EXHIBIT
4.1
WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL
BANCORP
STOCK OPTION AND STOCK GRANT PLAN
OCTOBER 19, 1993
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a. Amendment and
Restatement.
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The purpose of this WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL
BANCORP Stock Option and Stock Grant Plan (the "Plan") is to amend
and restate the provisions of the WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL BANCORP
Incentive Stock Option Plan dated April 21, 1989, and approved by
the shareholders April 20, 1989, (the "1989 Plan") to conform the
Plan to current law and administrative practice, and ratify actions
taken under the 1989 Plan. It is specifically intended that the
Plan not either (i) adversely affect any option or stock grant made
under the 1989 Plan as to qualification under Internal Revenue Code
("Code") Section 422 or any other beneficial status under the tax
laws, or (ii) constitute a modification of the 1989 Plan requiring
shareholder approval for options granted under the Plan to qualify
as Incentive Stock Options under Code Section 422. This Plan shall
be interpreted consistent with this express intent.
The purpose of the Plan is to encourage the
long-term success of WASHINGTON COMMERCIAL BANCORP (the "Company")
and its subsidiaries by: (1) providing a means through which the
Company can attract, motivate, and retain directors, officers and
other key employees who can contribute materially to that success;
and (2) encouraging stock . ownership by these directors and
employees so that they have a proprietary interest in the Company's
growth and success. These goals shall be achieved under the Plan by
the grant of stock-based awards, consisting of "Incentive Stock
Options" ("ISOs"), "Nonqualified Stock Options" ("NQSOs"),
"Nonqualified Stock Grants" ("NQGs"), or a combination thereof,
(collectively referred to as "Awards"). Awards shall be granted to
designated directors and employees under the provisions that
comprise the Plan, which consist of the "Stock Option Plan"
(including the ISO and NQSO Plans) and the "Nonqualified Stock
Grant Plan".
The Plan shall be administered by an Awards
Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board"). The Committee shall at all times consist of
at least three members of the Board. The members of the Committee
shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve at the pleasure of
the Board. The Board may, by failing to appoint a Committee,
administer the Plan as a committee of the whole, except, however,
no member of the Board shall
act as a
member of such Committee with respect to the granting of any Awards
to such Board member. All members of the Committee shall be
"disinterested persons," within the meaning of Regulation 240.16b
-3(d)(3) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. A majority of
the Committee members shall constitute a quorum. Any action
approved by a majority of the Committee members who are present
during a meeting in which a quorum is present, or any action
approved in writing by all the Committee members, shall be
considered actions approved by the Committee. Subject to the
provisions of the Plan described in the following, the Committee
may adopt such rules and regulations pertaining to the
administration of the Plan as it deems proper and necessary. The
committee shall interpret, construe and implement the provisions of
the Plan. All determinations of the Committee shall be final and
conclusive.
3. STOCK
SUBJECT TO AWARDS
The shares of stock which may be made subject
to Awards under the Plan shall be shares of the Company's Common
Stock, no par value ("Stock"). Awards made under the Plan may cover
an aggregate of 10% of the outstanding shares of the Company
determined as of the date of adoption of the 1989 Plan (subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 9), which may be either
authorized and unissued shares or Stock reacquired by the Company
and held in treasury. If an Award is cancelled or expires for any
reason without having been exercised or matured in full, all shares
of Stock covered by such cancelled or expired portion of the Award
shall be made available for future Awards.
Directors, officers (including officers who are
also directors) and other key employees of the Company and/or its
subsidiaries, as may be selected from time to time by the
committee, may be granted Awards pursuant to the Plan. No Awards
may be granted to any individual who has not served as an employee
or director of the Company and/or its subsidiaries for one calendar
year, and ISOs may be granted only to employees. In general, Awards
will be made to those individuals who, in the Committee's judgment,
are (or will be) contributors to the long-term success of the
Company and/or its subsidiaries ("Participants"). However, Awards
shall not be granted to any member of the Committee nor to any
individual who is not, at the time of the Award, an employee or
director of the Company and/or its subsidiaries. The Committee may
grant additional Awards to eligible Participants who have
previously received Awards under the Plan.
Under the Stock Option Pian, options
("Options") to purchase one or more shares of Stock may be awarded
to Participants. Options meeting the requirements of Code Section
422 shall constitute ISOs and shall be referred to as issued under
the "ISO Plan," and options not meeting such requirements shall
constitute NQSOs and shall be referred to as issued under the "NQSO
Plan." Each Option shall be evidenced by a Stock Option Agreement
("Option Agreement") between the Company and the Participant.
Option Agreements shall be in such form or forms as
the
Committee shall prescribe from time to time, and need not be
identical to each other. All Option Agreements shall specify (i)
the date the Option is granted, (ii) the option price, (iii) the
Expiration Date (as defined below), (iv) the date the Options are
exercisable, and (v) that the Options are subject to the terms and
conditions of this Plan. Further, Option Agreements shall comply
with and be subject to the following terms and
conditions:
The option price per share of Stock subject to
an Option shall be set by the Committee and shall in no instance be
less than the actual fair market value of the Stock on the date of
award, as determined in good faith by the Committee. For ISOs
awarded to any otherwise eligible employee or director who, at the
time the ISO is awarded, owns Stock possessing more than 10 percent
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the
company (a "10 percent Shareholder"), the option price per share
shall not be less than 110 percent of fair market value of the
Stock on the date of award.
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b. Annual Limitation on
Exercise of ISOs
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The aggregate fair market value of shares of
Stock (determined as of the date an ISO is awarded) which may
become exercisable for the first time by a Participant pursuant to
an ISO (whether under the ISO Plan or under any other plan of the
Company, or of any subsidiary corporation of the Company within the
meaning of Code Sections 425(e) and (f)
(an "Affiliate")) in any calendar year shall not exceed the sum of
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
Pursuant to the 1989 Plan, during calendar
years 1989 and 1990 directors of the Company were awarded Options
for 100 shares each subject to the other applicable provisions of
this Plan. Such Options were granted in lieu of cash payments to
directors for their service.
No Option shall be exercisable after the
expiration date ("Expiration Date") specified by the Committee at
the time the Option is awarded. The Expiration Date of each ISO
shall not be later than the tenth anniversary (or, for any ISO
awarded to a 10 percent shareholder, the fifth anniversary) of the
date of awarding such ISO, but may be any earlier date established
by the Committee. The Expiration Date of each Option shall be set
forth in the Option Agreement.
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e. Date Options
Exercisable
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Except as provided in Section 7,
Options shall be exercisable only while the Participant is an
employee or director of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.
Subject to such restriction, and except for such additional
restrictions as may be imposed by the Committee, any Option awarded
under the Option Plan shall be exercisable, in full or in part, at
any time on or after the first anniversary