EXHIBIT 10.1

                        BANKUNITED FINANCIAL CORPORATION

                1996 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AND STOCK AWARD PLAN
                        (As amended on January 29, 2001)

         1. Purpose. The purpose of this 1996 Incentive Compensation and Stock
Award Plan (the "Plan") is to assist BankUnited Financial Corporation (the
"Company") and its subsidiaries and affiliates in attracting, motivating,
retaining and rewarding high-quality executives and other employees, officers,
directors and affiliates enabling such persons to acquire or increase a
proprietary interest in the Company in order to strengthen the mutuality of
interests between such persons and the Company's stockholders, and providing
such persons with annual and long term performance incentives to expend their
maximum efforts in the creation of shareholder value.

         2. Definitions.

         For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall be defined as set
forth below:

                  (a) "Affiliate" means any entity other than the Company and
its Subsidiaries that is designated by the Board or the Committee as a
participating employer under the Plan, provided that such entity is controlled
by or under common control with the Company.

                  (b) "Award" means any Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted
Stock Units, Stock Bonus or Stock Award in Lieu of Cash, or Other Stock-Based
Award granted to a Participant under the Plan.

                  (c) "Award Agreement" means any written agreement, contract or
other instruments or document evidencing an Award.

                  (d) "Beneficiary" means the person, persons, trust or trusts
which have been designated by such Participant in his or her most recent written
beneficiary designation filed with the Company to receive the benefits specified
under this Plan upon the death of the Participant, or, if there is no designated
Beneficiary or surviving designated Beneficiary, then the person, persons, trust
or trusts entitled by will or the laws of descent and distribution to receive
such benefits.

                  (e) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (f) "Change in Control" means Change in Control as defined
with related terms in Section 8.

                  (g) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time. References to any provision of the Code shall be deemed to
include successor provisions thereto and regulations thereunder.

                  (h) "Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board,
or such other Board committee as may be designated by the Board to administer
the Plan; provided, however, that Committee action shall be taken by act of such
members specified in, and otherwise in accordance with, Section 3(b). The
Committee shall consist solely of two or more directors of the Company. In
appointing members of the Committee, the Board will consider whether each member
will qualify as a "non-employee director" within the meaning of Rule
16b-3(b)(3), but such members are not required to so qualify at the time of
appointment or during their term of service on the Committee.

                  (i) "Company" means BankUnited Financial Corporation, a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Florida, or any successor
corporation.

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                  (j) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended from time to time. References to any provision of the Exchange Act
shall be deemed to include successor provisions thereto and regulations
thereunder.

                  (k) "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to Stock, Awards,
or other property, the fair market value of such Stock, Awards, or other
property determined by such methods or procedures as shall be established from
time to time by the Committee. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the
Fair Market Value of Stock as of any given date shall mean the per share value
of Stock as determined by using the average of the mean of the closing prices of
such Stock as quoted on the NASDAQ system on each of the immediately preceding
five days on which the stock was traded, as reported for such dates in the table
contained in The Wall Street Journal or an equivalent successor table.

                  (l) "ISO" means any Option intended to be and designated as an
incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

                  (m) "NQSO" means any Option that is not an ISO.

                  (n) "Option" means a right, granted to a Participant under
Section 6(b), to purchase Stock or other Awards. An Option may be either an ISO
or an NQSO.

                  (o) "Participant" means a person who, as an executive officer,
officer, director, or employee or independent contractor of the Company (which
includes employees of Subsidiaries or Affiliates), has been granted an Award
under the Plan.

                  (p) "Restricted Stock" means an award of shares of Stock to a
Participant under Section 6(d) that may be subject to certain restrictions and
to a risk of forfeiture.

                  (q) "Restricted Stock Unit" means a right, granted to a
Participant under Section 6(d), to receive Stock or cash at the end of a
specified deferral period.

                  (r) "Plan" means this 1996 Incentive Compensation and Stock
Award Plan.

                  (s) "Rule 16b-3" means Rule 16b-3, as from time to time in
effect and applicable to the Plan and Participants, promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

                  (t) "Stock" means the Series I Class A Common Stock, the Class
B Common Stock (which together shall be referred to as "Common Stock"), or the
Noncumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B ("Preferred Stock") of the
Company or such other securities as may be substituted or resubstituted therefor
pursuant to Section 5.

