GRAND SLAM TREASURES INC
S-8, EX-4.1, 2000-10-27
MINING & QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS)
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                           GRAND SLAM TREASURERS, INC.
                      2000 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION PLAN

     This  2000  Non-Qualified  Stock  Option  Plan  correctly  sets  forth  the
provisions of the 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan.

                                    ARTICLE I
                            ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE
                            -------------------------

     I.1  Establishment.  Grand  Slam  Treasurers,  Inc.,  a Nevada  corporation
("Company"), hereby establishes a Non-Qualified stock option plan for employees,
independent  contractors and consultants  providing material services other than
those   independent   contractors  and  consultants   involved   capital-raising
activities  including  fundraising  public  relations,  to the  Company  and its
present and future  subsidiaries which shall be known as the "2000 NON-QUALIFIED
STOCK  OPTION  PLAN"  (the  "Plan").  None of the  options  issued to  employees
pursuant to the Plan may constitute  incentive  stock options within the meaning
of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. Options issued pursuant to the Plan
shall constitute non-qualified options.

     I.2 Purpose. The purpose of this Plan is to enhance shareholder  investment
by attracting,  retaining and motivating key employees,  independent contractors
and consultants of the Company, and to encourage stock ownership by such persons
by  providing  them  with a means  to  acquire  a  proprietary  interest  in the
Company's success.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   DEFINITIONS
                                  -------------

     II.1 Definitions.  Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the
respective  meanings  set forth  below,  unless  the  context  clearly  requires
otherwise, and when said meaning is intended, the term shall be capitalized.

          (a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

          (b) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code, as amended.

          (c)  "Committee"  shall  mean the  Committee  provided  by  Article IV
     hereof, which may be created at the discretion of the Board.

          (d) "Company" means Grand Slam Treasures, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

          (e)  "Consultant"  means any  person  or  entity,  including  a Parent
     Corporation or a Subsidiary Corporation,  who provides services (other than
     as an  Employee)  to the  Company,  a Parent  Corporation  or a  Subsidiary
     Corporation,  and  shall  include  independent  contractors,   Non-Employee
     Officers and Non-Employee Directors, as defined subsequently.

          (f) "Date of Exercise" means the date the Company receives notice,  by
     an Optionee,  of the exercise of an Option  pursuant to Section 8.1 of this
     Plan. Such notice shall indicate the number of shares of Stock the Optionee
     intends to exercise.

          (g) "Employee"  means any person,  including an officer or director of
     the Company or a Subsidiary Corporation,  who is employed by the Company or
     a Subsidiary Corporation.

          (h) "Fair  Market  Value"  means the fair  market  value of Stock upon
     which an option is granted under this Plan, determined as follows:


               (i) So long as the Stock is listed or traded on the OTC  Bulletin
          Board, the NASDAQ Stock Market or a national securities exchange,  the
          Fair  Market  Value  shall be the  average of the last  reported  sale
          prices of the Stock for the 20 trading days prior to the date of grant
          of this option,  provided  that if no sale is made on any such trading
          day, the last  reported sale price shall be the average of the closing
          bid and asked prices for such day; or
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               (ii)  Otherwise,  Fair Market Value shall be an amount,  not less
          than book value,  determined by the Board,  such  determination  to be
          final and binding on the Holder.


               (i)  "Non-Employee  Director"  means a member of the Board who is
          not an  employee  of the  Company  at the time an  Option  is  granted
          hereunder.

               (j) Non-Employee  Officer" means an officer of the Company who is
          not an  employee  of the  Company  at the time an  Option  is  granted
          hereunder.

               (k)  "Non-qualified  Option"  means an Option  granted under this
          Plan which is not  intended to qualify as an  incentive  stock  option
          within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.  Non-qualified  Options
          may be granted at such times and subject to such  restrictions  as the
          Board shall  determine  without  conforming to the statutory  rules of
          Section 422 of the Code applicable to incentive stock options.

               (l)  "Option"  means the  right,  granted  under  this  Plan,  to
          purchase  Stock of the  Company  at the option  price for a  specified
          period  of  time.  For  purposes  of this  Plan,  an  Option  may be a
          Non-qualified Option.

