EXHIBIT 10.4
ORIENTAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
2000 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
Number of Shares: ________ Option No. ______
Name: ___________________________ (the "Grantee")
Address: _________________________
_________________________
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GRANT OF OPTION
This Grant of Option (the "Grant") is made as of the ____ day of ________,
2001, by Oriental Financial Group Inc. (the "Corporation") to Grantee.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, on July 7, 2000, the Board of Directors of the Corporation
adopted the Oriental Financial Group 2000 Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "2000
Plan"), which was approved by the stockholders of the Corporation at their
annual meeting held on December 15, 2000, and is incorporated herein by
reference in its entirety;
WHEREAS, the 2000 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Plan Administrators");
WHEREAS, the Plan Administrators have selected Grantee as a person upon
whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Corporation is in part dependent for
the successful conduct of its business;
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WHEREAS, the Plan Administrators have determined that, as an inducement to
retain Grantee in the service of the Corporation and encourage stock ownership
therein, and to provide Grantee with an incentive to increase the earnings of
the Corporation, Grantee shall be granted options to purchase shares of the
Corporation's common stock, $1 par value per share (the "Shares"), in accordance
with the respective provisions of the 2000 Plan;
WHEREAS, on the date of this Grant, the "fair market value" (as such term
is defined in the 2000 Plan) of each Share is $______;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and Grantee's compliance
with the terms and conditions hereof and of the 2000 Plan, the Corporation
hereby grants to Grantee the right and option to purchase from the Corporation,
at the times specified herein and subject to the terms and conditions indicated
below, the aggregate number of Shares indicated below at a price of
__________________________________________ ($_________) per Share (the "Exercise
Price"). Upon exercise of the options granted herein, the Shares will be issued
pursuant to the following parts of the 2000 Plan:
2000 PLAN
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Part I Qualified Incentive
Stock Option Plan ----------- Shares
Part II Compensatory Incentive
Stock Option Plan ----------- Shares
Total =========== Shares
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Subject to the following:
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Grantee shall have the right and option to purchase from the
Corporation in whole or in part (but no part fewer than fifty (50) Shares) the
allotment of Shares granted under Part I: Qualified Incentive Stock Option Plan
(the "Qualified Plan"), and/or Part II: Compensatory Incentive Stock Option Plan
(the "Compensatory Plan") (the Qualified Plan and the Compensatory Plan are
collectively referred to as the "Plans"), of the 2000 Plan, as provided above.
Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 4 below, these options shall be
exercisable from time to time for a period of ten (10) years beginning from the
date hereof and shall expire at the expiration of said ten-year period (except
as provided in paragraph 3 below).
2. These options will be exercisable in installments as follows:
PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE
BECOMING EXERCISABLE FOR TOTAL THEN
DURING PERIOD EXERCISABLE
PERIOD QUALIFIED/COMPENSATORY QUALIFIED/COMPENSATORY
------ ---------------------- ----------------------
Date of grant to and
including _________, ____ __%/__% __%/__%
_________, ____ to and
including _________, ____ __%/__% __%/__%
_________, ____ to and
including _________, ____ __%/__% __%/__%
_________, ____ to and
including _________, ____ __%/__% __%/__%
_________, ____ to and
including _________, ____ __%/__% __%/__%
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3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 above:
(i) In the event the Corporation or its stockholders enter into an
agreement to dispose all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the
Corporation by means of a sale, merger or other reorganization, liquidation, or
otherwise, any option hereby granted shall become immediately exercisable with
respect to the full number of Shares subject to this Grant during the period
commencing as of the date of the agreement to dispose all or substantially all
of the assets or stock of the Corporation, and ending when the disposition of
the assets or stock contemplated by that agreement is consummated or the options
are otherwise terminated in accordance with the provisions hereof or the 2000
Plan, whichever occurs first; provided, however, in the event of an acquisition
of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the Corporation by means
of a merger, consolidation, separation, reorganization, liquidation, or other
transaction where persons that were the stockholders of the Corporation
immediately before the transaction own fifty percent (50%) or more of the total
combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote of the acquiring
or surviving entity immediately after the consummation of such transaction and
such acquiring or surviving entity assumes the Corporation's obligations under
options granted pursuant to the 2000 Plan, then no option shall be immediately
exercisable under this paragraph 3(i) and all references in the 2000 Plan to the
Corporation or the Shares shall apply to such acquiring or surviving entity and
to shares of common stock of such acquiring or surviving entity; and
(ii) In the event of a change in control of the Corporation or a
threatened change in control of the Corporation as determined by a vote of not
less than a majority of the Board of
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Directors of the Corporation, all options granted prior to such change in
control or threatened change in control shall become immediately exercisable.
The term "control" for purposes of this paragraph 3(ii) shall refer to the
acquisition of twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting securities of the
Corporation by any person or persons acting as a group within the meaning of
Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided,
however, that no change in control or threatened change in control shall be
deemed to have occurred if prior to the offer to acquire or the acquisition of
twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the voting securities of the Corporation,
the full Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have adopted by not less
than a two thirds (2/3) vote, a resolution specifically approving such
acquisition or offer. The term "person" for purposes of this paragraph 3(ii)
refers to an individual or a corporation, company, partnership, trust,
association, joint venture, pool, syndicate, sole proprietorship, unincorporated
organization or any other entity form not expressly listed herein.
