Common use of Stock Option Exercise Clause in Contracts

Stock Option Exercise. (a) This Section describes the special procedures for deferring the delivery and receipt of Common Stock which a Member may receive from the exercise of a nonqualified stock option granted to the Member by the Corporation. The stock options are governed by the stock option plan under which they are granted. No stock options or shares of Common Stock are authorized to be issued under the Plan. A Member who elects to defer receipt of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options will have no rights as a stockholder of the Corporation with respect to allocations made to his Stock Option Deferral Account except the right to receive dividend equivalent allocations as hereafter described. (b) A Member may elect to defer receipt of Net Shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock-for-stock exercise of an exercisable stock option issued to the Member by completing and submitting to the Corporation his Stock Option Deferral Agreement as provided in Section 2.02. The stock option exercise must occur on or prior to the expiration date of the stock option and must be accomplished by delivering Common Stock or using another acceptable method, such as, attestation, on or prior to the exercise date, shares of Common Stock which have been personally owned by the Member for at least six (6) months prior to the exercise date and have not been used in a stock swap in the prior six (6) months. A Member’s Stock Option Deferral Agreement shall not be effective if the stock option as to which the Member has made the deferral election terminates prior to the exercise date selected by the Member. If the Member dies or fails to deliver shares of Common Stock which have been personally owned by the Member at least six (6) months prior to the exercise date (and have not been used in a stock swap in the prior six (6) months) in payment of the exercise price, then the Stock Option Deferral Agreement shall not be effective. Only whole Net Shares may be deferred.

Stock Option Exercise. (a) This Section describes the special procedures for deferring the delivery and receipt of Common Stock which a Member may receive from the exercise of a nonqualified stock option granted to the Member by the Corporation. The stock options are governed by the stock option plan under which they are granted. No stock options or shares of Common Stock are authorized to be issued under the Plan. A Member who elects to defer receipt of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options will have no rights as a stockholder of the Corporation with respect to allocations made to his Stock Option Deferral Account except the right to receive dividend equivalent allocations as hereafter described. (b) A Member may elect to defer receipt of Net Shares of Common Stock resulting from a stock-for-stock exercise of an exercisable stock option issued to the Member by completing and submitting to the Corporation his Stock Option Deferral Agreement as provided in Section 2.02. The stock option exercise must occur on or prior to the expiration date of the stock option and must be accomplished by delivering Common Stock or using another acceptable method, such as, attestation, on or prior to the exercise date, shares of Common Stock which have been personally owned by the Member for at least six (6) months prior to the exercise date and have not been used in a stock swap in the prior six (6) months. A Member’s Stock Option Deferral Agreement shall not be effective if the stock option as to which the Member has made the deferral election terminates prior to the exercise date selected by the Member. If the Member dies or fails to deliver shares of Common Stock which have been personally owned by the Member at least six (6) months prior to the exercise date (and have not been used in a stock Table of Contents swap in the prior six (6) months) in payment of the exercise price, then the Stock Option Deferral Agreement shall not be effective. Only whole Net Shares may be deferred.