               (m) "Optionee" means an Employee or Consultant  holding an Option
          under the Plan.

               (n)  "Parent  Corporation"  shall have the  meaning  set forth in
          Section 424(e)  of the Code  with the  Company  being  treated  as the
          employer corporation for purposes of this definition.

               (o) "Subsidiary  Corporation" shall have the meaning set forth in
          Section 424(f)  of the Code  with the  Company  being  treated  as the
          employer corporation for purposes of this definition.

               (p) "Significant Shareholder" means an individual who, within the
          meaning of  Section 422(b)(6)  of the Code, owns stock possessing more
          than ten percent of the total combined  voting power of all classes of
          stock  of the  Company  or of any  Parent  Corporation  or  Subsidiary
          Corporation of the Company.  In determining whether an individual is a
          Significant  Shareholder,  an  individual  shall be  treated as owning
          stock owned by certain  relatives of the  individual and certain stock
          owned  by  corporations  in which  the  individual  is a  shareholder,
          partnerships  in which the  individual  is a partner,  and  estates or
          trusts of which the  individual is a  beneficiary,  all as provided in
          Section 424(d) of the Code.

               (q)  "Stock"  means  the  $.001  par  value  common  stock of the
          Company.

     II.2 Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, any
masculine  terminology  when used in this Plan also shall  include the  feminine
gender, and the definition of any term herein in the singular also shall include
the plural.

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                                   ARTICLE III
                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
                          -----------------------------

     III.1  Eligibility  and  Participation.   All  Employees  are  eligible  to
participate in this Plan and receive  Non-qualified  Options under the Plan. All
Consultants  are eligible to participate in this Plan and receive  Non-qualified
Options hereunder.  Optionees in the Plan shall be selected by the Board, in its
sole discretion,  from among those Employees and Consultants who, in the opinion
of the Board,  are in a  position  to  contribute  materially  to the  Company's
continued growth and development and to its long-term financial success.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                                 ADMINISTRATION
                                ----------------

          IV.1 Administration.  The Board shall be responsible for administering
     the Plan.

          (a) The Board is  authorized  to  interpret  the Plan;  to  prescribe,
     amend,  and rescind rules and regulations  relating to the Plan; to provide
     for conditions and assurances  deemed necessary or advisable to protect the
     interests of the Company; and to make all other determinations necessary or
     advisable   for   the   administration   of   the   Plan.   Determinations,
     interpretations,  or other actions made or taken by the Board,  pursuant to
     the provisions of this Plan,  shall be final and binding and conclusive for
     all purposes and upon all persons.

          (b) At the discretion of the Board, this Plan may be administered by a
     Committee which shall be an executive committee of the Board, consisting of
     not less than two members of the Board.  The members of such  Committee may
     be  directors  who are  eligible to receive  Options  under this Plan,  but
     Options may be granted to such persons only by action of the full Board and
     not by action of the  Committee.  At such time as the Company has any class
     of equity  security  which is  registered  pursuant  to  Section  12 of the
     Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the Committee shall consist solely of two
     or more Non-Employee  Directors as that term is defined in Rule 16b-3 under
     that Act. Such Committee  shall have full power and  authority,  subject to
     the  limitations of the Plan and any  limitations  imposed by the Board, to
     construe,  interpret and  administer  this Plan and to make  determinations
     which shall be final,  conclusive and binding upon all persons,  including,
     without limitation,  the Company,  the shareholders,  the directors and any
     persons having any interests in any Options which may be granted under this
     Plan,  and, by  resolution  or  resolution  providing  for the creation and
     issuance of any such Option, to fix the terms upon which, the time or times
     at or within  which,  the price or prices at which any such  shares  may be
     purchased  from the Company upon the  exercise of such Option.  Such terms,
     time or times and price or prices  shall,  in every  case,  be set forth or
     incorporated by reference in the instrument or instruments  evidencing such
     Option, and shall be consistent with the provisions of this Plan.

