STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTExecution Copy Stock Option Agreement • February 10th, 2003 • Epiq Systems Inc • Services-computer programming services
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of this 31st day of January, 2003, by and among EPIQ SYSTEMS, INC., a Missouri corporation (the "Company"), BANKRUPTCY SERVICES, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the "Employer"), and RON JACOBS (the "Employee").
ContractExecution Copy Stock Option Agreement • November 12th, 2004 • Valley National Bancorp • National commercial banks • New Jersey
Execution Copy STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of November 9, 2004, is by and between Valley National Bancorp, a New Jersey corporation and registered bank holding company (“Valley”), Valley National Bank, a national banking association and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Valley (“VNB”), and NorCrown Bank, a commercial bank organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey (“NorCrown”). BACKGROUND WHEREAS, Valley, VNB, NorCrown and The NorCrown Trust, the holder of over 99% of the outstanding common stock of NorCrown (the “Trust”), as of the date hereof, are prepared to execute a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which NorCrown will be merged with and into VNB (the “Merger”); and WHEREAS, Valley has advised NorCrown that it will not execute the Merger Agreement unless NorCrown executes this Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of NorCrown has determined that the Merger Agreement provides subst
