be exercised by
an Optionee only while he has maintained Continuous Service
since the date of the grant of the Award or within three months
after termination of his Continuous Service (but not later than
the date on which the Award would otherwise expire), except if
his Continuous Service terminates by reason of (1) "Cause"
(which for purposes hereof shall have the same meaning as de-
fined in the then existing employment agreement between the
Optionee and the Corporation or any of its Parent or Subsidiar-
ies and, in the absence of any such agreement, shall have the
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meaning defined in 12 C.F.R. Sec. 563.39(b)(1) as in effect on
the Effective Date of this Plan) then the Optionee's rights to
exercise such Award shall expire on the date of such
termination, (2) death, then to the extent that the Optionee
would have been entitled to exercise the Award immediately
prior to his death, such Award of the deceased Optionee may be
exercised within two years from the date of his death (but not
later than the date on which the Award would otherwise expire)
by the personal representatives of his estate or person or
persons to whom his rights under such Award shall have passed
by will or by laws of descent and distribution, or (3)
Permanent and Total Disability (as such term is defined in
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), then to the extent that the
Optionee would have been entitled to exercise the Award
immediately prior to his Permanent and Total Disability, such
Award may be exercised within one year from the date of such
Permanent and Total Disability, but not later than the date on
which the Award would otherwise expire. Notwithstanding the
provisions of any Award which provides for its exercise in
installments as designated by the Committee, such Award shall
become immediately exercisable upon death or Permanent and
Total Disability, as defined herein, of the Optionee.
The Committee's determination whether an Optionee's Con-
tinuous Service has ceased, and the effective date thereof,
shall be final and conclusive on all persons affected thereby.
(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
in no event shall any Award granted pursuant to the Plan be
exercisable for six months from the date of grant, except in
the event of the death or Permanent and Total Disability of the
Optionee. In the case of Awards granted prior to stockholder
approval of the Plan as provided at Paragraph 14, herein, the
date of such stockholder approval shall be deemed the date of
such grant.
(d) Options granted under the Plan may include the
right to acquire an Additional Option Right ("AOR"). If an
Option grant contains an AOR, and if a Optionee pays all or
part of the purchase price of the Option with shares of Common
Stock held by the Optionee for at least one (1) year, then upon
exercise of the Option, the Optionee shall be granted an ad-
ditional Option to purchase, at the fair market value as of the
date of the exercise of this AOR grant, the number of shares of
Common Stock equal to the number of whole shares of Common
Stock used by the Optionee in payment of the purchase price and
the number of whole shares of Common Stock, if any, withheld by
the Corporation as payment for applicable withholding taxes.
An AOR may be exercised no earlier than one (1) year after its
grant and no later than the date of expiration of the Option to
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which the AOR is related. Other terms applicable to the exer-
cise of the AOR shall be the same as those terms applicable to
the Option to which such AOR relates. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in no case shall such AOR be exercisable in the
event that the delivery of Common Stock upon the exercise of
such AOR shall be deemed (within the sole discretion of the
Committee based upon its review of interpretive letters issued
by the staff of the Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to
Rule 16b-3 promulgated under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act) to
reduce the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable un-
der the Plan pursuant to Paragraph 3 herein.
9. Stock Appreciation Rights and Change in Control.
(a) The Committee may, but shall not be obligated
to, from time to time, authorize the granting of stock appre-
ciation rights to, or accept the surrender of previously
granted Options from, such Employees or Consultants as the Com-
mittee shall select. Each stock appreciation right, including
the surrender of previously granted Options, may either relate
to one or more shares subject to a specific Option or may be
granted independently of any Option. The terms of such stock
appreciation rights shall authorize the Corporation to accept
the surrender of the stock appreciation right or of the right
to exercise an Option granted under the Plan (or portion there-
of) in consideration for the payment by the Corporation of an
amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the
shares of Common Stock subject to such stock appreciation right
or such Option (or portion thereof) surrendered over the exer-
cise price of the stock appreciation right or the Option price
of such shares, as applicable. Such payment, at the discretion
of the Committee, may be made in shares of Common Stock valued
at the then fair market value thereof (determined as provided
in Paragraph 7 hereof) or in cash or partly in cash and partly
in shares of Common Stock.
(b) Any election by an Optionee to exercise the
stock appreciation rights in this section shall be made during
the period beginning on the third business day following the
release for publication of quarterly or annual financial infor-
mation and ending on the twelfth business day following such
date. This condition shall be deemed to be satisfied when the
specified financial data is first made publicly available.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of any Award
which provides for its exercise in installments as designated
by the Committee, such Award shall become immediately exercis-
able in the event of a change in control or offer to effect a
change in control. At such time, the Optionee shall, at the
discretion of the Committee, be entitled to receive cash in an
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amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of the Com-
mon Stock (determined in accordance with Paragraph 7) subject
to such Award over the exercise price, in exchange for the sur-
render of such Awards by the Optionee. For purposes of this
Paragraph 9, "change in control" shall refer to the acquisition
of the beneficial ownership (as that term is defined in Rule
13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) of 25 percent or more of the voting secu-
rities of the Corporation by any person or by persons acting as
a group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and "offer" shall refer to every offer to
buy or acquire, solicitation of an offer to sell, tender offer
for, or request of invitation for tenders of, the voting secu-
rities of the Corporation for value, as such term is defined
under 12 C.F.R. 563b.3(i). The term "person" refers to an in-
dividual or a corporation, partnership, trust, association,
joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorpo-
rated organization or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein. The decision of the Committee as to whether a
change in control, or offer to effect a change in control, has
occurred shall be conclusive and binding.