          (c) If the  Committee has been  appointed,  the Board may from time to
     time remove members from, or add members to, the  Committee.  The Board may
     terminate the Committee at any time. Vacancies on the Committee,  howsoever
     caused, shall be filled by the Board. The Committee shall select one of its
     members as  Chairman,  and shall hold  meetings at such times and places as
     the Chairman may  determine.  A majority of the Committee at which a quorum
     is present, or acts reduced to or approved in writing by all of the members
     of the Committee,  shall be the valid acts of the Committee. A quorum shall
     consist of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the Committee.

          (d) Where the Committee  has been created by the Board,  references in
     this Plan to actions  to be taken by the Board  shall be deemed to refer to
     the Committee as well, except where limited by this Plan or by the Board.

          (e)  The  Board  shall  have  all  of  the  enumerated  powers  of the
     Committee,  but shall not be limited to such powers. No member of the Board
     or the Committee  shall be liable for any action or  determination  made in
     good faith with respect to the Plan or any Option granted under it.

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                                    ARTICLE V
                            STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
                            --------------------------

     V.1 Number.  The total number of shares of Stock hereby made  available and
reserved  for issuance  under the Plan upon  exercise of  Non-Qualified  Options
shall be 2,371,344. The aggregate number of shares of Stock available under this
Plan shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3. The total number
of shares of Stock may be  authorized  but unissued  shares of Stock,  or Shares
acquired  by  purchase  as  directed  by the  Board  from  time  to  time in its
discretion, to be used for issuance upon exercise of Options granted hereunder.

     V.2 Unused  Stock.  If an Option shall  expire or terminate  for any reason
without having been exercised in full, the  unpurchased  shares of Stock subject
thereto shall (unless the Plan shall have terminated) become available for other
Options under the Plan.

     V.3  Adjustment  in  Capitalization.  In the  event  of any  change  in the
outstanding   shares  of  Stock  by  reason  of  a  stock   dividend  or  split,
recapitalization,  reclassification,  or other  similar  corporate  change,  the
aggregate  number  of  shares  of  Stock  set  forth  in  Section 5.1  shall  be
appropriately  adjusted by the Board, whose  determination  shall be conclusive;
provided  however,  that fractional shares shall be rounded to the nearest whole
share.  In any such case,  the number and kind of shares that are subject to any
Option  (including any Option  outstanding  after termination of employment) and
the Option price per share shall be proportionately  and appropriately  adjusted
without  any  change in the  aggregate  Option  price to be paid  therefor  upon
exercise of the Option.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                              DURATION OF THE PLAN
                              --------------------

     VI.1 Duration of the Plan.  Subject to approval of  shareholders,  the Plan
shall be in effect for ten years from the date of its adoption by the Board. Any
Options  outstanding  at the  end of said  period  shall  remain  in  effect  in
accordance  with their terms.  The Plan shall  terminate  before the end of said
period if all Stock subject to it has been purchased pursuant to the exercise of
Options granted under the Plan.

                                   ARTICLE VII
                             TERMS OF STOCK OPTIONS
                             ----------------------

     VII.1 Grant of Options.  Subject to Section 5.1,  Options may be granted to
Employees or  Consultants at any time and from time to time as determined by the
Board.  The Board shall have complete  discretion in  determining  the terms and
conditions  and  number of  Options  granted to each  Optionee.  In making  such
determinations,  the Board may take into account the nature of services rendered
by such Employees or Consultants,  their present and potential  contributions to
the Company and its Subsidiary Corporations, and such other factors as the Board
in its discretion shall deem relevant.

          (a) The Board is expressly  given the  authority  to issue  amended or
     replacement  Options with  respect to shares of Stock  subject to an Option
     previously  granted  hereunder.  An amended  Option  amends the terms of an
     Option  previously  granted and thereby  supersedes the previous  Option. A
     replacement Option is similar to a new Option granted hereunder except that
     it provides  that it shall be  forfeited  to the extent  that a  previously
     granted  Option is  exercised,  or except that its issuance is  conditioned
     upon the termination of a previously granted Option.

     VII.2 Option  Agreement;  Terms and  Conditions  to Apply Unless  Otherwise
Specified. As determined by the Board on the date of grant, each Option shall be
evidenced by an Option  agreement  (the "Option  Agreement")  that  includes the
non-transferability  provisions  required by Section 10.2  hereof and specifies:
whether the Option is a Non-qualified  Option; the Option price; the duration of
the  Option;  the  number of shares of Stock to which the  Option  applies;  any
vesting or  exercisability  restrictions  which the Board may  impose.  All such
terms and  conditions  shall be  determined by the Board at the time of grant of
the Option.

     (a) If not  otherwise  specified  by the  Board,  the  following  terms and
conditions shall apply to Options granted under the Plan:

          (i) Term. The duration of the Option shall be five years from the date
     of grant.

          (ii)  Exercise of Option.  Unless an Option is  terminated as provided
     hereunder, an Optionee may exercise his Option for up to, but not in excess
     of, the amounts of shares subject to the Option specified hereafter,  based
     on the Optionee's number of years of continuous service with the Company or
     a Subsidiary  Corporation from the date on which the Option is granted.  In
     the case of an Optionee who is an Employee,  continuous  service shall mean
     continuous  employment;  in the case of an  Optionee  who is a  Consultant,
     continuous  service  shall  mean the  continuous  provision  of  consulting
     services.  In  applying  said  limitations,  the amount of shares,  if any,
     previously  purchased by the Optionee  under the Option shall be counted in
     determining the amount of shares the Optionee can purchase at any time. The
     Optionee may exercise his Option in the following amounts:

               (A) After one year of such continuous services,  up to but not in
          excess of twenty  percent  of the  shares  originally  subject  to the
          Option;

               (B) After two years of such continuous services, up to but not in
          excess  of forty  percent  of the  shares  originally  subject  to the
          Option;

               (C) After three years of such continuous services,  up to but not
          in excess of sixty  percent  of the shares  originally  subject to the
          Option;

               (D) After four years of such continuous  services,  up to but not
          in excess of eighty  percent of the shares  originally  subject to the
          Option; and

               (E) At the  expiration  of the  fifth  year  of  such  continuous
          services, the Option may be exercised, in whole or in part, and at any
          time  and from  time to time  within  its  term  but it  shall  not be
          exercisable  after the  expiration of six years from the date on which
          it was granted (five years with respect to Significant Shareholders).

          (b) The Board shall be free to specify terms and conditions other than
     those set forth above, in its discretion.

     VII.3 Option  Price.  The Option Price shall be  determined by the Board of
Directors,   except  that  Option  Price  for  consultants   and/or  independent
contractors  may not be less than Fair  Market  Value on the date of grant.  The
Option  exercise price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3
above.

     VII.4 Term of Options.  Each Option  shall expire at such time as the Board
shall determine when it is granted, provided however that under no circumstances
shall a  Non-qualified  Option be exercisable  later than the tenth  anniversary
date of its grant.

     VII.5  Exercise  of  Options.  Options  granted  under  the  Plan  shall be
exercisable at such times and be subject to such  restrictions and conditions as
the Board  shall in each  instance  approve,  which need not be the same for all
Optionees.

     VII.6  Payment.  Payment  for all shares of Stock shall be made at the time
that an Option, or any part thereof, is exercised, and no shares shall be issued
until full payment therefor has been made. Payment shall be made (i) in cash, or
(ii) if acceptable to the Board, in Stock or in some other form.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                        WRITTEN NOTICE, ISSUANCE OF STOCK
                      CERTIFICATES, SHAREHOLDER PRIVILEGES
                      ------------------------------------

     VIII.1 Written Notice. An Optionee wishing to exercise an Option shall give
written notice to the Company,  in the form and manner  prescribed by the Board.
Full payment for the shares exercised  pursuant to the Option must accompany the
written notice.

     VIII.2  Issuance of Stock  Certificates.  As soon as practicable  after the
receipt of written notice and payment, the Company shall deliver to the Optionee
or to a permitted  nominee of the Optionee a certificate or certificates for the
requisite number of shares of Stock.

