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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                            THE BON-TON STORES, INC.
                                 CASH BONUS PLAN

                        EFFECTIVE AS OF FEBRUARY 1, 2004

     1. PURPOSE

     The purpose of the Plan as established by the Committee and adopted by the
Board of Directors, subject to shareholder approval, is to provide
performance-based cash bonus compensation for key executives in accordance with
a formula that is related to the financial success of the Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.,
a Pennsylvania corporation, (the "Company") as part of an integrated
compensation program which is intended to assist the Company in motivating and
retaining employees of superior ability, industry and loyalty. The terms of the
Plan, as herein set forth, are intended to provide greater flexibility in
furtherance of the purposes of the Plan as compared with the Company's prior
cash bonus plan.

     2. DEFINITIONS

     The following words and phrases as used herein shall have the following
meanings, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:

          (a) "Board of Directors" shall mean the Board of Directors of the
Company.

          (b) "Bonus Base" shall mean a percentage of a Participant's base
salary in effect for the Plan Year that may be any percentage between zero (0%)
and one hundred percent (100%). For these purposes, the Participant's base
salary for the Plan Year shall be the Participant's actual annual base salary,
unless otherwise specified by the Committee when establishing the Earned
Percentage Schedule for the Plan Year.

          (c) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          (d) "Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors, consisting of two or more Outside Directors, to act as the Committee
with respect to the Plan, or such other committee as may be appointed by the
Board of Directors to act as the Committee with respect to the Plan.

          (e) "Company" shall mean the Bon-Ton Stores, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation, and any successor thereto.

          (f) "Designated Beneficiary" shall mean the person, if any, specified
in writing by the Participant to receive any payments due to the Participant in
the event of the Participant's death. In the event no person is specified by the
Participant, the Participant's estate shall be deemed to be the Designated
Beneficiary.
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          (g) "Earned Percentage" shall mean the percentage determined by
reference to the schedule established for each Plan Year by the Committee, which
percentage may be up to a maximum of two hundred percent (200%).

          (h) "Earned Percentage Schedule" shall mean the schedule pursuant to
which a determination of the Participant's Earned Percentage is determined based
on the extent to which the performance goals set forth therein have been
achieved during the Plan Year.

          (i) "Effective Date" shall mean the first day of the Company's taxable
year that commenced on or about February 1, 2004.

          (j) "Outside Director" shall mean a member of the Board of Directors
who is treated as an "outside director" for purposes of Code Section 162(m).

          (k) "Participant" shall mean those key executives as may be designated
by the Committee to participate in the Plan from time to time.

          (l) "Performance-Based Bonus" shall mean the cash bonus payable to a
Participant under Section 6(a).

          (m) "Performance Based Compensation Rules" shall mean those provisions
of Code Section 162(m) and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder that
provide the rules pursuant to which compensation that is paid to executives on
the basis of performance is exempt from the limitations on deductibility
applicable to certain compensation paid to executives in excess of $1,000,000.

          (n) "Plan" shall mean The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Cash Bonus Plan.

          (o) "Plan Year" shall mean the taxable year of the Company.

     3. PARTICIPATION

     Those key executives as may be designated by the Committee to participate
in the Plan from time to time are the participants in the Plan. Participants
under the Plan for each Plan Year shall be specified no later than the time the
Earned Percentage Schedule (as described in Section 6(a) below) is established
by the Committee and may be set forth as part of that schedule.

     4. TERM OF PLAN

     Subject to approval of the Plan by the shareholders of the Company, the
Plan shall be in effect as of the Effective Date, and shall continue until
terminated by the Board of Directors.

     5. BONUS ENTITLEMENT

     The Participant shall be entitled to receive a bonus in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6 of the Plan only after certification in writing by the
Committee that the performance goals set forth in Section 6 have been satisfied.
The bonus payment with respect to a Plan Year shall be payable to the
Participant in the next Plan Year on or before April 15 of such Plan Year.

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no bonus shall be
payable under the Plan without the prior disclosure of the terms of the Plan to
the shareholders of the Company and the approval of the Plan by such
shareholders.