                  (u) "Subsidiary" means any corporation (other than the
Company) in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company if each
of the corporations (other than the last corporation in the unbroken chain) owns
stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes
of stock in one of the other corporations in the chain.

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         3. Administration.

                  (a) Authority of the Committee. Except as otherwise provided
herein, the Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee shall
have full and final authority to take the following actions, in each case
subject to and consistent with the provisions of the Plan:

                           (i) to select Participants to whom Awards may be
                  granted;

                           (ii) to designate Affiliates;

                           (iii) to determine the type or types of Awards to be
                  granted to each Participant;

                           (iv) to determine the type and number of Awards to be
                  granted, the number and type of shares of Stock to which an
                  Award may relate, the terms and conditions of any Award
                  granted under the Plan (including, but not limited to, any
                  exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any
                  restriction or condition, any schedule for lapse of
                  restrictions or conditions relating to transferability or
                  forfeiture, exercisability, or settlement of an Award, and
                  waivers or accelerations thereof, and waivers of performance
                  conditions relating to an Award, based in each case on such
                  considerations as the Committee shall determine), and all
                  other matters to be determined in connection with an Award;

                           (v) to determine whether, and to what extent, the
                  right of a Participant to exercise or receive a grant or
                  settlement of any Award, and the timing thereof, may be
                  subject to such performance conditions as may be specified by
                  the Committee. The Committee may use such business criteria
                  and other measures of performance as it may deem appropriate
                  in establishing any performance conditions, and may exercise
                  its discretion to reduce or increase the amounts payable under
                  any Award subject to performance conditions;

                           (vi) to determine whether, to what extent, and under
                  what circumstances an Award may be settled or the exercise
                  price of an Award may be cancelled, forfeited, exchanged, or
                  surrendered;

                           (vii) to determine whether, to what extent, and under
                  what circumstances an Award will be deferred either
                  automatically, at the election of the Committee, or at the
                  election of the Participant, and whether to create trusts and
                  deposit Stock or other property therein;

                           (viii) to prescribe the form of each Award Agreement,
                  which need not be identical for each Participant;

                           (ix) to adopt, amend, suspend, waive, and rescind
                  such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as the
                  Committee may deem necessary or advisable to administer the
                  Plan;

                           (x) to correct any defect or supply any omission or
                  reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan and to construe and
                  interpret the Plan and any Award, rules and regulations, Award
                  Agreement, or other instrument hereunder; and

                           (xi) to make all other decisions and determinations
                  as may be required under the terms of the Plan or as the
                  Committee may deem necessary or advisable for the
                  administration of the Plan.

Other provisions of the Plan notwithstanding, the Board may perform any function
of the Committee under the Plan, including without limitation for the purpose of
ensuring that transactions under the Plan by Participants who are then subject
to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in respect of the Company are exempt under
Rule 16b-3. In any case in which the Board is performing a function of the
Committee under the Plan, each reference to the Committee herein shall be deemed
to refer to the Board.

                  (b) Manner of Exercise of Committee Authority. At any time
that a member of the Committee is not a Non-Employee Director as defined in Rule
16b-3, any action of the Committee relating to an Award granted or to be granted
to a Participant who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act in
respect of

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the Company may be taken either (i) by a subcommittee, designated by the
Committee, composed solely of two or more members who are Non-Employee
Directors, or (ii) by the Committee but with each such member who is not a
Non-Employee Director abstaining or recusing himself or herself from such
action; provided, however, that, upon such abstention or recusal, the Committee
remains composed solely of two or more members who are Non-Employee Directors.
Such action, authorized by such a subcommittee or by the Committee upon the
abstention or recusal of such non-qualifying member(s), shall be the action of
the Committee for purposes of the Plan. Any action of the Committee with respect
to the Plan shall be final, conclusive, and binding on all persons, including
the Company, Subsidiaries, Affiliates, Participants, any person claiming any
rights under the Plan from or through any Participant, and stockholders. The
express grant of any specific power to the Committee, and the taking of any
action by the Committee, shall not be construed as limiting any power or
authority of the Committee. The Committee may delegate to officers or managers
of the Company or any Subsidiary the authority, subject to such terms as the
Committee shall determine, to perform administrative functions and such other
functions as the Committee may determine, to the extent permitted under
applicable law, and in the case of a Participant then subject to Section 16 of
the Exchange Act with respect to the Company, to the extent that such delegation
will not result in the loss of an exemption under Rule 16b-3(d)(1).

                  (c) Limitation of Liability. Each member of the Committee
shall be entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other
information furnished to him or her by any officer or other employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the Company's independent certified
public accountants, or other professional retained by the Company to assist in
the administration of the Plan. No member of the Committee, nor any officer or
employee of the Company acting on behalf of the Committee, shall be personally
liable for any action, determination, or interpretation taken or made in good
faith with respect to the Plan, and all members of the Committee and any officer
or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries acting on their behalf shall, to
the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company
with respect to any such action, determination, or interpretation.

         4. Eligibility.

                  (a) Generally. Executive officers, officers, directors and
employees of the Company, including employees of the Company's Subsidiaries and
Affiliates who are responsible for or contribute to the management, growth
and/or profitability of the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries are
eligible to be granted Awards under the Plan.

                  (b) Annual Per-Person Limitation. Subject to adjustment as
hereinafter provided in Sections 5(a) and 5(d), in each calendar year during any
part of which the Plan is in effect, a Participant may be granted Awards in the
form of Stock Options relating to no more than 450,000 shares of Stock (the
"Annual Limit"), plus the amount of the Participant's unused Annual Limit as of
the close of the previous year. The Annual Limit shall not apply to Awards other
than stock options.

         5. Stock Subject to the Plan; Adjustment.

                  (a) Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as hereinafter
provided, the number of shares of Common Stock for which Options may be granted
under the Plan shall be 2,890,000, and the number of shares of Common Stock
which may be issued in connection with Stock Bonuses, Stock Awards, Restricted
Stock and Restricted Stock Units in lieu of cash or other Stock-Based Awards
shall be 260,000, provided however that to the extent that the total number of
shares of Common Stock does not exceed 3,150,000 the Committee may reallocate
the split between the number of shares of Common Stock for which Options may be
granted and the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued in
connection with Stock Bonuses, Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Restricted
Stock Units in lieu of cash or other Stock-Based Awards. Additionally, subject
to adjustment as hereinafter provided the number of shares of Noncumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B for which Options may be granted and which
may be issued in connection with Stock Bonuses, Stock Awards, Restricted Stock
and Restricted Stock Units in lieu of cash or other Stock-Based Awards shall be
650,000.

                  (b) Manner of Counting Shares. If any shares subject to an
Award are forfeited, cancelled, exchanged, or surrendered or such Award
otherwise terminates without a distribution of shares to the Participant

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such number of shares will again be available for Awards under the Plan. The
Committee may make determinations and adopt regulations for the counting of
shares relating to any Awards to ensure appropriate counting, avoid double
counting (in the case of tandem or substitute awards), and provide for
adjustments in any case in which the number of shares actually distributed
differs from the number of shares previously counted in connection with such
Award.

                  (c) Type of Shares Distributable. Any shares of Stock
distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized
and unissued shares or treasury shares, including shares acquired by purchase in
the open market or in private transactions.

                  (d) Adjustments. In the event that the Committee shall
determine that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash,
Stock, or other property) which is special, large, and non-recurring,
recapitalization, stock split, reverse split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or share exchange, or other
similar corporate transaction or event, affects the Stock such that an
adjustment is appropriate in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
rights of Participants under the Plan, then the Committee shall make such
equitable changes or adjustments as it deems appropriate and, in such manner as
it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number and kind of shares of
Stock which may thereafter be issued in connection with Awards, (ii) the number
of and kind of shares of Stock issued or issuable in respect of outstanding
Awards or, if deemed appropriate, make provisions for payment of cash or other
property with respect to any outstanding Award, (iii) the Annual Limit, number
of and kind of shares subject to Stock Options which may be granted pursuant to
Section 4(b), and (iv) the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price
relating to any Award; provided, however, in each case that, with respect to
ISOs, such adjustment shall be made in accordance with Section 424(h) of the
Code, unless the Committee determines otherwise. In addition, the Committee is
authorized to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the criteria
and performance objectives included in Awards, in recognition of unusual or
non-recurring events (including, without limitation, events described in the
preceding sentence, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of businesses and
assets) affecting the Company or any Subsidiary, or business unit, or the
financial statements thereof, or in response to changes in applicable laws,
regulations, accounting principles, tax rates and regulations, or business
conditions or in view of the Committee's assessment of the business strategy of
the Company, a Subsidiary, or business unit thereof, performance of comparable
organizations, economic and business conditions, personal performance of a
Participant, and any other circumstances deemed relevant.

         6. Specific Terms of Awards.

                  (a) General. Awards may be granted on the terms and conditions
set forth in this Section 6. In addition, the Committee may impose on any Award
or the exercise thereof, at the date of grant or thereafter (subject to Section
9(e)), such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the
provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall determine, including terms
regarding forfeiture of Awards or continued exercisability of Awards in the
event of termination of employment by the Participant.

                  (b) Options. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to
Participants on the following terms and conditions:

                           (i) Exercise Price. Unless otherwise required by
                  applicable law, the exercise price per share of Stock
                  purchasable under an Option shall be determined by the
                  Committee; provided, however, that, except as provided in
                  Section 7(a), such exercise price shall be not less than the
                  Fair Market Value of a share on the date of grant of such
                  Option.

                           (ii) Time and Method of Exercise. The Committee shall
                  determine at the date of grant or thereafter the time or times
                  at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, the
                  methods by which such exercise price may be paid or deemed to
                  be paid, the form of such payment, including, without
                  limitation, cash, Stock, other Awards, notes or other
                  property, and the methods by which Stock will be delivered or
                  deemed to be delivered to Participants (including, without
                  limitation, deferral of delivery of shares under a deferral
                  arrangement).

                           (iii) ISOs. The terms of any ISO granted under the
                  Plan shall comply in all respects with the provisions of
                  Section 422 of the Code.

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                  (c) Restricted Stock. The Committee is authorized to grant
Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units ("RSU") to Participants on the
following terms and conditions:

                           (i) Issuance and Restrictions. Restricted Stock and
                  RSU shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability
                  and other restrictions, if any, as the committee may impose at
                  the date of grant or thereafter, which restrictions may lapse
                  separately or in combination at such times, under such
                  circumstance, in such installments, or otherwise, as the
                  Committee may determine. Except to the extent restricted under
                  the Award Agreement relating to the Restricted Stock or RSU, a
                  Participant granted Restricted Stock or RSU shall have all of
                  the rights of a stockholder including, without limitation, the
                  right to vote Restricted Stock and the right to receive
                  dividends thereon.

                           (ii) Forfeiture. Except as otherwise determined by
                  the Committee, at the date of grant or thereafter, upon
                  termination of employment (as determined under criteria
                  established by the Committee) during the applicable
                  restriction period, Restricted Stock or RSU, and any accrued
                  but unpaid dividend(s) that is or are then subject to a risk
                  of forfeiture shall be forfeited; provided, however, that the
                  Committee may provide, by rule or regulation or in any Award
                  Agreement, or may determine in any individual case, that
                  restrictions or forfeiture conditions relating to Restricted
                  Stock or RSU will be waived in whole or in part in the event
                  of terminations resulting from specified causes, and the
                  Committee may in other cases waive in whole or in part the
                  forfeiture of Restricted Stock.

                           (iii) Certificates for Stock. Restricted Stock or RSU
                  granted under the Plan may be evidenced in such manner as the
                  Committee shall determine. If certificates representing
                  Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the
                  participant, such certificates shall bear an appropriate
                  legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
                  applicable to such Restricted Stock, the Company shall retain
                  physical possession of the certificate, and the Company may
                  require the Participant to deliver a stock power, endorsed in
                  blank, relating to the Restricted Stock. Upon expiration of
                  the deferral period specified for RSU by the Committee (or, if
                  permitted by the Committee, as elected by the participant) the
                  stock underlying such RSU shall be delivered.