     VIII.3  Privileges  of a  Shareholder.  An  Optionee  or any  other  person
entitled  to  exercise  an Option  under  this Plan  shall not have  stockholder
privileges  with  respect to any Stock  covered by the Option  until the date of
issuance of a stock certificate for such stock.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                      TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICES
                      -------------------------------------

     IX.1 Death.  If an  Optionee's  employment  in the case of an Employee,  or
provision of services as a Consultant in the case of a Consultant, terminates by
reason of death, the Option may thereafter be exercised at any time prior to the
expiration  date of the Option or within 12 months after the date of such death,
whichever  period is the  shorter,  by the person or persons  entitled  to do so
under the Optionee's  will or, if the Optionee shall fail to make a testamentary
disposition  of  an  Option  or  shall  die  intestate,   the  Optionee's  legal
representative or  representatives.  The Option shall be exercisable only to the
extent that such Option was exercisable as of the date of death.

     IX.2  Termination  other than for Cause or Due to Death. In the event of an
Optionee's  termination of employment in the case of an Employee, or termination
of the provision of services as a Consultant in the case of a Consultant,  other
than by reason of death, the Optionee may exercise such portion of his Option as
was exercisable by him at the date of such termination (the "Termination  Date")
at any time within three months of the Termination Date; provided, however, that
where the Optionee is an Employee,  and is terminated  due to disability  within
the meaning of Code 422,  he   may  exercise  such  portion of his Option as was
exercisable by him on his  Termination  Date within one year of his  Termination
Date. In any event,  the Option cannot be exercised  after the expiration of the
term of the Option. Options not exercised within the applicable period specified
above shall terminate.

          (a) In the case of an Employee,  a change of duties or position within
     the Company or an assignment of employment in a Subsidiary  Corporation  or
     Parent  Corporation  of the Company,  if any, or from such a Corporation to
     the  Company,  shall not be  considered a  termination  of  employment  for
     purposes of this Plan.

          (b) The Option  Agreements  may contain such  provisions  as the Board
     shall  approve with  reference to the effect of approved  leaves of absence
     upon termination of employment.

     IX.3  Termination for Cause.  In the event of an Optionee's  termination of
employment  in the case of an  Employee,  or  termination  of the  provision  of
services as a Consultant in the case of a Consultant,  which  termination  is by
the Company or a Subsidiary Corporation for cause, any Option or Options held by
him under the Plan, to the extent not exercised before such  termination,  shall
terminate upon notice of termination for cause.

                                    ARTICLE X
                               RIGHTS OF OPTIONEES
                               -------------------

     X.1 Service.  Nothing in this Plan shall interfere with or limit in any way
the right of the Company or a Subsidiary Corporation to terminate any Employee's
employment,  or any  Consultant's  services,  at any time,  nor confer  upon any
Employee  any right to  continue  in the employ of the  Company or a  Subsidiary
Corporation, or upon any Consultant any right to continue to provide services to
the Company or a Subsidiary Corporation.
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     X.2  Non-transferability.  All  Options  granted  under  this Plan shall be
nontransferable  by the Optionee,  other than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution,  and shall be exercisable  during the Optionee's  lifetime only by
the Optionee.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                          OPTIONEE-EMPLOYEE'S TRANSFER
                               OR LEAVE OF ABSENCE
                          ----------------------------

          XI.1 Optionee-Employee's Transfer or Leave of Absence. For purposes of
     this Plan:

               (a) A transfer of an Optionee who is an Employee from the Company
          to a Subsidiary  Corporation or Parent  Corporation,  or from one such
          Corporation to another, or

               (b) A leave  of  absence  for  such  an  Optionee  which  is duly
          authorized in writing by the Company or a Subsidiary Corporation shall
          not  be  deemed  a  termination  of  employment.   However,  under  no
          circumstances  may an Optionee  exercise an Option during any leave of
          absence, unless authorized by the Board.

                                   ARTICLE XII
                          AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, AND
                             TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
                          -----------------------------

     XII.1 Amendment, Modification, and Termination of the Plan.

