Exhibit 10.3(b)
GEORGIA TRUST BANCSHARES,
INC.
NONQUALIFIED STOCK
OPTION
COMMON STOCK
($1.00 Par Value Per
Share)
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STOCK OPTION PLAN:
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GEORGIA TRUST
BANCSHARES, INC.
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2005 STOCK
OPTION PLAN
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OPTION FOR THE PURCHASE OF:
SHARES
EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE:
DATE OF GRANT:
THIS OPTION AGREEMENT, made and
entered into this day of
, 2005 by and between Georgia Trust Bancshares, Inc., a Georgia
corporation (the “Company”), and
(the
“Grantee”);
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the GEORGIA TRUST
BANCSHARES, INC. 2005 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the “Plan”)
has been adopted by the Company; and
WHEREAS, Article II of the Plan
authorizes the Committee to cause the Company to enter into a
written agreement with the Grantee setting forth the form and the
amount of any award and any conditions and restrictions of the
award imposed by the Plan and the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Committee desires to
make an award to the Grantee consisting of a Nonqualified Stock
Option;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Company and the Grantee hereby agree as follows:
1. General Definitions. Any
capitalized terms herein shall have the meaning set forth in the
Plan, and, in addition, for purposes of this Option Agreement, each
of the following terms, when used herein, shall have the meaning
set forth below:
(a) “Change in Control”
shall mean circumstances whereby one of the following events occurs
during the term of this Option Agreement:
(i) a notice or an application is
filed with the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) pursuant
to Regulation “Y” of the FRB under the Change in Bank
Control Act or the Bank Holding Company Act or with the Georgia
Department of Banking and Finance pursuant to the Financial
Institutions Code of Georgia for permission to acquire control of
the Company; or
(ii) more than 25% of the
Company’s outstanding common stock or equivalent in voting
power of any class or classes of outstanding securities of the
Company entitled to vote in elections of the Board of Directors
shall be acquired by any corporation or other person, or group;
or
(iii) the Company shall become a
subsidiary of another corporation or shall be merged or
consolidated into another corporation and (a) less than a
majority of the outstanding voting shares of the parent or
surviving corporation after such acquisition, merger or
consolidation are owned immediately after such acquisition, merger
or consolidation by the owners of the voting shares of the Company
immediately before such acquisition, merger or consolidation, or
(b) less than a majority of the members of the board of
directors of the corporation resulting from such business
combination were members of the Board of Directors at the time of
the execution of the initial agreement for such merger or
consolidation; or
(iv) substantially all of the assets
of the Company shall be sold to another entity other than a sale to
a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
(b) The “Code” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(c) The “Common Stock”
shall mean the common stock of the Company, $1.00 par value per
share.
(d) The “Exercise Date”
shall mean the first anniversary of the Date of Grant. At any time
during the period of this Option commencing with the first
anniversary of the Date of Grant, the Grantee may purchase up to
20% of the shares covered by this Option and may purchase an
additional 20% on the second, third, fourth and fifth anniversary
from the Date of Grant so that this Option will be fully vested on
the fifth anniversary of the Date of Grant unless there shall occur
a Change in Control, in which event, this Option shall be fully
vested on the date of such Change in Control.
(e) The “Expiration
Date” shall mean the date on which this Option expires
pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 4 hereof.
(f) “Fair Market Value”
of a share of Common Stock on a specified date means:
(i) if the Common Stock is then
traded on a national securities exchange, the closing price on such
date of a share of the Common Stock as traded on the largest
securities exchange on which it is then traded; or
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(ii) if the Common Stock is not then
traded on a national securities exchange, the mean between the
closing composite inter-dealer “bid” and
“ask” prices for Common Stock, as quoted on the NASDAQ
National Market System (A) on such date, or (B) if no
“bid” and “ask” prices are quoted on such
date, then on the next preceding date on which such prices were
quoted; or
(iii) if the Common Stock is not
then traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the
NASDAQ National Market System, the value determined in good faith
by the Committee.
(g) “Good Cause,” with
respect to any dismissal of Grantee from his or her employment with
the Company or any of its affiliates, shall mean the dismissal of
the Grantee from such employment by the Company or any of its
affiliates by reason of (i) the Grantee’s being
convicted of, or pleading guilty or confessing to, any felony or
any act of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement, (ii) the
Grantee’s improperly releasing or misappropriating trade
secrets or other tangible or intangible property of the Company or
any of its affiliates or engaging in a dishonest act to the damage
or prejudice of the Company or any of its affiliates or in willful
or grossly negligent conduct or activities materially damaging to
the property, business or reputation of the Company or any of its
affiliates, or (iii) the Grantee’s failing, without
reasonable cause, to devote his or her full business time and
efforts to the Company or any of its affiliates.
(h) This “Option” shall
mean the option evidenced by this Option Agreement, which is
intended to be a “nonqualified stock
option”.
(i) The “Option Price”
shall mean the purchase price of each share of Common Stock that
may be purchased by the Grantee upon the exercise of this Option,
in whole or in part. The Option Price is set forth under
“EXERCISE PRICE PER SHARE” at the beginning of page 1
of this Option Agreement as adjusted from time to time in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
2. Grant of Option. Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions and limitations hereinafter set
forth, the Grantee shall have the right, at any time after the
Exercise Date and on or before the Expiration