                           (iv) Dividends. Dividends paid on Restricted Stock or
                  RSU shall be either paid at the dividend payment date in cash
                  or in shares of unrestricted Stock having a Fair Market Value
                  equal to the amount of such dividends, or the payment of such
                  dividends shall be deferred or the amount or value thereof
                  automatically reinvested in additional Restricted Stock, RSU,
                  other Awards, or other investment vehicles, as the Committee
                  shall determine or permit the Participant to elect. Stock
                  distributed in connection with a Stock split or Stock
                  dividend, and other property distributed as a dividend, shall
                  be subject to restrictions and a risk of forfeiture to the
                  same extent as the Restricted Stock or RSU with respect to
                  which such Stock or other property has been distributed.

                  (d) Stock Bonuses and Stock Awards in Lieu of Cash Awards. The
Committee is authorized to grant Stock as a bonus, or to grant other Awards, in
lieu of Company commitments to pay cash under other plans or compensatory
arrangements. Stock or Awards granted hereunder shall have such other terms as
shall be determined by the Committee.

                  (e) Other Stock-Based Awards. The Committee is authorized,
subject to limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other
Awards that may be denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in part by
reference to, or otherwise based on, or related to, Stock or other securities,
as deemed by the Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan,
including, without limitation, rights convertible or exchangeable into Stock or
such securities, purchase rights for Stock or such other securities, and Awards
with value or payment contingent upon performance of the Company, or a
Subsidiary, or upon any other factor or performance condition designated by the
Committee. The Committee is authorized to make cash awards pursuant to this
Section 6(e) as an element of or supplement to any other Award under the Plan.

         7. Certain Provisions Applicable to Awards.

                  (a) Stand-Alone, Additional, Tandem and Substitute Awards.
Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be
granted either alone or in addition to, in tandem with, or in exchange or
substitution for, any other Award granted under the Plan or any award granted
under any other plan of the Company,

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any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any business entity to be acquired by the
Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or any other right of a Participant to
receive payment from the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate. Awards may be
granted in addition to or in tandem with such other Awards or awards and may be
granted either as of the same time as or a different time from the grant of such
other Awards or awards. The per share exercise price of any Option, or purchase
price of any other Award conferring a right to purchase Stock which is granted,
in connection with the substitution of awards granted under any other plan of
the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate or any business entity to be acquired
by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate, shall be determined by the
Committee, in its discretion.

                  (b) Terms of Awards. The term of each Award shall be for such
period as may be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that in no
event shall the term of any ISO exceed a period of ten years from the date of
its grant (or such shorter period as may be applicable under Section 422 of the
Code).

                  (c) Form of Payment Under Awards. Subject to the terms of the
Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, payments to be made by the Company upon
the grant, maturation, or exercise of an Award may be made in such forms as the
Committee shall determine at the date of grant or thereafter, including, without
limitation, cash, Stock, or other property, and may be made in a single payment
or transfer, in installments, or on a deferred basis. The Committee may make
rules relating the installment or deferred payments with respect to Awards,
including the rate of interest to be credited with respect to such payments.

                  (d) Rule 16b-3 Compliance.

                           (i) Six-Month Holding Period. Unless a Participant
                  could otherwise dispose of equity securities, including
                  derivative securities, acquired under the Plan without
                  incurring liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act,
                  equity securities acquired under the Plan must be held for a
                  period of six months following the date of such acquisition,
                  provided that this condition shall be satisfied with respect
                  to a derivative security if at least six months elapse from
                  the date of acquisition of the derivative security to the date
                  of disposition of the derivative security (other than upon
                  exercise or conversion) or its underlying equity security.

                           (ii) Other Compliance Provisions. With respect to a
                  Participant who is then subject to Section 16 of the Exchange
                  Act in respect of the Company, the Committee shall implement
                  transactions under the Plan and administer the Plan in a
                  manner that will ensure that each transaction by such a
                  Participant is exempt from liability under Rule 16b-3, except
                  that such a Participant may be permitted to engage in a
                  non-exempt transaction under the Plan if written notice has
                  been given to the Participant regarding the non-exempt nature
                  of such transaction. Unless otherwise specified by the
                  Participant, equity securities, including derivative
                  securities, acquired under the Plan which are disposed of by a
                  Participant shall be deemed to be disposed of in the order
                  acquired by the Participant.