4. These options shall be exercisable during Xxxxxxx's lifetime only by
Grantee and shall terminate immediately if Grantee ceases to be a director,
officer-employee or employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, or,
in the case of options allocable to the Compensatory Plan, a bona fide
independent contractor of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, for any
reason other than death or disability, except that:
(i) in the case of options allocable to the Qualified Plan, if
Grantee becomes disabled (as such term is defined in the Puerto Rico Internal
Revenue Code of 1994, as amended (the "PR-Code"), or the regulations thereunder
or, in the absence of such a definition therein, in Section 22(e)(3) of the
United States
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Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "US-Code")) while acting as a
director, officer-employee or employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof, the options may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of
termination due to disability, at any time within one (1) year thereafter,
unless the Qualified Plan or this Grant otherwise provides for earlier
termination;
(ii) in the case of options allocable to the Compensatory Plan, if
grantee becomes disabled (as such term is defined in the PR-Code or the
regulations thereunder or, in the absence of such a definition therein, in
Section 22(e)(3) of the US-Code) while acting as a director, officer-employee,
employee or bona fide independent contractor of the Corporation or any
subsidiary thereof, the Plan Administrators, in their discretion, may allow the
options to be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination
due to disability, at any time within one (1) year thereafter, unless the
Compensatory Plan or this Grant otherwise provides for earlier termination;
(iii) if Grantee dies while acting as a director, officer-employee
or employee of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, or, in the case of
options allocable to the Compensatory Plan, as a bona fide independent
contractor of the Corporation or any subsidiary thereof, or, in the case of
options allocable to the Qualified Plan, within three (3) months after ceasing
to be a director, officer-employee or employee of the Corporation or any
subsidiary thereof, to the extent that the options were exercisable on the date
of Xxxxxxx's death, the options may be exercised by the personal representative
of Xxxxxxx's estate or by the person(s) to whom Xxxxxxx's rights hereunder shall
pass by will or laws of descent and distribution within one (1) year after
Xxxxxxx's death,
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but not later than the date this Grant, by its terms, expires, whichever is
earlier.
Provided, however, that (a) paragraphs 4(i)-(iii) above shall not be
deemed to limit or restrict the right of the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof, to terminate for any reason at any time Grantee's employment,
appointment or contractual relationship with the Corporation or any subsidiary
thereof; and (b) whether any period of non-active employment, appointment or
contractual relationship, authorized leave of absence, or absence on military or
government service shall constitute termination of employment, appointment or
contractual relationship shall be determined from time to time by the Plan
Administrators in their sole discretion.
5. Options and the rights granted hereunder may not be sold, pledged,
assigned or transferred by Grantee in any manner otherwise than by will or laws
of descent and distribution, and may be exercised during the lifetime of Grantee
only by Xxxxxxx.
6. These options may be exercised by written notice given to the Plan
Administrators, at the principal office of the Corporation, specifying the
number of Shares and the Plan with respect to which the options are being
exercised, accompanied by cash or certified or cashier's check payable to the
order of the Corporation, or by Shares if permitted by the Plan Administrators
or by a combination of cash, check and Shares, in an amount equal to the full
Exercise Price of the Shares being purchased at the time. In the event the
options are being exercised by any person other than Grantee, the notice of
exercise shall also be accompanied by any appropriate proof of the right of such
person to exercise the options. A stock certificate for the Shares as to
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which the options are so exercised shall thereafter be issued promptly upon
request by the Corporation in the name of the person exercising the options and
shall be delivered to or upon the order of such person.
7. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this Grant, no
option shall be exercisable unless the exercise of that option and the issuance
and delivery of the Shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all relevant
provisions of state, commonwealth and federal laws, including, without
limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, the Puerto Rico Uniform Securities Act, as amended, the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any
national stock exchange where the Shares are publicly traded, listed or quoted,
and further subject to the approval of counsel to the Corporation with respect
to such compliance. The Plan Administrators may also require Grantee to furnish
evidence satisfactory to the Corporation, including a written and signed
representation letter and consent to be bound by any transfer restrictions
imposed by law, legend, condition or otherwise, that the Shares are being
purchased only for investment purposes and without any present intention to
resell or distribute the Shares in violation of any state, commonwealth or
federal law, rule or regulation. Further, each Grantee shall consent to the
imposition of a legend on the stock certificate representing the Shares acquired
through the exercise of these options, restricting their transferability as may
be required by law, rule or regulation, or by this paragraph 7.
8. Any notice which either party may be required or permitted to give the
other shall be in writing and may be delivered personally or by mail, postage
prepaid, addressed to the
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Corporation, care of the Plan Administrators, and to Grantee at his or her
address, as it is shown on the records of the Corporation, or to such other
address as Grantee may designate from time to time by written notice to the
Corporation.
9. Options hereby granted shall not constitute Incentive Stock Options
within the meaning of Section 422A of the US-Code.
10. The Plan Administrators may from time to time amend or modify this
Grant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2000 Plan.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Grant to be duly
executed in San Xxxx, Puerto Rico, by the duly appointed and authorized Plan
Administrators as of the date first written herein.
ORIENTAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
BY: PLAN ADMINISTRATORS
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:______________________________________
Name:
Title:
AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
By:__________________________________
Name: [Name of Grantee]
Date:
