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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                     BINGHAM FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION


                           THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

                             1997 STOCK OPTION PLAN


                                   ARTICLE I.
                        PURPOSE AND ADOPTION OF THE PLAN

      1.01 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Bingham Financial Services Corporation
Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") is to provide certain employees, directors and
consultants of Bingham Financial Services Corporation (the "Company") with an
additional incentive to promote the Company's financial success and to provide
an incentive which the Company may use to induce able persons to enter into or
remain in service of the Company or a Subsidiary.

      1.02 ADOPTION AND TERM. The Plan was approved by the Board and the
Company's stockholders on August 22, 1997, and amended by the Board on January
4, 2000 (effective as of January 1, 1999) and on May 8, 2000, and will remain in
effect until all shares authorized under the terms of the Plan have been issued,
unless earlier terminated or abandoned by action of the Board; provided,
however, that no Incentive Stock Option may be granted after August 22, 2007.

                                   ARTICLE II.
                                   DEFINITIONS

      2.01 ADMINISTRATOR means the group of persons having authority to
administer the Plan pursuant to Section 3.01.

      2.02 AWARD means any one or combination of Non-Qualified Stock Options,
Performance Based Options, Incentive Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights,
Restricted Share Rights or any other award made under the terms of the Plan.

      2.03 AWARD AGREEMENT means a written agreement between the Company and
Participant or a written acknowledgment from the Company specifically setting
forth the terms and conditions of an Award granted under the Plan.

      2.04 AWARD PERIOD means, with respect to an Award, the period of time set
forth in the Award Agreement during which specified conditions set forth in the
Award Agreement must be satisfied.

      2.05 BENEFICIARY means (a) an individual, trust or estate who or which, by
will or by operation of the laws of descent and distribution, succeeds to the
rights and obligations of the Participant under the Plan and Award Agreement
upon the Participant's death; or (b) an individual, who by designation of the
Participant, succeeds to the rights and obligations of the Participant under the
Plan and Award Agreement upon the Participant's death.

      2.06 BOARD means the Board of Directors of the Company.

      2.07 CHANGE OF CONTROL EVENT means (a) an event or series of events by
which any Person or other entity or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange


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Act) of Persons or other entities acting in concert as a partnership or other
group (a "Group of Persons") (other than Persons who are, or Groups of Persons
entirely made up of, (i) management personnel of the Company or (ii) any
affiliates of any such management personnel) shall, as a result of a tender or
exchange offer or offers, an open market purchase or purchases, a privately
negotiated purchase or purchases or otherwise, become the beneficial owner
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person
shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all securities that such
Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately
or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 20% or more of
the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the Company;
(b) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person (other
than a Subsidiary in a transaction which is not otherwise a Change of Control
Event), or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of
all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates
with, or merges with or into the Company, in any such event pursuant to a
transaction in which the outstanding voting stock of the Company is converted
into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property; (c) during any
consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the Board (together with any new directors whose election by such
Board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Company, was
approved by a vote of 66-2/3% of the directors then still in office who were
either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board then in office; or (d) any liquidation or dissolution of
the Company (other than a liquidation into a Subsidiary that is not otherwise a
Change of Control Event).

      2.08 CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. References
to a section of the Code shall include that section and any comparable section
or sections of any future legislation that amends, supplements or supersedes
that section.

      2.09 COMMON STOCK means the Common Stock of the Company, no par value.

      2.10 COMPANY means Bingham Financial Services Corporation, a Michigan
corporation.

      2.11 DATE OF GRANT means the date designated by the Administrator as the
date as of which it grants an Award, which shall not be earlier than the date on
which the Administrator approves the granting of such Award.

      2.12 DIRECTOR means a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

      2.13 EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      2.14 EXERCISE PRICE means, with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right, the
amount established by the Administrator, in accordance with Section 7.03
hereunder, and set forth in the Award Agreement, which is to be subtracted from
the Fair Market Value on the date of exercise in order to determine the amount
of the Incremental Value to be paid to the Participant.

      2.15 EXPIRATION DATE means the date specified in an Award Agreement as the
expiration date of such Award.

      2.16 FAIR MARKET VALUE means, with respect to Awards granted coincident
with the date of the closing of the Company's initial public offering of Common
Stock, the public offering price. Thereafter, Fair Market Value means the last
reported sale price per share of Common Stock, regular way, on such date or, in
case no such sale takes place on such date, the average of the closing bid and
asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal
consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or
admitted to trading


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on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market, or if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted to trading
or included for quotation, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked
prices, regular way, in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation System or, if such
system is no longer in use, the principal other automated quotations system that
may then be in use or, if the Common Stock is not quoted by any such
organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, as
furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Common Stock as
selected in good faith by the Administrator. If, as the case may be, the
relevant date is not a Trading Day, the determination shall be made as of the
next preceding Trading Day.

      2.17 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION means a stock option described in Section 422
of the Code.

