Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under MASSBANK Corp. 2004



 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  
 UNDER THE MASSBANK CORP. 
 2004 STOCK OPTION AND
INCENTIVE PLAN 
  

			
	Name of Optionee:                                  
                              	  	 
		
	No. of Option Shares:                                
                            	  	 
		
	Option Exercise Price per Share: $                            
                                	  	 
	                                      
                              [FMV on Grant Date (110% of FMV if a 10% owner)]
		
	Grant Date:                                	  	 
		
	Expiration Date:                                   
                             	  	 
	                                      
  [up to 10 years (5 if a 10% owner)]	  	 

  
 Pursuant to the
MASSBANK Corp. 2004 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), MASSBANK Corp. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on
or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to
the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. 
  
 1.
Exercisability Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have become exercisable. Except as set forth below, and subject to the discretion of the Administrator (as defined in Section 2 of the
Plan) to accelerate the exercisability schedule hereunder, this Stock Option shall be exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated: 
  

					
	 Incremental Number of
 Option Shares Exercisable*

	  	 Exercisability Date


	 __________
	    	(20%)	  	__________
			
	 __________
	    	(20%)	  	__________
			
	 __________
	    	(20%)	  	__________
			
	 __________
	    	(20%)	  	__________
			
	 __________
	    	(20%)	  	__________



	*	Max. of $100,000 per yr. 

  
 Once exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject
to the provisions hereof and of the Plan. 
  
 2. Manner of
Exercise. 
  
 (a) The Optionee may exercise this Stock Option
only in the following manner: from time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may give written notice to the Administrator of his or her election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares purchasable at the
time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased. 







 Payment of the purchase price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods:
(i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that
have been beneficially owned by the Optionee for at least six months and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with
irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the option purchase price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the option purchase
price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) a
combination of (i), (ii) and (iii) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. 
  
 The delivery of certificates representing the Option Shares will be contingent upon the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of full payment for the
Option Shares, as set forth above and any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent
resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock
transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the shares attested to. 
  
 (b) The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer
agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such issuance and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to
such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock
Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the
Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock. 
  
 (c) The minimum number of shares with respect to which this Stock Option may be exercised at any one time shall be 50 shares, unless the number of shares
with respect to which this Stock Option is being exercised is the total number of shares subject to exercise under this Stock Option at the time. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

  
 3. Termination of Employment. If the Optionee’s
employment by the Company or a Subsidiary (as defined in the Plan) is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below. 
  
 (a) Termination Due to Death. If the Optionee’s employment
terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12
months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. 
  

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 (b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s employment terminates by reason of the
Optionee’s disability (as determined by the Administrator), any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall become fully exercisable and may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee for a period of 12 months from the date of
termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. The death of the Optionee during the 12-month period provided in this Section 3(b) shall extend such period for another 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if
earlier. 
  
 (c) Termination for Cause. If the
Optionee’s employment terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean a determination by the
Company that the Optionee shall be dismissed as a result of (i) any dishonesty of the Optionee with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof; (ii) the commission by the Optionee of a crime punishable as a felony; (iii) the
failure by the Optionee to perform in a satisfactory manner a substantial portion of his or her duties and responsibilities of his or her position with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof; or (iv) the breach by the Optionee of any term of
this Agreement, any employment agreement between the Optionee and the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, or any other agreement between the Optionee and the Company or any Subsidiary thereof. 
  
 (d) Termination without Notice. If the Optionee terminates his or her
employment without giving the Company one month prior notice of such termination (“Termination Without Notice”), and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall
terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. 
  
 (e) Other Termination. If the Optionee’s employment terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s disability, or Cause, or upon the occurrence of a Termination Without Notice, and unless
otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the
Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect. 
  
 The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s employment shall be conclusive
and binding on the Optionee and his or her representatives or legatees. 
  
 4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in
Section 2(b) of the Plan. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein. 
  

5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or
otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

  
 6. Status of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is
intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Stock Option qualifies as such. The
Optionee should 

  

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consult with his or her own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax
treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements. To the extent any portion of this Stock Option does not so qualify as an “incentive stock option,” such portion shall be deemed to be
a non-qualified stock option. If the Optionee intends to dispose or does dispose (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) of any Option Shares within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to him or her, or
within the two-year period beginning on the day after the grant of this Stock Option, he or she will so notify the Company within 30 days after such disposition. 
  
 7. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes
a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The
Optionee may elect to have the minimum required tax withholding obligation satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) authorizing the Company to withhold from shares of Stock to be issued, or (ii) transferring to the Company, a number of
shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due. 
  
 8. No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to
continue the Optionee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment of the Optionee at any time. 
  
 9. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the
Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

  

			
	MASSBANK CORP.
		
	By:	 	  


	Title:	 	 


  
 The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. 
  

					
	Dated:	 	  

	 	  


	 	 	 	 	Optionee’s Signature
			
	 	 	 	 	Optionee’s name and address:
	 	 	 	 	  


	 	 	 	 	  


	 	 	 	 	  



  

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