Amendment No. 1 to Mercury Air Group, Inc. 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan

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Summary

This amendment updates the Mercury Air Group, Inc. 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan to change the provisions related to a change in control. Specifically, it removes the exemption for Seymour Kahn and instead exempts CFK Partners, following Kahn's sale of his shares to CFK Partners. The amendment clarifies that a change in control now occurs if any person other than CFK Partners acquires 50% or more of the company's voting stock. The amendment was approved by the Board of Directors on August 22, 2000.

EX-10.40 5 a69352ex10-40.txt EXHIBIT 10.40 1 EXHIBIT 10.40 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MERCURY AIR GROUP, INC. 1998 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN BY SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AUGUST 22, 2000 Amendment No. 1 Mercury Air Group, Inc. 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan WHEREAS, the Paragraph 11(a) of the Corporation's 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan currently specifically exempts Seymour Kahn under the change in control provision; and 1 2 WHEREAS, Seymour Kahn has sold his shares of the Corporation's stock to CFK Partners, a General Partnership under the Uniform Partnership Act of the State of Illinois; and WHEREAS, in accordance with section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Board deems it necessary of the Corporation to amend the Corporation's 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan of the Corporation are hereby amended as follows: 1. Paragraph 11 (a) of the 1998 Directors Stock Option Plan is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows: 11 a) any "person"( as such is used in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) other than CFK Partners, a General Partnership under the Uniform Partnership Act of the State of Illinois is or becomes a beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of stock of the Company representing 50 percent or more of the total voting power of the Company's then outstanding stock; 2