      2.18 INCREMENTAL VALUE has the meaning given such term in Section 7.01 of
the Plan.

      2.19 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR PARTICIPANT means a Participant that is a
"non-employee director" of the Company within the meaning of Rule 16b-3.

      2.20 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION means a stock option which is not an
Incentive Stock Option.

      2.21 OFFICER means a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary,
controller, and any other person who performs functions corresponding to the
foregoing officers for the Company, any member of the Board or any person
performing similar functions with respect to the Company, and any other
participant who is deemed to be an officer or director of the Company for
purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, as
currently in effect or as amended from time to time.

      2.22 OPTIONS means all Non-Qualified Stock Options, Incentive Stock
Options and Performance Based Options granted at any time under the Plan.

      2.23 PARTICIPANT shall have the meaning set forth in Article V.

      2.24 PERFORMANCE BASED OPTION means a stock option which, upon exercise or
at any other time, would not result in or give rise to "applicable employee
remuneration" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

      2.25 PLAN means the Bingham Financial Services Corporation Stock Option
Plan, as described herein and as it may be amended from time to time.

      2.26 PURCHASE PRICE, with respect to options, shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 6.02.

      2.27 RESTRICTED SHARE RIGHT means a right to receive Common Stock subject
to restrictions imposed under the terms of an Award granted pursuant to Article
IX.

      2.28 RULE 16B-3 means Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, as currently in effect
and as it may be amended from time to time, and any successor rule.

      2.29 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT means an Award granted in accordance with
Article VII.


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      2.30 SUBSIDIARY shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(f) of the
Code.

      2.31 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT means the voluntary or involuntary
termination of a Participant's employment with the Company for any reason,
including death, disability, retirement or as the result of the divestiture of
the Participant's employer or any other similar transaction in which the
Participant's employer ceases to be the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.
Whether an authorized leave of absence or absence on military or government
service, absence due to disability, or absence for any other reason shall
constitute Termination of Employment shall be determined in each case by the
Administrator in its sole discretion.

      2.32 TRADING DAY means a day on which public trading of securities occurs
and is reported in the principal consolidated reporting system referred to in
Section 2.16 above, or if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted to trading
on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on the Nasdaq
National Market, any business day.

                                  ARTICLE III.
                                 ADMINISTRATION

      3.01 ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board or, to
the extent determined by the Board, a committee (the "Compensation Committee")
consisting of not less than two non-employee directors of the Company (within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3) to be appointed by, and to serve at the pleasure of,
the Board (in either case, the "Administrator"). It is the intention of the
Company that, with respect to Awards designated as Performance Based Options,
each of the members of the Compensation Committee shall also be "outside
directors" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code. The Administrator
shall administer the Plan in accordance with this provision and shall have the
sole discretionary authority to interpret the Plan, to establish and modify
administrative rules for the Plan, to impose such conditions and restrictions on
Awards as it determines appropriate, to cancel Awards (including those made
pursuant to other plans of the Company) and to substitute new options (including
options granted under other plans of the Company) with the consent of the
recipient, and to take such steps in connection with the Plan and Awards granted
thereunder as it may deem necessary or advisable. The Administrator may, with
respect to Participants who are not Officers, delegate such of its powers and
authority under the Plan as it deems appropriate to designated officers or
employees of the Company.

      3.02 INDEMNIFICATION. Members of the Administrator shall be entitled to
indemnification and reimbursement from the Company for any action or any failure
to act in connection with service as Administrator to the full extent provided
for or permitted by the Company's articles of incorporation or bylaws or by any
insurance policy or other agreement intended for the benefit of the Company's
officers, directors or employees or by any applicable law.

                                   ARTICLE IV.
                   COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE PURSUANT TO THE PLAN

      4.01 SHARES ISSUABLE. Shares to be issued under the Plan may be authorized
and unissued shares or issued shares which have been reacquired by the Company.
Except as provided in Section 4.03, the Awards granted to any Participant and to
all Participants in the aggregate under the Plan shall be limited so that the
sum of the following shall never exceed the greater of 415,000 shares of Common
Stock or ten percent (10%) of the total number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock: (i) all shares which shall be issued upon the exercise of outstanding
Options or other Awards granted under the Plan, (ii) all shares for which
payment of Incremental Value shall be made by reason of the exercise of Stock
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time granted under the Plan, and (iii) the number of shares otherwise issuable
under an Award which are applied by the Company to payment of the withholding or
tax liability discussed in Section 11.04; provided, however, that in no event
shall the number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise
of Incentive Stock Options exceed 100,000 shares, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 4.03.

      4.02 SHARES SUBJECT TO TERMINATED AWARDS. In the event that any Award at
any time granted under the Plan shall be surrendered to the Company, be
terminated or expire before it shall have been fully exercised, or an award of
Stock Appreciation Rights is exercised for cash, then all shares formerly
subject to such Award as to which such Award shall not have been exercised shall
be available for any Award subsequently granted in accordance with the Plan.
Shares of Common Stock subject to Options, or portions thereof, which have been
surrendered in connection with the exercise of tandem Stock Appreciation Rights
shall not be available for subsequent Awards under the Plan, and shares of
Common Stock issued in payment of such Stock Appreciation Rights shall be
charged against the number of shares of Common Stock available for the grant of
Awards. Shares which are reacquired by the Company or shares issuable subject to
Restricted Share Rights which are forfeited pursuant to forfeiture provisions in
the Award Agreement shall be available for subsequently granted Awards only if
the forfeiting Participant received no benefits of ownership (such as dividends
actually paid to the Participant) other than voting rights of the forfeited
shares. Any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company pursuant to its
assumption or substitution of outstanding grants from acquired companies shall
not reduce the number of shares available for Awards under this Plan unless
issued under this Plan.

      4.03 ADJUSTMENTS TO REFLECT CAPITAL CHANGES.

            (a) RECAPITALIZATION. The number and kind of shares subject to
      outstanding Awards, the Purchase Price or Exercise Price for such shares,
      and the number and kind of shares available for Awards subsequently
      granted under the Plan shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect any
      stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares, merger,
      consolidation or other change in capitalization with a similar substantive
      effect upon the Plan or the Awards granted under the Plan. The
      Administrator shall have the power to determine the amount of the
      adjustment to be made in each case.

            (b) SALE OR REORGANIZATION. After any reorganization, merger or
      consolidation in which the Company is a surviving corporation, each
      Participant shall, at no additional cost, be entitled upon exercise of an
      Award to receive (subject to any required action by stockholders), in lieu
      of the number of shares of Common Stock receivable or exercisable pursuant
      to such Award, a number and class of shares of stock or other securities
      to which such Participant would have been entitled pursuant to the terms
      of the reorganization, merger or consolidation if, at the time of such
      reorganization, merger or consolidation, such Participant had been the
      holder of record of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number
      of shares receivable or exercisable pursuant to such Award. Comparable
      rights shall accrue to each Participant in the event of successive
      reorganizations, mergers or consolidations of the character described
      above.

            (c) OPTIONS TO PURCHASE STOCK OF ACQUIRED COMPANIES. After any
      reorganization, merger or consolidation in which the Company or a
      Subsidiary of the Company shall be a surviving corporation, the
      Administrator may grant substituted Options under the provisions of the
      Plan, pursuant to Section 424 of the Code, replacing old options granted
      under a plan of another party to the reorganization, merger or
      consolidation, where such party's stock may no longer be issued following
      such merger or consolidation. The foregoing adjustments and manner of
      application of the foregoing provisions shall be determined by the
      Administrator in its sole discretion. Any


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      adjustments may provide for the elimination of any fractional shares which
      might otherwise have become subject to any Awards.

                                   ARTICLE V.
                                  PARTICIPATION

      5.01 ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS. Participants in the Plan shall be the
employees, directors and consultants of the Company or any Subsidiary, as
determined and selected from time to time by the Administrator, in its sole and
absolute discretion. The Administrator's designation of a Participant in any
year shall not require the Administrator to designate such person to receive
Awards in any other year. The Administrator shall consider such factors as it
deems pertinent in selecting Participants and in determining the type and amount
of their respective Awards.

                                   ARTICLE VI.
                                  OPTION AWARDS

      6.01 POWER TO GRANT OPTIONS. The Administrator may grant, to such
Participants as the Administrator may select, Options entitling the Participant
to purchase Common Stock from the Company at such price, in such quantity and on
such terms and subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of
this Plan, as may be established by the Administrator. The terms of any Option
granted under this Plan shall be set forth in an Award Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options granted to Officers shall not be
exercisable for a period of at least six months from the Date of Grant.

      6.02 PURCHASE PRICE OF OPTIONS. The Purchase Price of each share of Common
Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of any Option granted under the Plan
shall not be less than eighty five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value on the
Date of Grant; provided, however, that the Purchase Price for shares of Common
Stock purchased pursuant to Stock Options designated by the Administrator as
Incentive Stock Options shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value
on the Date of Grant as required under Section 422 of the Code and provided
further that the Purchase Price for shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to
Stock Options designated by the Administrator as Performance Based Options shall
be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value on the Date of Grant.

      6.03 DESIGNATION OF INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. Except as otherwise expressly
provided in the Plan, the Administrator may designate, at the Date of Grant of
each Option to a Participant that is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary,
that the Option is an Incentive Stock Option under Section 422 of the Code.

            (a) INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION SHARE LIMITATION. No Participant may be
      granted Incentive Stock Options under the Plan (or any other plans of the
      Company) which would result in stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value
      (measured on the Date of Grant) of more than $100,000 first becoming
      exercisable in any one calendar year, or which would entitle such
      Participant to purchase a number of shares greater than the maximum number
      permitted by Section 422 of the Code as in effect on the Date of Grant.

