Amendment to Hibernia Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (February 26, 2003)
This amendment updates the Hibernia Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan by changing how the "Fair Market Value" of company shares is determined. Instead of using the average of the high and low sales prices, the plan will now use the opening sales price of the company's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange for the specified date. If no sales occur on that date, the most recent prior date with sales will be used. The amendment was approved by the Board of Directors and signed by the company's President and CEO.
AMENDMENT TO HIBERNIA CORPORATION
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
THIS AMENDMENT (the Amendment) to the Hibernia Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Plan) is made as of the 26th day of February 2003.
RECITALSWHEREAS, Hibernia Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana (the Company), maintains the Hibernia Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan, which Plan was first approved by the shareholders of the Company on September 23, 1992; and
WHEREAS, on April 29, 1997, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Plan empowering the Board of Directors of the Company to amend the terms of the Plan, from time to time, in its discretion; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the authority granted to the Board of Directors of the Company, the Board (or a committee thereof) has reviewed the definition of Fair Market Value contained in the Plan and determined that to reduce certain administrative burdens in connection with the operation of the Plan, the definition should be revised to relate to an opening sales price rather than to an average of the high and low sales prices on that date of determination; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2003, the Board of Directors approved an amendment to the Plan to provide that the Fair Market Value of a Share (as defined in the Plan) as of a specified date means the opening sales price of a share of Common Stock on such date.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, and effective as of the date first above written, the Plan shall be and hereby is amended as follows:
PLAN AMENDMENT1. Section 2(k) of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the current Section 2(k) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Fair Market Value of a Share as of a specified date means the opening sales price of a share of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions reporting system on that date or, if no sales occurred on that date, on the immediately preceding date on which there were such sales. |
2. On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Plan to this Plan, hereunder, herein or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Plan as amended hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Directors has caused this Amendment to be executed as of the month, day and year first above written.
HIBERNIA CORPORATION |
By: /s/ J. Herbert Boydstun J. Herbert Boydstun President and Chief Executive Officer |