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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 8, 2000
REGISTRATION NO. 333-_____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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GLACIER BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 81-0519541
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer identification
incorporation or organization) no.)
P.O. BOX 27, 49 COMMONS LOOP, KALISPELL, MONTANA 59903-0027
406) 756-4200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
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MOUNTAIN WEST BANK RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of plan)
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Copies of communications to:
STEPHEN M. KLEIN, ESQ. MICHAEL J. BLODNICK
Graham & Dunn P.C. P. O. Box 27
1420 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor 49 Commons Loop
Seattle, Washington 98101 Kalispell, Montana 59903-0027
(206) 340-9648 (406) 756-4200
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed
Proposed maximum maximum
Title of Amount offering aggregate Amount of
securities to be to be price offering registration
registered registered per share (1) price (1) fee
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Common shares, $.01 (2)135,731 $14.69 $1,993,888 $526.39
par value
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Notes:
1. Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee. Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), the price per share is estimated to
be $14.69 based upon the average of the high ($15.25) and the low
($14.125) trading prices of the common stock, $.01 par value per share
("Common Stock") of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. (the "Registrant") as reported
on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 4, 2000.
2. Shares of Registrant's Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options
outstanding under the Mountain West Bank Restated Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan"), together with an indeterminate number of additional shares
which may be necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for
issuance under the Plan as a result of any future stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the outstanding Common Stock, as
provided in Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.
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PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The documents listed below are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by
Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act") prior to Registrant's filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to
be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1999, filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, which contains audited financial statements for the most recent
fiscal year for which such statements have been filed.
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report on
Form 10-K referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Common Shares contained in the Proxy
Statement/Prospectus dated December 17, 1999 and included in the Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-90701) filed by Bancorp on November
10, 1999, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The validity of the shares offered pursuant to the Plan will be passed
upon by Graham & Dunn, PC, 1420 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor, Seattle, Washington
98101.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify
directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation--a "derivative action"), if they acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the
best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. A
similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute
requires court approval before there can be any
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indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable
to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, bylaws,
disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
Article VI of Glacier Bancorp, Inc.'s ("Glacier") Bylaws requires the
indemnification of any person made or threatened to be made party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant or any
predecessor of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
Registrant or any predecessor of the Registrant as a director, officer or
employee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines,
excise taxes and amounts paid in settlement in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding to the fullest extent authorized under Section 145 of the DGCL;
provided however, that the Registrant will not be liable for any amounts due in
connection with a settlement of any action, suit or proceeding effected without
the Registrant's prior written consent, or any action, suit or proceeding
initiated by any person seeking indemnification pursuant to the Bylaws without
the prior written consent of the Registrant.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for (i) any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (iii) payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful
stock repurchases or redemptions, or (iv) any transaction from which the
director derived an improper personal benefit.
Article 8 of Glacier's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
personal liability of the Registrant's directors and officers for monetary
damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it
exists or may thereafter be in effect. Any amendment to, modification or repeal
of such Article 8 shall not adversely affect the rights provided thereby with
respect to any claim, issue or matter in any proceeding that is based in any
respect on any alleged action or failure to act prior to any such amendment,
modification or repeal.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
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Exhibit Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Graham & Dunn, P.C., Registrant's legal counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered.
23.1 Consent of Graham & Dunn (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (see the Signature Page and certified resolutions
of the Registrant's Board of Directors).
99.1 Mountain West Bank Restated Stock Option Plan.
99.2 Plan and Agreement and Merger among Registrant, Mountain West Bank and
New Mountain West Bank, dated as of September 9, 1999(1).
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(1) Incorporated by referenced from Exhibit 2.1, to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-90701)
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or 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;
(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 Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
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Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this
section do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or
Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering 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
offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities 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 arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the 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 liabilities (other
than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer of controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Kalispell, State of Montana, on the 26th day of
April, 2000.
GLACIER BANCORP, INC.
By /s/ Michael J. Blodnick
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Michael J. Blodnick
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes
and appoints Michael J. Blodnick and James H. Strosahl, and each of them, with
full power of substitution and full power to act without the other, as his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his name, place and stead, and
to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each
capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
on the 26th day of April, 2000.
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/s/ Michael J. Blodnick President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
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Michael J. Blodnick
/s/ James H. Strosahl Executive Vice President and CFO
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James H. Strosahl
/s/ John S. MacMillan Chairman of the Board
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John S. MacMillan
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Director
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William L. Bouchee
Director
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Allen J. Fetscher
/s/ Fred J. Flanders Director
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Fred J. Flanders
/s/ Jon W. Hippler Director
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Jon W. Hippler
Director
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L. Peter Larson
/s/ F. Charles Mercord Director
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F. Charles Mercord
/s/ Everit A. Sliter Director
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Everit A. Sliter
/s/ Harold A. Tutvedt Director
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Harold A. Tutvedt
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Number Description
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5.1 Opinion of Graham & Dunn, P.C., Registrant's legal counsel, regarding
legality of the Common Stock being registered.