          (a) The  Board  may at any time  terminate,  and from time to time may
     amend or modify the Plan,  provided,  however,  that no such  action of the
     Board, without approval of the shareholders, may:

               (i)  increase  the total  amount of Stock which may be  purchased
          through  Options  granted  under  the  Plan,  except  as  provided  in
          Article V;

               (ii) change the class of  Employees  or  Consultants  eligible to
          receive Options;

          (b) No amendment,  modification,  or  termination of the Plan shall in
     any manner adversely  affect any outstanding  Option under the Plan without
     the consent of the Optionee holding the Option.

                                  ARTICLE XIII
                       ACQUISITION, MERGER OR LIQUIDATION
                      ------------------------------------

     XIII.1 Acquisition.

          (a) In the  event  that an  Acquisition  occurs  with  respect  to the
     Company,  the Company  shall have the option,  but not the  obligation,  to
     cancel Options outstanding as of the effective date of Acquisition, whether
     or not such  Options  are then  exercisable,  in return for  payment to the
     Optionees  of an  amount  equal  to a  reasonable  estimate  of  an  amount
     (hereinafter  the "Spread") equal to the difference  between the net amount
     per share  payable in the  Acquisition  or as a result of the  Acquisition,
     less  the  exercise  price  of  the  Option.   In  estimating  the  Spread,
     appropriate  adjustments  to give  effect to the  existence  of the Options
     shall be made, such as deeming the Options to have been exercised, with the
     Company receiving the exercise price payable  thereunder,  and treating the
     shares  receivable  upon  exercise of the Options as being  outstanding  in
     determining the net amount per share.

          (b) For  purposes of this  section,  an  "Acquisition"  shall mean any
     transaction in which substantially all of the Company's assets are acquired
     or in which a controlling  amount of the Company's  outstanding  shares are
     acquired,  in each case by a single person or entity or an affiliated group
     of persons and entities. For purposes of this section, a controlling amount
     shall mean more than 50% of the issued and  outstanding  shares of stock of
     the Company.  The Company  shall have such an option  regardless of how the
     Acquisition is effectuated, whether by direct purchase, through a merger or
     similar corporate transaction, or otherwise. In cases where the acquisition
     consists of the  acquisition  of assets of the Company,  the net amount per
     share shall be  calculated on the basis of the net amount  receivable  with
     respect to shares upon a distribution  and liquidation by the Company after
     giving effect to expenses and charges,  including but not limited to taxes,
     payable by the Company before the liquidation can be completed.
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          (c)  Where  the  Company  does not  exercise  its  option  under  this
     Section 13.1 the remaining  provisions of this Article XIII shall apply, to
     the extent applicable.

     XIII.2  Merger or  Consolidation.  Subject  to any  required  action by the
shareholders, if the Company shall be the surviving corporation in any merger or
consolidation,  any Option granted  hereunder  shall pertain to and apply to the
securities  to which a holder of the  number of shares of Stock  subject  to the
Option would have been entitled in such merger or consolidation.

     XIII.3 Other Transactions. A dissolution or a liquidation of the Company or
a merger and consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation
shall cause every Option outstanding  hereunder to terminate as of the effective
date of such dissolution,  liquidation,  merger or consolidation.  However,  the
Optionee either (i) shall be offered a firm commitment  whereby the resulting or
surviving  corporation in a merger or consolidation  will tender to the Optionee
an  option  (the  "Substitute  Option")  to  purchase  its  shares  on terms and
conditions both as to number of shares and otherwise,  which will  substantially
preserve  to the  Optionee  the rights and  benefits  of the Option  outstanding
hereunder granted by the Company, or (ii) shall have the right immediately prior
to such  dissolution,  liquidation,  merger,  or  consolidation  to exercise any
unexercised  Options whether or not then exercisable,  subject to the provisions
of this Plan.  The Board shall have  absolute  and  uncontrolled  discretion  to
determine  whether the Optionee has been offered a firm  commitment  and whether
the tendered  Substitute Option will substantially  preserve to the Optionee the
rights and  benefits  of the Option  outstanding  hereunder.  In any event,  any
Substitute   Option  for  an  Incentive  Stock  Option  shall  comply  with  the
requirements of Code Section 424(a).

                                   ARTICLE XIV
                             SECURITIES REGISTRATION
                             ------------------------

     XIV.1 Securities Registration.  In the event that the Company shall deem it
necessary or desirable to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any other applicable statute,  any Options or any Stock with respect to which
an Option may be or shall have been granted or exercised, or to qualify any such
Options or Stock under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  or any other
statute, then the Optionee shall cooperate with the Company and take such action
as is  necessary  to permit  registration  or  qualification  of such Options or
Stock.

     XIV.2 Representations. Unless the Company has determined that the following
representation  is unnecessary,  each person exercising an Option under the Plan
may be required by the  Company,  as a condition  to the  issuance of the shares
pursuant to exercise of the Option, to make a representation in writing (i) that
he is acquiring  such shares for his own account for  investment  and not with a
view to, or for sale in connection  with, the  distribution of any part thereof,
(ii) that  before any transfer in connection with the resale of such shares,  he
will obtain the written  opinion of counsel for the  Company,  or other  counsel
acceptable to the Company, that such shares may be transferred.  The Company may
also require that the  certificates  representing  such shares  contain  legends
reflecting the foregoing.

                                   ARTICLE XV
                                 TAX WITHHOLDING
                                 ---------------

     XV.1  Tax  Withholding.  Whenever  shares  of  Stock  are to be  issued  in
satisfaction  of Options  exercised  under this Plan, the Company shall have the
power to require  the  recipient  of the Stock to remit to the Company an amount
sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements.
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                                   ARTICLE XVI
                                 INDEMNIFICATION
                                 ----------------

     XVI.1  Indemnification.  To the extent permitted by law, each person who is
or shall have been a member of the Board shall be indemnified  and held harmless
by the Company against and from any loss, cost,  liability,  or expense that may
be imposed upon or reasonably  incurred by him in  connection  with or resulting
from any claim,  action,  suit,  or  proceeding to which he may be a party or in
which he may be involved  by reason of any action  taken or failure to act under
the Plan and  against  and from any and all  amounts  paid by him in  settlement
thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by him in satisfaction of judgment
in any such action,  suit, or proceeding against him, provided he shall give the
Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before
he undertakes to handle and defend it on his own behalf.  The foregoing right of
indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to
which such persons may be entitled under the Company's articles of incorporation
or bylaws,  as a matter of law, or  otherwise,  or any power that the Company or
any Subsidiary Corporation may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless.

                                  ARTICLE XVII
                               REQUIREMENTS OF LAW
                               -------------------

     XVII.1  Requirements  of Law.  The  granting of Options and the issuance of
shares  of  Stock  upon the  exercise  of an  Option  shall  be  subject  to all
applicable  laws,  rules,  and  regulations,   and  to  such  approvals  by  any
governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

     XVII.2  Governing  Law. The Plan, and all  agreements  hereunder,  shall be
construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Idaho.

                                  ARTICLE XVIII
                             EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN
                             -----------------------

     XVIII.1 Effective Date. The Amended and Restated Plan shall be effective on
September 11, 2000

                                   ARTICLE XIX
                        NO OBLIGATION TO EXERCISE OPTION
                        --------------------------------

     XIX.1 No Obligation to Exercise.  The granting of an Option shall impose no
obligation upon the holder thereof to exercise such Option.

                                   ARTICLE XX
                              STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL
                              ---------------------

     XX.1  Stockholder  Approval.  This Plan shall be submitted for approval and
ratification  by a vote of the  holders  of a  majority  of the shares of Common
Stock of the Company no later than June,  2001 and shall not affect the validity
of any Option issued under this Plan.

     THIS 2000  NON-QUALIFIED  STOCK  OPTION  PLAN was  adopted  by the Board of
Directors of Grand Slam  Treasurers,  Inc. on September 11, 2000 to be effective
on that date.


                                        GRAND SLAM TREASURES, INC.



                                  By:  /s/ Larry Eastland
                                       --------------------------------------
                                       Larry L. Eastland, President and Chief
                                       Executive Officer



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