10. Non-Transferability of Awards.
Awards granted under the Plan may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated, transferred or disposed of in any man-
ner other than (i) by will or by the laws of descent and dis-
tribution, or (ii) pursuant to the terms of a "qualified domes-
tic relations order" as defined by the Code or by the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the
rules and regulations thereunder. An Award may be exercised,
during the lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.
11. Effect of Change in Stock Subject to the Plan.
In the event that each of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (other than shares held by dissenting shareholders) shall
be changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
shares of stock of the Corporation or of another corporation
(whether by reason of merger, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock dividend, split-up, combination of
shares, or otherwise), then there shall be substituted for each
share of Common Stock or stock appreciation right then under
Award or available for Award the number and kind of shares of
stock into which each outstanding share of Common Stock (other
than shares held by dissenting shareholders) shall be so
changed or for which each such share shall be so exchanged,
together with an appropriate adjustment of the exercise price.
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In the event there shall be any change in the number of,
or kind of, issued shares of Common Stock, or of any stock or
other securities into which such Common Stock shall have been
changed, or for which it shall have been exchanged, then if the
Committee shall, in its discretion, determine that such change
equitably requires an adjustment in the number, or kind, or
exercise price of shares then subject to an Award or available
for Award, such adjustment shall be made by the Board and shall
be effective and binding for all purposes of the Plan.
12. Time of Granting Awards.
The date of grant of an Award under the Plan shall, for
all purposes other than pursuant to Paragraph 8(c) herein, be
the date on which the Committee makes the determination of
granting such Award. Notice of the determination shall be
given to each Employee to whom an Award is so granted within a
reasonable time after the date of such grant.
13. Effective Date.
The Plan shall become effective upon the commencement of
business activities by the Corporation, which for purposes
hereof shall be deemed to have occurred upon the acquisition of
all of the Association's stock by the Corporation. Awards may
be granted prior to ratification of the Plan by the stockhold-
ers of the Corporation if the exercise of such Awards is sub-
ject to such stockholder ratification of the Plan. The Plan
shall continue in effect for a term of ten years from the Ef-
fective Date, unless sooner terminated under Paragraph 16 of
the Plan.
14. Approval by Shareholders.
The Plan shall be approved by stockholders of the Corpora-
tion within twelve (12) months before or after the Effective
Date.
15. Modification of Awards.
At any time and from time to time the Board may authorize
the Committee to direct execution of an instrument providing
for the modification of any outstanding Award, provided no such
modification, extension or renewal shall confer on the holder
of said Award any right or benefit which could not be conferred
on him by the grant of a new Award at such time, or impair the
Award without the consent of the holder of the Award. Notwith-
standing anything to the contrary, and not in limitation of the
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authority of the Committee to modify an Award under this Para-
graph 15, the Committee shall have the authority to cancel out-
standing Awards with the consent of the Optionee and to reissue
new Awards at a lower exercise price equal to the then fair
market value per share of Common Stock in the event that the
fair market value per share of Common Stock at any time prior
to the date of exercise of outstanding Awards falls below the
exercise price of such Awards.
16. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.
The Board may amend, modify or terminate the Plan except
that no action of the Board may materially increase (other than
as provided in Paragraph 11) the maximum number of shares per-
mitted to be optioned or become available for the granting of
Awards under the Plan, materially increase the benefits accru-
ing to participants, or materially modify the requirements for
eligibility for participation in the Plan, unless such action
of the Board shall be subject to approval or ratification by
the shareholders of the Corporation.
No action of the Board may, without the consent of the
holder of the Award, impair any then outstanding Award.
17. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.
Shares shall not be issued with respect to any Award
granted under the Plan unless the issuance and delivery of such
Shares shall comply with all relevant provisions of law, in-
cluding, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, any
applicable state securities law, and the requirements of any
stock exchange upon which the Shares may then be listed.
Inability of the Corporation to obtain from any regulatory
body or authority deemed by the Corporation's counsel to be
necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereun-
der shall relieve the Corporation of any liability in respect
of the non-issuance or sale of such Shares. As a condition to
the exercise of an Award, the Corporation may require the per-
son exercising to make such representations and warranties as
may be necessary to assure the availability of an exemption
from the registration requirements of federal or state securi-
ties law.
18. Reservation of Shares.
The Corporation, during the term of this Plan, will re-
serve and keep available a number of Shares sufficient to sat-
isfy the requirements of the Plan.
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19. Withholding Tax.
Where an Optionee or other person is entitled to receive
Shares pursuant to the exercise of an Award pursuant to the
Plan, the Corporation shall have the right to require the Op-
tionee 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 (which payment may be affected by deliv-
ering to the Corporation shares of Common Stock that he or she
already owns, having a value equal to the amount required to be
withheld; the value of shares to be withheld, or delivered to
the Corporation, shall be based on the fair market value of the
shares, as determined in accordance with Paragraph 7, on the
date the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined), or,
in lieu thereof, to retain, or sell without notice, a number of
such Shares sufficient to cover the amount required to be with-
held.
20. Governing Law.
The Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Missouri except to the extent
that Federal law shall be deemed to apply.
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Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in Form S-8 of
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. of our report dated January 14,
1993, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Mercantile
Bancorporation Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1992,
1991 and 1990, and the related consolidated statements of
income, changes in shareholders' equity, and cash flows for the
years then ended, which report appears in the December 31, 1992
annual report on Form 10-K of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick
St. Louis, Missouri
March 8, 1994
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Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
United Postal Bancorp, Inc.
We consent to incorporation by reference in Form S-8 of
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. of our report dated January 25,
1993, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of United
Postal Bancorp, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1992 and
1991, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in
the three-year period ended December 31, 1992, which report
appears in the December 31, 1992 annual report on Form 10-K of
United Postal Bancorp, Inc.
/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick
St. Louis, Missouri
March 8, 1994
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