23.1 Consent of Graham & Dunn (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of KPMG LLP.
24.1 Powers of Attorney (see the Signature Page and certified resolutions
of the Registrant's Board of Directors).
99.1 Mountain West Bank Restated Stock Option Plan.
99.2 Plan and Agreement and Merger among Registrant, Mountain West Bank and
New Mountain West Bank, dated as of September 9, 1999(1).
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(1) Incorporated by referenced from Exhibit 2.1, to Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-4 (Registration No. 333-90701)
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EXHIBIT 5.1
May 5, 2000
The Board of Directors
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
47 Commons Loop
Kalispell, Montana 59903-0027
RE: LEGAL OPINION REGARDING VALIDITY OF SECURITIES OFFERED
Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to you in connection with the preparation of a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), which you are filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") with respect to
135,731 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share (the "Shares"), of
Glacier Bancorp, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Glacier") authorized for
issuance, pursuant to the terms of the Plan and Agreement of Merger among
Glacier, Mountain West Bank and New Mountain West Bank, dated as of September 9,
1999 (the "Merger Agreement"), upon exercise of options granted under the
Mountain West Bank Restated Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").
In connection with the offering of the Shares, we have examined the
following: (i) the Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registration
Statement; (ii) the Registration Statement, including the remainder of the
exhibits; (iii) the Merger Agreement; and (iv) such other documents as we have
deemed necessary to form the opinions hereinafter expressed. As to various
questions of fact material to such opinions, where relevant facts were not
independently established, we have relied upon statements of officers of.
Our opinion assumes that the Shares are issued in accordance with the
terms of the Plan and the Merger Agreement after the Registration Statement has
become effective under the Act.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Shares, or any portion of the Shares, have been duly authorized and that, upon
the due execution by Glacier and the registration by its registrar of the
Shares, issuance by Glacier and receipt of the consideration for the Shares,
consistent with the terms of the Plan and the Merger Agreement, the Shares will
be validly issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
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Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
May 5, 2000
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We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement. This consent shall not be construed to cause us to be in
the category of persons whose consent is required to be filed pursuant to
Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated
thereunder.
Very truly yours,
GRAHAM & DUNN PC
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EXHIBIT 23.2
Independent Auditors' Consent
The Board of Directors
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 to be filed on May 5, 2000 of our report dated January 28, 2000 relating to
the consolidated statements of financial condition of Glacier Bancorp, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998 and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1999, which report appears in the December 31, 1999 annual report on Form 10-K
of Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
MOUNTAIN WEST BANK
RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN
JULY 1999
Section I.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. PURPOSES OF PLAN. The purposes of this Stock Option Plan ("Plan") of
MOUNTAIN WEST BANK ("Bank") are to (a) provide the officers, directors, and key
employees of the Bank with an opportunity for investment in the Two and 50/100
Dollar ($2.50) par value common shares ("Common Shares"); (b) closely associate
the interests of the management of the Bank with the shareholders by reinforcing
the relationship between participants' rewards, and shareholder gains; (c)
provide management with an equity ownership in the Bank commensurate with the
Bank's performance; and (d) provide an incentive to management for continuous
employment with the Bank.
2. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF PLAN. The effective date of the
Plan is April 22, 1994, the date on which the Plan was adopted by the Board of
Directors of the Bank, but the Plan is subject to the approval of the
shareholders of the Bank. The Plan was timely approved by a majority vote of the
shareholders of the Bank. The Plan will terminate on April 21, 2004. No option
for the purchase of Common Shares of the Bank shall be granted after the
termination date of this Plan.
3. ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN. The plan shall be administered by a Stock
Option Committee of not less than three Directors of the Bank (hereinafter
referred to as the "Committee"), appointed by the Board of Directors. Members of
the Committee shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. Vacancies
occurring in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by appointment by
the Board of Directors. No member of the Committee, while serving as such, shall
be eligible to receive any option described under Section II hereunder, although
membership on the Committee shall not affect or impair any such member's rights
under any option granted to him at a time when he was not a member of the
Committee. The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings. A majority of the
Committee shall constitute a quorum thereof and the acts of a majority of the
members present at any meeting of the Committee at which a quorum is present, or
acts approved in writing by a majority of the entire Committee, shall be the
acts of the Committee. The Committee can only issue options as described herein.
