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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BANCFIRST CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN

Stock Option Agreement

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Title: SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BANCFIRST CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN
Date: 8/10/2009
Industry: Regional Banks     Sector: Financial

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED BANCFIRST CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN, Parties: bancfirst corp
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Exhibit 10.7

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

BANCFIRST CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS’

STOCK OPTION PLAN

 

1.

PURPOSE . This Second Amended and Restated BancFirst Corporation Non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan (“the Plan”) incorporates the amendment to the Amended and Restated BancFirst Corporation non-Employee Directors’ Stock Option Plan adopted by the stockholders of BancFirst Corporation (the “Corporation”) on May 28, 2009.

The Plan is intended as an incentive and to encourage stock ownership by the non-employee directors of the Corporation in order to increase their proprietary interest in the Corporation’s success.

The Plan is intended to comply with Section 409A of the United States Tax Code.

 

2.

DEFINITIONS . As used herein, the following terms shall have the corresponding meanings:

 

 

2.1.

“Committee” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Corporation, or a duly constituted committee of the Board consisting of three or more members, at least a majority of which shall be “Non-Employee Directors” as such term is used in Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

 

 

2.2

“Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Corporation.

 

 

2.3.

“Date of Grant” shall mean the date of grant of a Stock Option granted hereunder as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement. In the event of a grant conditioned, among other things, upon stockholder ratification of this Plan, the date of such conditional grant shall be the Date of Grant for purposes of this Plan.

 

 

2.4.

“Non-Employee Director” shall mean a person that is an elected or appointed member of the board of directors of a corporation, who is not a common-law employee of the corporation. The determination of whether or not a person is a Non-Employee of the Corporation with respect to the grant or exercise of a Stock Option shall be made in accordance with the rule of Income Tax Regulation Section 1.421-7(h) (or successor regulation).

 

 

2.5.

“Fair Market Value” shall mean, with respect to the exercise of an option under the Plan, (a) if the Common Stock is listed on a national securities exchange or the NASDAQ Global Market, the closing price of the Common Stock for the business day immediately preceding the day for which the determination is being made, or (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed on an exchange, the average of the closing bid and asked prices per share for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market as quoted on NASDAQ for the business day immediately preceding the day for which the determination is being made, or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on any exchange or quoted on NASDAQ, an amount determined in good faith by the Committee to be the fair market value of the Common Stock, after consideration of all relevant factors.

 

 

2.6

“Nonqualified Stock Option” shall mean a Stock Option which is not intended to qualify for tax treatment as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code.

 

 

2.7.

“Option Exercise Price” shall mean the price paid for Shares upon the exercise of a Stock Option granted hereunder.


 

2.8.

“Optionee” shall mean any person entitled to exercise a Stock Option pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

 

 

2.9.

“Stock Option” shall mean a stock option giving an Optionee the right to purchase shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock. Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be Nonqualified Stock Options.

 

3.

ADMINISTRATION .

 

 

3.1

AUTHORITY; INDEMNIFICATION . Within the limitations described herein, the Committee shall administer the Plan, determine the method of payment upon exercise of each Stock Option, determine all other terms of Stock Options granted hereunder and interpret, construe and implement the provisions of the Plan. All questions of interpretation of the Plan or any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be determined by the Committee, and such decisions shall be binding upon all persons having an interest in the Plan and/or any Stock Option. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith, and the members shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement in the manner provided in the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, or as otherwise permitted by law.

 

 

3.2

RULE 16B-3 COMPLIANCE . With respect to the participation of eligible participants who are subject to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, the Plan shall be administered in compliance with the requirements of Rule 16b-3.

 

 

3.3

SECTION 162(M) COMPLIANCE . In the event the Corporation is a “publicly held corporation” as defined in paragraph (2) of section 162(m) of the Code, as amended by the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-66), and the regulations promulgated thereunder (“Section 162(m)”), the Corporation shall establish a committee of outside directors meeting the requirements of Section 162(m) to approve the grant of Stock Options which might reasonably be anticipated to result in the payment of employee remuneration that would otherwise exceed the limit on employee remuneration deductible for income tax purposes pursuant to Section 162(m).

 

4.

ELIGIBILITY . The individuals who shall be eligible to participate in the Plan shall be such Non-Employee Directors of the Corporation, or of any corporation (“Subsidiary”) in which the Corporation has proprietary interest by reason of stock ownership or otherwise, including any corporation in which the Corporation acquires a proprietary interest after the adoption of this Plan (but only if the Corporation owns, directly or indirectly, stock possessing not less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock in the corporation), as the Committee shall determine from time to time.

 

5.

STOCK . The stock subject to Stock Options and other provisions of the Plan shall be shares of the Corporation’s authorized but unissued Common Stock or treasury stock, as determined by the Committee. Subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Subparagraph 6.7 hereof, the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation on which Stock Options may be granted under the Plan subsequent to the effective date of this amended and restated Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate 165,000 shares. In the event that any outstanding Stock Option under the Plan for any reason expires or is terminated prior to the end of the period during which Stock Options m


 
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