         8. Change in Control Provisions.

                  (a) Acceleration Upon Change in Control. In the event of a
"Change in Control," as defined in this Section:

                           (i) any Award carrying a right to exercise that was
                  not previously exercisable and vested shall become fully
                  exercisable and vested; and

                           (ii) the restrictions, deferral limitations, and
                  forfeiture conditions applicable to any other Award granted
                  under the Plan shall lapse and such Awards shall be deemed
                  fully vested, and any performance conditions imposed with
                  respect to Awards shall be deemed to be fully achieved;
                  provided, however, that, the Board may determine, by entry of
                  a resolution prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control,
                  that a Change in Control will not result in some or all of the
                  consequences specified in (i) or (ii) or will not result in
                  such consequences for specified Participants.

                  (b) "Change in Control" Defined. For purposes of the Plan, a
"Change in Control" shall have occurred if:

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                           (i) any "person," as such term is used in Sections
                  13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the Company;
                  any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an
                  employee benefit plan of the Company; any corporation owned,
                  directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in
                  substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
                  of the Company; or any person or group of persons who as of
                  the date of approval of this Plan by the Board of Directors of
                  the Company owns, directly or indirectly 10% or more of the
                  combined voting power of the securities of the Company), is or
                  becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
                  the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of
                  the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting
                  power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities;

                           (ii) the stockholders of the Company approve a merger
                  or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation,
                  other than (A) a merger or consolidation which would result in
                  the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately
                  prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
                  outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of
                  the surviving or parent entity) 50% or more of the combined
                  voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such
                  surviving or parent entity outstanding immediately after such
                  merger or consolidation, or (B) a merger or consolidation
                  effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or
                  similar transaction) in which no "person" (as hereinabove
                  defined) acquired 50% or more of the combined voting power of
                  the Company's then outstanding securities; or

                           (iii) the stockholders of the Company approve a plan
                  of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the
                  sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all
                  of the Company's assets (or any transaction having a similar
                  effect).

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         9. General Provisions.

                  (a) Compliance with Legal and Exchange Requirements. The
Company shall not be obligated to take any action under the Plan and any Award
Agreement, unless and until it is satisfied that all applicable federal and
state laws, rules and regulations, and approvals by any regulatory or
governmental agency have been complied with or obtained. The Company, in its
discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Stock under any Award until
completion of such stock exchange listing or registration or qualification of
such Stock or other required action under any state, federal or foreign law,
rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate, and may require any
Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may
consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Stock in
compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

                  (b) Nontransferabililty. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 9(b), Awards shall not be transferable by a Participant other than by
will or the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a designation of a
Beneficiary, and Awards shall be exercisable during the lifetime of a
Participant only by such Participant or his guardian or legal representative. In
addition, except as otherwise provided in this Section 9(b), no rights under the
Plan may be pledged, mortgaged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered, or
subject to the claims of creditors. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Committee
may, in its sole discretion, provide that Awards (or rights or interests
therein) other than ISOs shall be transferable, including but not limited to
permitting transfers to a Participant's immediate family members (i.e., spouse,
children, or grandchildren, as well as the Participant), to trusts for the
benefit of such family members or other transfers deemed by the Committee to be
not inconsistent with the purposes of the Plan.

                  (c) No Right to Continued Employment. Neither the Plan nor any
action taken thereunder shall be construed as giving any Participant the right
to be retained in the employ or service of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to terminate any
Participant's employment or services at any time.

                  (d) Taxes. The Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate is
authorized to withhold from any Award granted, any payment relating to an Award
under the Plan, including from a distribution of Stock, or any payroll or other
payment to a Participant, amounts of withholding and other taxes due in
connection with any transaction involving an Award, and to take such other
action as the Committee may deem advisable to enable the Company and
Participants to satisfy obligations for the payment of withholding taxes and
other tax obligations relating to any Award. This authority shall include
authority to withhold or receive Stock or other property and to make cash
payments in respect thereof in satisfaction of a Participant's tax obligations.

                  (e) Changes to the Plan and Awards. The Board may amend,
alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Plan or the Committee's authority
to grant Awards under the Plan without the consent of stockholders or
Participants, except that any such amendment, alteration, suspension,
discontinuation, or termination shall be subject to the approval of the
Company's stockholders within one year after such Board action if such
stockholder approval is required by any federal law or regulation or the rules
of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Stock may then
be listed or quoted; provided, however, that, without the consent of an affected
Participant, no amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuations, or
termination oft he Plan may materially adversely affect the rights of such
Participant under any Award theretofore granted to him or her. The Committee may
waive any conditions or rights under, or amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or
terminate any Award theretofore granted and any Award Agreement relating
thereto: provided, however, that, without the consent of an affected
Participant, no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation, or
termination of any Award may materially adversely affect the rights of such
Participant under such Awards. Following the occurrence of a Change in Control,
the Board may not terminate this Plan or amend this Plan in any manner adverse
to Participants.

                  (f) No Right to Awards; No Stockholder Rights. No Participant
or employee shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and
there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants and
employees. No Award shall confer on any Participant any of the rights of a
stockholder of the Company unless and until Stock is duly issued or transferred
to the Participant in accordance with the terms of the Award.

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                  (g) Unfunded Status of Awards and Trusts. The Plan is intended
to constitute an "unfunded" plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With
respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award,
nothing contained in the Plan or any Award shall give any such Participant any
rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the Company;
provided, however, that the Committee may authorize the creation of trusts or
make other arrangements to meet the Company's obligations under the Plan to
deliver cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property pursuant to any Award,
which trusts or other arrangements shall be consistent with the "unfunded"
status of the Plan unless the Committee otherwise determines with the consent of
each affected Participant. If an to the extent authorized by the Committee, the
Company may deposit into such a trust Stock or other assets for delivery to the
Participant in satisfaction of the Company's obligations under any Award. If so
provided by the Committee, upon such a deposit of Stock or other assets for the
benefit of a Participant, there shall be substituted for the rights of the
Participant to receive delivery of Stock and other payments under the Plan a
right to receive the assets of the trust (to the extent that the deposited Stock
or other assets represented the full amount of the Company's obligation under
the Award at the date of deposit). The trustee of the trust may be authorized to
dispose of trust assets and reinvest the proceeds in alternative investments,
subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may specify and in
accordance with applicable law.

                  (h) Nonexclusivity of the Plan. Neither the adoption of the
Plan by the Board nor its submission to the stockholders of the Company for
approval shall be construed as creating any limitations on the power of the
Board to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may deem desirable,
including without limitation, the granting of stock options and other awards
otherwise than under the Plan, and such arrangements may be either applicable
generally or only in specific cases.

                  (i) No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Stock shall
be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award. The Committee shall
determine whether cash, other Awards, or other property shall be issued or paid
in lieu of such fractional shares or whether such fractional shares or any
rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

                  (j) Governing Law. The validity, construction, and effect of
the Plan, any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and any Award
Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the state of
Florida, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws, and
applicable federal law.

                  (k) Effective Date and Approval Date; Plan Termination. The
Plan shall become effective upon approval by the Board of Directors (the
"Effective Date"), provided, however, that the Plan shall be subject to the
subsequent approval by the affirmative votes of the holders of a majority of
voting securities present in person or represented by proxy, and entitled to
vote on the subject matter, at a meeting of Company stockholders duly held in
accordance with the Florida Corporation Code, or any adjournment thereof in
accordance with applicable provisions of the Florida Corporation Code, such
stockholder approval to be obtained not later than one year after the Effective
Date (the "Approval Date"). Any Awards granted under the Plan prior to such
approval of stockholders shall be subject to such approval and in the absence of
such approval, such Awards shall be null and void. Unless earlier terminated by
the Board, the Plan will terminate at such time as the Company has no further
obligations with respect to any Award granted under the Plan; provided, however,
that ISOs may not be granted later than 10 years after the Effective Date.

                  (l) Title and Headings. The titles and headings of the
sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only. In the event of any
conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall
control.

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