At no time shall the total number of shares underlying options exceed the
amounts indicated in Section II.2 or Section III.1.
4. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION. Each option granted under the
Plan shall, by its terms, be nontransferable by the optionee except by will or
the laws of descent and distribution, and each option shall be exercisable
during the optionee's lifetime only by the optionee.
5. OTHER TERMS OF OPTIONS. Options granted pursuant to the Plan
shall contain such other terms, provisions, and conditions not inconsistent
herewith as shall be determined by the Committee.
6. ADJUSTMENTS. In the event of a reorganization, recapitalization,
exchange of shares, stock split, spinoff, stock dividend, stock merger,
consolidation, or any other change in
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the corporate structure or shares of capital stock of the Bank, the Committee
shall make such adjustment as it deems appropriate in the number and kind of
shares subject to the option or the option price; provided, however, that no
such adjustment shall give the optionee any additional benefits under the
option.
7. INTERPRETATION. The Board of Directors may make such rules and
regulations and establish such procedure for the administration of the Plan as
it deems appropriate. In the event of any dispute or disagreements as to the
interpretation of this Plan or of any rule, regulation, or procedure, or as to
any question, right, or obligation arising from or related to the Plan, the
decision of the Board of Directors shall be final and binding upon all persons.
8. NOTICES. All notices under the Plan shall be in writing and, if to
the Bank, shall be delivered to the Treasurer of the Bank or mailed to its
principal office, P.O. Box 1059, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83816-1059, addressed to
the attention of the Treasurer; and, if to the optionee, shall be delivered
personally or mailed to the optionee at the address appearing in the payroll
records of the Bank or a subsidiary. Such addresses may be changed at any time
by written notice to the other party.
9. RIGHT TO TERMINATE EMPLOYMENT. Nothing in the Plan or in any
agreement entered into pursuant to the Plan shall confer upon any participant
the right to continue in the employment of the Bank or affect any right which
the Bank may have to terminate the employment of such participant.
10. AMENDMENT OF PLAN. The Committee may, without further action by the
shareholders and without receiving further consideration from the participants,
amend this Plan or condition or modify awards under this Plan in response to
changes in securities, banking, or other laws or rules, regulations, or
regulatory interpretations thereof applicable to this Plan. The Committee may at
any time and from time to time terminate or modify or amend the Plan in any
respect, except that without shareholder approval the Committee may not (a)
increase the maximum number of Common Shares which may be issued under the Plan
as provided in Paragraph II.2 and III.1 or the number of Common Shares that may
be issued to Directors under Paragraph III.1; (b) extend the period during which
any award may be granted or exercised; or (c) extend the term of the Plan.
Section II.
INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
1. AWARD OF STOCK OPTIONS. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Committee shall determine and designate from time to time those officers and key
employees of the Bank, including directors who are full-time officers of the
Bank or a subsidiary, to whom one or more "incentive stock options" (intended to
qualify as such under the provision of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended) ("Incentive Stock Options") to purchase for cash the number
of Common Shares allotted by the Committee. In determining the eligibility of an
individual to receive an Incentive Stock Option, as well as in determining the
number of shares to be optioned to any individual, the Committee shall consider
the position and responsibilities of the employee being considered, the nature
and value to the Bank or a subsidiary of the employee's services and
accomplishments, the employee's present and potential contribution to the
success of the Bank or its subsidiaries, and such other factors as the Committee
may deem relevant. The determinations made by the Committee need not be uniform
and may be made by
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it selectively among person who receive or are eligible to receive, awards under
the Plan, whether or not such persons are similarly situated. The grant of each
Incentive Stock Option shall be confirmed by a Stock Option Agreement in the
form prescribed by the Committee between the Bank and the optionee as promptly
as practicable after such grant.
2. NUMBER OF SHARES SUBJECT TO OPTIONS. The Board of Directors, prior to
the time Incentive Stock Options under the Plan become exercisable, shall
reserve for the purposes of the Incentive Stock Option Plan a total of
eight-four thousand (84,000) of the authorized but unissued Common Shares (or
the number and kind of Common Shares or other securities which, in accordance
with Paragraph 1.6 hereof, shall be substituted for such shares), provided that
any shares as to which an Incentive Stock Option granted under the Plan shall
remain unexercised at the expiration thereof may be the subject of the grant of
further Incentive Stock Options.
3. OPTION PRICE. The option price per Common Share shall be determined
in each case by the Committee but shall be not less than one hundred percent
(100%) of the fair market value thereof on the date the Incentive Stock Option
is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a person then
owning more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the Bank, considering
for this purpose shares of all classes of the Bank's stock, the option price per
Common Share as determined by the Committee shall be not less than one hundred
ten percent (110%) of the fair market value thereof on the date the Incentive
Stock Option is granted. Fair market value shall be determined by the Committee
using a reasonable valuation method.