            (b) OTHER INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION TERMS. Whenever possible, each
      provision in the Plan and in every Option granted under this Plan which is
      designated by the Administrator as an Incentive Stock Option shall be
      interpreted in such a manner as to entitle the Option to the tax treatment
      afforded by Section 422 of the Code. If any provision of this Plan or any
      Option designated by the Administrator as an Incentive Stock Option shall
      be held not to comply with requirements necessary to entitle such Option
      to such tax treatment, then (i) such provision shall be deemed to have
      contained from the outset such language as shall be necessary to entitle
      the Option to the tax


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      treatment afforded under Section 422 of the Code, and (ii) all other
      provisions of this Plan and the Award Agreement shall remain in full force
      and effect. If any agreement covering an Option designated by the
      Administrator to be an Incentive Stock Option under this Plan shall not
      explicitly include any terms required to entitle such Incentive Stock
      Option to the tax treatment afforded by Section 422 of the Code, all such
      terms shall be deemed implicit in the designation of such Option and the
      Option shall be deemed to have been granted subject to all such terms.

      6.04 DESIGNATION OF PERFORMANCE BASED OPTIONS. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in the Plan, the Administrator may designate, at the Date of
Grant of each Option to a Participant that is an employee of the Company or a
Subsidiary, that the Option is a Performance Based Option. A Performance Based
Option shall have a Purchase Price not less than the Fair Market Value on the
Date of Grant and shall contain such other terms and conditions as the
Administrator may deem necessary so that, upon exercise or at any other time,
the Performance Based Option does not result in or give rise to "applicable
employee remuneration" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

      6.05 RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. The Participant or any transferee of an
Option pursuant to Section 8.02 or Section 11.05 shall have no rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares of Common Stock covered by an Option
until the Participant or transferee shall have become the holder of record of
any such shares, and no adjustment shall be made for dividends and cash or other
property or distributions or other rights with respect to any such shares of
Common Stock for which the record date is prior to the date on which the
Participant or a transferee of the Option shall have become the holder of record
of any such shares covered by the Option.

                                  ARTICLE VII.
                            STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

      7.01 POWER TO GRANT STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Administrator is
authorized to grant to any Participant, on such terms established by the
Administrator on or prior to the Date of Grant and subject to and not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan, the right to receive the payment
from the Company, payable as provided in Section 7.04, of an amount equal to the
Incremental Value of the Stock Appreciation Rights, which shall be an amount
equal to the remainder derived from subtracting (i) the Exercise Price for the
right established in the Award Agreement from (ii) the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on the date of exercise. The terms of any Stock
Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall be set forth in an Award
Agreement.

      7.02 TANDEM STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Administrator may grant to any
Participant a Stock Appreciation Right consistent with the provisions of this
Plan covering any share of Common Stock which is, at the Date of Grant of the
Stock Appreciation Right, also covered by an Option granted to the same
Participant, either prior to or simultaneously with the grant to such
Participant of the Stock Appreciation Right, provided: (i) any Option covering
any share of Common Stock shall expire and not be exercisable upon the exercise
of any Stock Appreciation Right with respect to the same share; (ii) any Stock
Appreciation Right covering any share of Common Stock shall not be exercisable
upon the exercise of any related Option with respect to the same share; and
(iii) an Option and Stock Appreciation Right covering the same share of Common
Stock may not be exercised simultaneously.

      7.03 EXERCISE PRICE. The Exercise Price established under any Stock
Appreciation Right granted under this Plan shall be determined by the
Administrator and, in the case of a tandem Stock Appreciation Right, shall not
be less than the Purchase Price of the related Option. Upon exercise of the
Stock Appreciation Rights, the number of shares subject to exercise under a


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related Option shall automatically be reduced by the number of shares of Common
Stock represented by the Option or portion thereof which is surrendered as a
result of the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Rights.

      7.04 PAYMENT OF INCREMENTAL VALUE. Any payment which may become due from
the Company by reason of Participant's exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right
may be paid to the Participant as determined by the Administrator (i) all in
cash, (ii) all in Common Stock, or (iii) in any combination of cash and Common
Stock. In the event that all or a portion of the payment is made in Common
Stock, the number of shares of the Common Stock delivered in satisfaction of
such payment shall be determined by dividing the amount of the payment by the
Fair Market Value on the date of exercise. The Administrator may determine
whether payment upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right will be made in cash
or in stock, or a combination thereof, upon or at any time prior to the exercise
of such Stock Appreciation Right. No fractional share of Common Stock shall be
issued to make any payment; if any fractional shares would be issuable, the mix
of cash and Common Stock payable to the Participant shall be adjusted as
directed by the Administrator to avoid the issuance of any fractional share.
Payment may be made in cash to Officers only if the Stock Appreciation Right is
exercised during the "window period" required under Rule 16b-3(e)(3) and
otherwise in accordance with Rule 16b-3.

                                  ARTICLE VIII.
                 TERMS OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

      8.01 DURATION OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Options and Stock
Appreciation Rights shall terminate after the first to occur of the following
events:

            (a) Expiration Date of the Award as provided in the Award Agreement;
      or

            (b) Termination of the Award as provided in Section 8.02; or

            (c) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, ten years from the
      Date of Grant; or

            (d) Solely in the case of tandem Stock Appreciation Rights, upon the
      Expiration Date of the related Option.

      8.02 EXERCISE ON DEATH, TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR.

            (a) Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event
      of the death of a Participant while an employee of the Company or a
      Subsidiary of the Company, the right to exercise all unexpired Awards
      shall be accelerated and shall accrue as of the date of death, and the
      Participant's Awards may be exercised by his Beneficiary at any time
      within one year after the date of the Participant's death. Unless
      otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of the death of a
      Participant while a director of the Company or a Subsidiary of the
      Company, the right to exercise all unexpired Awards shall be accelerated
      and shall accrue as of the date of death, and the Participant's Awards may
      be exercised by his Beneficiary at any time within one year after the date
      of the Participant's death.

            (b) Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event
      of a Participant's Termination of Employment at any time for any reason
      (including disability or retirement) other than death or for "cause" (as
      defined in paragraph (d) below), an Award may be exercised, but only to
      the extent it was otherwise exercisable, on the date of Termination of
      Employment, within ninety days after the date of Termination of
      Employment. In the event of the death of the Participant within the
      ninety-day period


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      following Termination of Employment, his Award may be exercised by his
      Beneficiary within the one year period provided in subparagraph (a) above.
      Unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event that a
      Non-Employee Director Participant no longer serves on the Board for any
      reason other than removal as described in subparagraph (d) below, an Award
      may be exercised, but only to the extent it was otherwise exercisable, on
      the date that such Non-Employee Director Participant ceases to be a
      Director, within ninety days after the date such Non-Employee Director
      Participant ceases to be a director. In the event of the death of the
      Non-Employee Director Participant within the ninety-day period following
      the date he ceases to be a Director, his Award may be exercised by his
      Beneficiary within the one year period provided in subparagraph (a) above.

            (c) With respect to an Award which is intended to constitute an
      Incentive Stock Option, upon Termination of Employment, such Award shall
      be exercisable as provided in Section 422 of the Code.

            (d) In the event that a Participant's Termination of Employment is
      for "cause", all Awards shall terminate immediately upon Termination of
      Employment. A Participant's employment shall be deemed to have been
      terminated for "cause" if such termination is determined, in the sole
      discretion of the Administrator, to have resulted from an act or omission
      by the Participant constituting active and deliberate dishonesty, as
      established by a final judgment or actual receipt of an improper benefit
      or profit in money, property or services, or from the Participant's
      continuous failure to perform his or her duties under any employment
      agreement in effect between the Participant and the Company in any
      material manner (or, in the absence of such an agreement, the consistent
      failure or refusal of the Participant to perform according to reasonable
      expectations and standards set by the Board and/or management consistent
      with Participant's title and position) after receipt of notice of such
      failure from the Company specifying how the Participant has so failed to
      perform.In the event that a Non-Employee Director Participant is removed
      for cause pursuant to the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation,
      all Awards shall terminate immediately upon such removal.

      8.03 ACCELERATION OF EXERCISE TIME. The Administrator, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated) to
permit purchase of shares under any Award prior to the time such Award would
otherwise become exercisable under the terms of the Award Agreement.

      8.04 EXTENSION OF EXERCISE TIME. The Administrator, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right (but shall not in any case be obligated) to
permit any Award granted under this Plan to be exercised after its Expiration
Date or after the ninety day period following Termination of Employment or
service on the Board, subject, however, to the limitations described in Section
8.01 (c) and (d).

      8.05 CONDITIONS FOR EXERCISE. An Award Agreement may contain such waiting
periods, exercise dates and restrictions on exercise (including, but not limited
to, periodic installments which may be cumulative) as may be determined by the
Administrator at the Date of Grant. No Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised
prior to six months from the Date of Grant.

      8.06 CHANGE OF CONTROL EVENT. Unless otherwise provided in the Award
Agreement, and subject to such other terms and conditions as the Administrator
may establish in the Award Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control
Event, irrespective of whether or not an Award is then exercisable, the
Participant shall have the right to exercise in full any unexpired Award to the
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that any Stock Appreciation Right so exercised must have a Date of Grant at
least six months prior to the date of exercise.

      8.07 EXERCISE PROCEDURES. Each Option and Stock Appreciation Right granted
under the Plan shall be exercised by written notice to the Company which must be
received by the officer of the Company designated in the Award Agreement on or
before the Expiration Date of the Award. The Purchase Price of shares purchased
upon exercise of an Option granted under the Plan shall be paid in full in cash
by the Participant pursuant to the Award Agreement; provided, however, that the
Administrator may (but need not) permit payment to be made by delivery to the
Company of either (a) shares of Common Stock (including shares issuable to the
Participant pursuant to the exercise of the Option), or (b) any combination of
cash and shares of Common Stock, or (c) such other consideration as the
Administrator deems appropriate and in compliance with applicable law (including
payment in accordance with a cashless exercise program under which, if so
instructed by the Participant, shares of Common Stock may be issued directly to
the Participant's broker or dealer upon receipt of the Purchase Price in cash
from the broker or dealer.) In the event that any Common Stock shall be
transferred to the Company to satisfy all or any part of the Purchase Price, the
part of the Purchase Price deemed to have been satisfied by such transfer of
Common Stock shall be equal to the product derived by multiplying the Fair
Market Value as of the date of exercise times the number of shares transferred.
The Participant may not transfer to the Company in satisfaction of the Purchase
Price (y) a number of shares which when multiplied times the Fair Market Value
as of the date of exercise would result in a product greater than the Purchase
Price or (z) any fractional share of Common Stock. Any part of the Purchase
Price paid in cash upon the exercise of any Option shall be added to the general
funds of the Company and used for any proper corporate purpose. Unless the
Administrator shall otherwise determine, any Common Stock transferred to the
Company as payment of all or part of the Purchase Price upon the exercise of any
Option shall be held as treasury shares.

                                   ARTICLE IX.
                             RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

      9.01 RESTRICTED SHARE AWARDS. The Administrator may grant to any
Participant an Award of Restricted Share Rights entitling such person to receive
shares of Common Stock in such quantity, and on such terms, conditions and
restrictions (whether based on performance standards, periods of service or
otherwise) as the Administrator shall determine on or prior to the Date of
Grant. The terms of any Award of Restricted Share Rights granted under the Plan
shall be set forth in an Award Agreement.

      9.02 DURATION OF RESTRICTED SHARE RIGHTS. In no event shall any Restricted
Share Rights granted entitle the holder to receive shares of Common Stock free
of all restrictions on transfer at any time prior to the expiration of one year
from the Date of Grant, and each Award Agreement shall provide, as a condition
to release of restrictions on ownership of the shares, that the Participant
shall remain employed by the Company or a Subsidiary for at least that one-year
period (subject to the Company's or Subsidiary's right to terminate such
employment).

      9.03 FORFEITURE OF RESTRICTED SHARE RIGHTS. Subject to Section 9.05, all
Restricted Share Rights shall be forfeited and all Restricted Share Awards shall
terminate unless the Participant continues in the service of the Company or a
Subsidiary until the expiration of the forfeiture and satisfies any other
conditions set forth in the Award Agreement. If the Award Agreement shall so
provide, in the case of death, disability or retirement (as defined in the Award
Agreement) of the Participant, all of the shares covered by the Restricted Share
Rights shall immediately vest and any restrictions shall lapse as of the date of
such death, disability or retirement.


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      9.04 DELIVERY OF SHARES UPON VESTING. Upon the lapse of the restrictions
established in the Award Agreement, the Participant shall be entitled to
receive, without payment of any cash or other consideration, certificates for
the number of shares covered by the Award.

      9.05 WAIVER OR MODIFICATION OF FORFEITURE PROVISIONS. The Administrator
has full power and authority to modify or waive any or all terms, conditions or
restrictions (other than the minimum restriction period set forth in Section
9.02) applicable to any Restricted Share Rights granted to a Participant under
the Plan; provided that no modification shall, without consent of the
Participant, adversely affect the Participant's rights thereunder and no
modification shall reduce the employment requirement to less than one year,
except in the case of death, disability or retirement.

      9.06 RIGHTS AS A STOCKHOLDER. No person shall have any rights as a
stockholder with respect to any shares subject to Restricted Share Rights until
such time as the person shall have been issued a certificate for such shares.

                                   ARTICLE X.
                            OTHER STOCK BASED AWARDS

      10.01 GRANT OF OTHER AWARDS. Other Awards of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company and other Awards that are valued in whole or in part
by reference to, or are otherwise based on, Common Stock ("Other Awards") may be
granted either alone or in addition to or in conjunction with Options or Stock
Appreciation Rights under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the
Administrator shall have the sole and complete authority to determine the
persons to whom and the time or times at which Other Awards shall be made, the
number of shares of Common Stock or other securities, if any, to be granted
pursuant to such Other Awards, and all other conditions of such Other Awards.
Any Other Award shall be confirmed by an Award Agreement executed by the
Administrator and the Participant, which agreement shall contain such provisions
as the Administrator determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out the
intent of this Plan with respect to the Other Award.

      10.02 TERMS OF OTHER AWARDS. In addition to the terms and conditions
specified in the Award Agreement, Other Awards made pursuant to this Article X
shall be subject to the following:

            (a) Any shares of Common Stock subject to such Other Awards may not
      be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered prior to the date
      on which the shares are issued, or, if later, the date on which any
      applicable restriction, performance or deferral period lapses; and

            (b) If specified by the Administrator and the Award Agreement, the
      recipient of an Other Award shall be entitled to receive, currently or on
      a deferred basis, interest or dividends or dividend equivalents with
      respect to the Common Stock or other securities covered by the Other
      Award; and

            (c) The Award Agreement with respect to any Other Award shall
      contain provisions providing for the disposition of such Other Award in
      the event of Termination of Employment prior to the exercise, realization
      or payment of such Other Award, with such provisions to take account of
      the specific nature and purpose of the Other Award.


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                                   ARTICLE XI.
                         TERMS APPLICABLE TO ALL AWARDS

      11.01 AWARD AGREEMENT. The grant and the terms and conditions of the Award
shall be set forth in an Award Agreement between the Company and the
Participant. No person shall have any rights under any Award granted under the
Plan unless and until the Administrator and the Participant to whom the Award is
granted shall have executed and delivered an Award Agreement expressly granting
the Award to such person and setting forth the terms of the Award.

      11.02 PLAN PROVISIONS CONTROL AWARD TERMS. The terms of the Plan shall
govern all Awards granted under the Plan, and in no event shall the
Administrator have the power to grant any Award under the Plan which is contrary
to any of the provisions of the Plan. In the event any provision of any Award
granted under the Plan shall conflict with any term in the Plan as constituted
on the Date of Grant of such Award, the term in the Plan as constituted on the
Date of Grant of such Award shall control. Except as provided in Section 4.03,
(i) the terms of any Award granted under the Plan may not be changed after the
granting of such Award without the express approval of the Participant and (ii)
no modification may be made to an Award granted to an Officer except in
compliance with Rule 16b-3.

      11.03 MODIFICATION OF AWARD AFTER GRANT. Each Award granted under the Plan
to a Participant other than an Officer may be modified after the date of its
grant by express written agreement between the Company and the Participant,
provided that such change (i) shall not be inconsistent with the terms of the
Plan and (ii) shall be approved by the Administrator. No modifications may be
made to any Awards granted to an Officer except in compliance with Rule 16b-3.

      11.04 TAXES. The Company shall be entitled, if the Administrator deems it
necessary or desirable, to withhold (or secure payment from the Participant in
lieu of withholding) the amount of any withholding or other tax required by law
to be withheld or paid by the Company with respect to any amount payable and/or
shares issuable under such Participant's Award, or with respect to any income
recognized upon a disqualifying disposition of shares received pursuant to the
exercise of an Incentive Stock Option, and the Company may defer payment or
issuance of the cash or stock upon exercise or vesting of an Award unless
indemnified to its satisfaction against any liability for such tax. The amount
of such withholding or tax payment shall be determined by the Administrator and,
unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, shall be payable by the
Participant at the time of issuance or payment in accordance with the following
rules:

            (a) A Participant, other than an Officer, shall have the right to
      elect to meet his or her withholding requirement by: (1) having the
      Company withhold from such Award the appropriate number of shares of
      Common Stock, rounded out to the next whole number, the Fair Market Value
      of which is equal to such amount, or, in the case of the cash payment, the
      amount of cash, as is determined by the Company to be sufficient to
      satisfy applicable tax withholding requirements; or (2) direct payment to
      the Company in cash of the amount of any taxes required to be withheld
      with respect to such Award.

            (b) Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, with respect to
      Officers, the Company shall withhold from such Award the appropriate
      number of shares of Common Stock, rounded up to the next whole number, the
      Fair Market Value of which is equal to the amount, as determined by the
      Administrator, (or, in the case of a cash payment, the amount of cash)
      required to satisfy applicable tax withholding requirements.

            (c) In the event that an Award or property received upon exercise of
      an Award has already been transferred to the Participant on the date upon
      which withholding


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      requirements apply, the Participant shall pay directly to the Company the
      cash amount determined by the Company to be sufficient to satisfy
      applicable federal, state or local withholding requirements. The
      Participant shall provide to the Company such information as the Company
      shall require to determine the amounts to be withheld and the time such
      withholding requirements become applicable.

            (d) If permitted under applicable federal income tax laws, a
      Participant may elect to be taxed in the year in which an Award is
      exercised or received, even if it would not otherwise have become taxable
      to the Participant. If the Participant makes such an election, the
      Participant shall promptly notify the Company in writing and shall provide
      the Company with a copy of the executed election form as filed with the
      Internal Revenue Service no later than thirty days from the date of
      exercise or receipt. Promptly following such notification, the Participant
      shall pay directly to the Company the cash amount determined by the
      Company to be sufficient to satisfy applicable federal, state or local
      withholding tax requirements.

      11.05 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER. A Participant's rights and interest under
the Plan may not be assigned or transferred other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision
of this Plan, a Participant who holds Non-Qualified Stock Options may transfer
such Options to his or her spouse, lineal ascendants, lineal descendants, or to
a duly established trust for the benefit of one or more of these individuals.
Options so transferred may thereafter be transferred only to the Participant who
originally received the Options or to an individual or trust to whom the
Participant could have initially transferred the Option pursuant to this Section
11.05. Options which are transferred pursuant to this Section 11.05 shall be
exercisable by the transferee according to the same terms and conditions as
applied to the Participant.

      11.06 SURRENDER OF AWARDS. Any Award granted under the Plan may be
surrendered to the Company for cancellation on such terms as the Administrator
and Participant approve, including, but not limited to, terms which provide that
upon such surrender the Company will pay to the Participant cash or Common
Stock, or a combination of cash and Common Stock.

                                  ARTICLE XII.
                               GENERAL PROVISIONS

      12.01 AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN.

            (a) AMENDMENT. The Board shall have complete power and authority to
      amend the Plan at any time and to add any other stock based Award or other
      incentive compensation programs to the Plan as it deems necessary or
      appropriate and no approval by the stockholders of the Company or by any
      other person, committee or entity of any kind shall be required to make
      any amendment; provided, however, that the Board shall not, without the
      requisite affirmative approval of the stockholders of the Company, (i)
      make any amendment which requires stockholder approval under any
      applicable law, including Rule 16b-3 or the Code; or (ii) which, unless
      approved by the requisite affirmative approval of stockholders of the
      Company, would cause, result in or give rise to "applicable employee
      remuneration" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code with
      respect to any Performance Based Option. No termination or amendment of
      the Plan may, without the consent of the Participant to whom any Award
      shall theretofore have been granted under the Plan, adversely affect the
      right of such individual under such Award. For the purposes of this
      section, an amendment to the Plan shall be deemed to have the affirmative
      approval of the stockholders of the Company if such amendment shall have
      been submitted for a vote by the stockholders at a duly called meeting of
      such stockholders at which a quorum was present and the majority of votes
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      such amendment at such meeting shall have been cast in favor of such
      amendment, or if the holders of outstanding stock having not less than a
      majority of the outstanding shares consent to such amendment in writing in
      the manner provided under the Company's bylaws.

            (b) TERMINATION. The Board shall have the right and the power to
      terminate the Plan at any time. If the Plan is not earlier terminated, the
      Plan shall terminate when all shares authorized under the Plan have been
      issued. No Award shall be granted under the Plan after the termination of
      the Plan, but the termination of the Plan shall not have any other effect
      and any Award outstanding at the time of the termination of the Plan may
      be exercised after termination of the Plan at any time prior to the
      expiration date of such Award to the same extent such award would have
      been exercisable if the Plan had not been terminated.

      12.02 NO RIGHT TO EMPLOYMENT OR TO CONTINUE AS DIRECTOR. No employee or
other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under this
Plan. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as
giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall
be construed as giving any Director any right to be retained as a Director, or
to limit in any way the right of the stockholders of the Company to remove such
person as a Director.

      12.03 COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 16B-3. It is intended that the Plan be applied
and administered in compliance with Rule 16b-3. If any provision of the Plan
would be in violation of Rule 16b-3 if applied as written, such provision shall
not have effect as written and shall be given effect so as to comply with Rule
16b-3, as determined by the Administrator. The Board is authorized to amend the
Plan and to make any such modifications to Award Agreements to comply with Rule
16b-3, as it may be amended from time to time, and to make any other such
amendments or modifications as it deems necessary or appropriate to better
accomplish the purposes of the Plan in light of any amendments made to Rule
16b-3.

      12.04 SECURITIES LAW RESTRICTIONS. The shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to the terms of any Awards granted under the Plan may not be issued by
the Company without registration or qualification of such shares under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under various state securities laws or
without an exemption from such registration requirements. Unless the shares to
be issued under the Plan have been registered and/or qualified as appropriate,
the Company shall be under no obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon
exercise of an Award unless and until such time as there is an appropriate
exemption available from the registration or qualification requirements of
federal or state law as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.
The Administrator may require any person who is granted an award hereunder to
agree with the Company to represent and agree in writing that if such shares are
issuable under an exemption from registration requirements, the shares will be
"restricted" securities which may be resold only in compliance with applicable
securities laws, and that such person is acquiring the shares issued upon
exercise of the Award for investment, and not with the view toward distribution.

      12.05 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN. Neither the adoption of the Plan by the
Board nor the submission of the Plan 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 or stock options otherwise
than under the Plan.

      12.06 CAPTIONS. The captions (i.e., all section headings) used in the Plan
are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of the Plan, and shall not be
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characterize or affect in any way any provisions of the Plan, and all provisions
of the Plan shall be construed as if no captions have been used in the Plan.

      12.07 SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision in the Plan and
every Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be interpreted in such a
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of the Plan or any Award at any time granted under the Plan shall be held to be
prohibited or invalid under applicable law, then (a) such provision shall be
deemed amended to accomplish the objectives of the provision as originally
written to the fullest extent permitted by law and (b) all other provisions of
the Plan and every other Award at any time granted under the Plan shall remain
in full force and effect.

      12.08 NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. No rule of strict construction shall be
implied against the Company, the Administrator, or any other person in the
interpretation of any of the terms of the Plan, any Award granted under the Plan
or any rule or procedure established by the Administrator.

      12.09 CHOICE OF LAW. The Plan shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Michigan.


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