**Exhibit 10.12**

 

**NOTWITHSTANDINGANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, NO SHARES OF NEVADA SECURITY BANK’SSTOCK SHALL BE ISSUED PURSUANT HERETO UNLESS THE NEVADA SECURITY BANK 2002STOCK OPTION PLAN SHALL HAVE FIRST BEEN APPROVED BY THE SHAREHOLDERS OF NEVADASECURITY BANK.**

 

 

**NEVADA SECURITY BANK**

 

**NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT**

 

 

This Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made andentered into as of the **18th** day of**July**, **2002**, by and between Nevada Security Bank, a Nevadacorporation (the “Bank”), and **Ed Allison**(“Optionee”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Nevada Security Bank 2002 Stock Option Plan(the “Plan”), a copy of which is attached hereto, the Board of Directors of theBank has authorized granting to Optionee, a nonqualified stock option topurchase all or any part of **Eleven ThousandFive Hundred,****(11,500)**authorizedbut unissued shares of the Bank’s common stock for cash at the price of **Ten**Dollars and **No** Cents **($10.00)**per share, such option to be for the term and upon the terms and conditionshereinafter stated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed:

 

**1.             Grantof Option.**  Pursuant to said action of the Board ofDirectors and pursuant to authorizations granted by all appropriate regulatoryand governmental agencies, the Bank hereby grants to Optionee the option topurchase, upon and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which isincorporated in full herein by this reference, all or any part of **Eleven Thousand Five Hundred (11,500)**sharesof the Bank’s common stock (hereinafter called “Common Stock”) at the price of **Ten**Dollars and **No** Cents **($10.00)**per share, which price is not less than one hundred percent (100%) of the fairmarket value of the Common Stock as of the date of action of the Board ofDirectors granting this option.

 

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**2.             Exercisability.**  Thisoption shall be exercisable as to:

 

| **2,300  Shares** |   | **Upon  Grant, July 18, 2002** |
|-------------------|--------|--------------------------------|
| **2,300  Shares** |   | **After  July 18, 2003**       |
| **2,300  Shares** |   | **After  July 18, 2004**       |
| **2,300  Shares** |   | **After  July 18, 2005**       |
| **2,300  Shares** |   | **After  July 18, 2006**       |

 

This option shall remain exercisable as toall of such shares until **July 18, 2012**(but not later than ten (10) years from the date this option is granted) unlessthis option has expired or terminated earlier in accordance with the provisionshereof.  Shares as to which this optionbecomes exercisable pursuant to the foregoing provision may be purchased at anytime prior to expiration of this option.

 

**3.             Exerciseof Option.**  This option may be exercised by writtennotice delivered to the Bank stating the number of shares with respect to whichthis option is being exercised, together with cash or qualifying shares of theBank’s stock, as applicable,  in theamount of the purchase price of such shares. Not less than one (1) share may be purchased at any one time, and in noevent may the option be exercised with respect to fractional shares. Uponexercise, Optionee shall be responsible for providing Bank with thatinformation necessary for the payment of any federal and state taxes then due,as provided in the Plan.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary containedherein or in the Plan, benefits in the form of payment of taxes by the Bankshall not be payable under this section or under the Plan to the extent thebenefit would be an excess parachute payment under Section 280G of the InternalRevenue Code of 1986, as amended

 

**4.             Cessationof Directorship or Employment.**  Except as provided inParagraphs 2 and 5 hereof, if Optionee shall cease to be a director or anemployee of the Bank or a subsidiary corporation for any reason other thanOptionee’s death or disability [as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the InternalRevenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”)], this optionshall expire three (3) months thereafter. During the three (3) month period this option 

 

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shallbe exercisable only as to those installments, if any, which had accrued as ofthe date when the Optionee ceased to be a director or an employee of the Bankor a subsidiary corporation.

 

**5.             Terminationof Employment for Cause.**  If Optionee is an employee ofthe Bank or a subsidiary corporation and Optionee’s employment with the Bank ora subsidiary corporation is terminated for cause, this option shall expire immediately,unless reinstated by the Board of Directors within thirty (30) days of suchtermination by giving written notice of such reinstatement to Optionee at hisor her last known address.  In the eventof such reinstatement, Optionee may exercise this option only to such extent,for such time, and upon such terms and conditions as if Optionee had ceased tobe an employee of the Bank or a subsidiary corporation upon the date of suchtermination for a reason other than cause, death or disability.  Termination for cause shall include, but notbe limited to, termination for malfeasance or gross misfeasance in theperformance of duties or conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, and,in any event, the determination of the Board of Directors with respect theretoshall be final and conclusive.

 

**6.             Nontransferability;Death or Disability of Optionee.**  This option shall not betransferable except by will or by the applicable laws of descent anddistribution and shall be exercisable during Optionee’s lifetime only byOptionee.  If Optionee dies whileserving as a director or an employee of the Bank or a subsidiary corporation,or during the three (3) month period referred to in Paragraph 4 hereof, thisoption shall expire one (1) year after the date of Optionee’s death or on theday specified in Paragraph 2 hereof, whichever is earlier.  After Optionee’s death but before suchexpiration, the persons to whom Optionee’s rights under this option shall havepassed by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution or theexecutor or administrator of Optionee’s estate shall have the right to exercisethis option as to those shares for which installments had accrued underParagraph 2 hereof as of the date on which Optionee ceased to be a director oran employee of the Bank or a subsidiary corporation.

 

If Optionee terminates his or her directorship or employment because ofdisability, Optionee may exercise this option to the extent he or she isentitled to do so at the date of 

 

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termination,at any time within one (1) year of the date of termination, or before theexpiration date specified in Paragraph 2 hereof, whichever is earlier.

 

**7.             Employment.**  ThisAgreement shall not obligate the Bank or a subsidiary corporation to employOptionee for any period, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right ofthe Bank or a subsidiary corporation to reduce Optionee’s compensation.

 

**8.             Privilegesof Stock Ownership.**  Optionee shall have no rights as ashareholder with respect to the Common Stock subject to this option until thedate of issuance of stock certificates to Optionee.  Except as provided in the Plan, no adjustment will be made fordividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date suchstock certificates are issued.

 

**9.             Modificationand Termination.**  The rights of Optionee are subject tomodification and termination upon the occurrence of certain events as providedin Sections 13 and 14 of the Plan.

 

**10.          Notificationof Sale.**  Optionee agrees that Optionee, or any personacquiring shares upon exercise of this option, will notify the Bank not morethan five (5) days after any sale or other disposition of such shares.  No shares issuable upon the exercise of thisoption shall be issued and delivered unless and until the Bank has fullycomplied with all applicable requirements of any regulatory agency havingjurisdiction over the Bank, and all applicable requirements of any exchangeupon which the Common Stock of the Bank may be listed.

 

**11.          Notices.**  Anynotice to the Bank provided for in this Agreement shall be addressed to it incare of its President at its main office and any notice to Optionee shall beaddressed to Optionee’s address on file with the Bank or a subsidiarycorporation, or to such other address as either may designate to the other inwriting.  Any notice shall be deemed tobe duly given if and when enclosed in a properly sealed envelope and addressedas stated above and deposited, postage prepaid, with the United States PostalService.  In lieu of giving notice bymail as aforesaid, any written notice under this Agreement may be given toOptionee in person, and to the Bank by personal delivery to its President.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement asof the day and year first above written.

 

 
| **OPTIONEE**   |                               |   | **NEVADA SECURITY BANK** |
|----------------|------------------------------------|--------|--------------------------|
|           |                               |   |                     |   |   |   |
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| By             | /s/Ed Allison                      |   | By                       | /s/Hal Giomi |   |   |
| **Ed Allison** | **Hal Giomi, President & CEO** |   |

 

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