4. 100,000 LIMITATION. The aggregate fair market value (determined on
the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted) of Common Shares subject to an
Incentive Stock Option granted to an optionee by the Committee in any calendar
year shall not exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
5. PERIOD OF OPTION AND WHEN EXERCISABLE. An Incentive Stock Option may
be exercised at any time during a period of ten (10) years from the date of
grant. Provided, however, no Incentive Stock Option that is granted to an
individual who then owns more than ten percent (10%) of the combined voting
power of all of the Bank's outstanding shares may be exercised after the
expiration of five (5) years from the date the Incentive Stock Option is
granted. An option may only be exercised by the optionee during the term of the
option, provided that (a) an Incentive Stock Option will terminate ninety (90)
days after the date of termination of employment of the optionee with the Bank
or a subsidiary, which termination is for any reason (other than death), whether
voluntary or involuntary, or whether due to retirement or physical disability;
and (b) an Incentive Stock Option will terminate twelve (12) months after the
death of an optionee. Following an optionee's death, an Incentive Stock Option
may be exercised by the person or persons entitled to do so under the optionee's
Will or, if the optionee shall have failed to make testamentary disposition of
such Incentive Stock Option or shall have died intestate, by the optionee's
legal representative or representatives. Such person, persons, representative,
or representatives are hereinafter referred to as the Successors of an optionee.
Nothing herein shall be construed as extending the term of any Incentive Stock
Option granted hereunder.
6. EXERCISE BY OPTIONEE AND PAYMENT IN FULL. Subject to the provisions of
paragraph II.5, an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised, and payment in full
of the Incentive Stock Option price made, by an optionee only by written notice
(in the form prescribed by the Committee) to the Bank and specifying the number
of shares to be purchased. Such notice shall
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state that the option price will be paid in full in cash. As soon as practicable
after receipt by the Bank of such notice and of payment in full of the option
price of all the shares with respect to which an Incentive Stock Option has been
exercised, a certificate or certificates representing such shares shall be
registered in the name or names specified by the optionee in such notice and
shall be delivered to the optionee.
7. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PARAGRAPHS. Paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Section I
shall apply to Incentive Stock Options. Said paragraphs are incorporated by
reference in this Section II as though fully set forth herein.
Section III.
DIRECTORS' OPTIONS
1. OPTIONS GRANTED TO DIRECTORS. The options granted to Directors
hereunder shall be referred to as "Directors' Options." The Board of Directors,
prior to the time the Directors' Options become exercisable, shall reserve for
the purposes of the Directors' Options a total of thirty-six thousand (36,000)
of the authorized by unissued Common Shares (or the number and kind of Common
Shares or other securities which, in accordance with paragraph 1.6 hereof, shall
be substituted for such shares), provided that any shares as to which a
Directors' Option shall remain unexercised at the expiration thereof may be the
subject of the grant of further Directors' Options.
The exact number of Common Shares subject to options granted to
Directors thereafter shall be determined by the Committee, but in no event shall
a Director be granted options representing more than four thousand (4,000)
shares in total, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph 1.6. Directors who are full-time officers of the Bank shall not be
eligible to receive Directors' Options.
2. TERM OF OPTIONS. The Directors' Options shall have a term of up to ten
(10) years from the date of grant hereof, with the exact term determined by the
Committee. The Directors' Options may be exercised by the optionee during the
term of the Option provided that (a) a Directors' Option will terminate ninety
(90) days after the date the Optionee ceases to be a director of the Bank for
any reason, other than death, and (b) a Directors' Option will terminate twelve
(12) months after the death of an optionee. Following the death of an optionee,
a Directors' Option may be exercised by the optionee's estate, or by a person
who acquires the right to exercise the Directors' Option by bequest or
inheritance or by reason of the death of the optionee, provided that such
exercise occurs with the remaining effective term of the option and one year
after the optionee's death.
3. STOCK OPTION PRICE. The option price for Common Shares underlying
Directors' Options shall be determined in each case by the Committee but shall
be not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fair market value thereof on
the date the option is granted.
4. STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT. The grant of a Directors' Option shall be
evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement in such form as the Committee may
from time to time determine and which complies with the requirements of this
Plan.
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5. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PARAGRAPHS. Paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Section I
shall apply to Directors' Options. Said Paragraphs are incorporated by reference
in this Section III as though fully set forth herein.
As amended July 15,1999
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