     6. DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION BONUS

          (a) Performance-Based Bonus. Each Participant, or the Designated
Beneficiary of a deceased Participant, shall be entitled to a bonus with respect
to such Plan Year that is equal to the "Earned Percentage" of the Bonus Base,
determined by reference to the Earned Percentage Schedule in effect for the Plan
Year.

          (b) Performance Goals. The Earned Percentage is the percentage derived
from the formula and/or schedule established for each Plan Year by the Committee
and set forth on that Plan Years Earned Percentage Schedule, which shall be
based on one or more of the following business criteria (which may be determined
for these purposes either by reference to the Company as a whole or by reference
to any one or more of its subsidiaries, operating divisions or other operating
units): stock price, market share, gross sales, gross revenue, net revenues,
pretax income, operating income, cash flow, earnings per share, return on
equity, return on invested capital or assets, cost reductions and savings,
return on revenues or productivity, or any variation or combination of the
preceding business criteria. In addition, the Committee may utilize as an
additional performance measure (to the extent consistent with the Performance
Based Compensation Rules) the attainment by a Participant of one or more
personal objectives and/or goals that the Committee deems appropriate,
including, but not limited to, implementation of Company policies, negotiation
of significant corporate transactions, development of long-term business goals
or strategic plans for the Company, or the exercise of specific areas of
managerial responsibility; provided, however, that the measurement of the
Company's or a participant's achievement of any of such goals must be
objectively determinable and shall be determined, to the extent applicable,
according to generally accepted accounting principles as in existence on the
date on which the Earned Percentage Schedule for the Plan Year is established.
In all cases, the Committee shall establish the Earned Percentage Schedule for
each Plan Year no later than 90 days after the beginning of the Plan Year and
shall endeavor to establish such Earned Percentage Schedule in a manner that is
consistent with the Performance Based Compensation Rules. In the event no Earned
Percentage Schedule is established for a Plan Year, the Earned Percentage
Schedule for the prior Plan Year shall be treated as the Earned Percentage
Schedule for the current Plan Year.

          (c) Maximum Permissible Performance-Based Bonus. Notwithstanding
anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, no Participant shall be entitled
to a Performance-Based Bonus with respect to any Plan Year in excess of
$1,500,000.

          (d) Termination of Employment During Plan Year. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, in the event a Participant is not an
employee of the Company as of the last day of the Plan Year, the
Performance-Based Bonus payable to such a Participant shall be equal to the
Performance-Based Bonus that would otherwise have been payable under the Plan
(without taking into account this Section 6(d)), multiplied by a fraction, the
numerator of which is equal to the number of days the Participant was employed
by the Company during the Plan Year, and the denominator of which is 365.

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          (e) Committee Discretion. Notwithstanding the determination of a
Participant's bonus or bonuses under the provisions of this Section 6 (without
regard to this Section 6(f)), the Committee may, at its sole discretion, reduce
the amount of or totally eliminate any such bonus or bonuses to the extent the
Committee determines that such reduction or elimination is appropriate under
such facts and circumstances as the Committee deems relevant. In no event shall
the Committee have the authority to increase the amount any Participant's bonus
or bonuses as determined under the provisions of the Plan and taking into
account the Earned Percentage Schedule as initially established for a Plan Year
and the terms and conditions initially established with respect to a Transaction
Bonus.

     7. COMMITTEE

          (a) Powers. The Committee shall have the power and duty to do all
things necessary or convenient to effect the intent and purposes of the Plan and
not inconsistent with any of the provisions hereof, whether or not such powers
and duties are specifically set forth herein, and, by way of amplification and
not limitation of the foregoing, the Committee shall have the power to:

               (i) provide rules and regulations for the management, operation
and administration of the Plan, and, from time to time, to amend or supplement
such rules and regulations;

               (ii) construe the Plan, which construction, as long as made in
good faith, shall be final and conclusive upon all parties hereto; and

               (iii) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile any
inconsistency in the Plan in such manner and to such extent as it shall deem
expedient to carry the same into effect, and it shall be the sole and final
judge of when such action shall be appropriate.

The resolution of any questions with respect to payments and entitlements
pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be determined by the Committee, and
all such determinations shall be final and conclusive.

          (b) Indemnity. No member of the Committee shall be directly or
indirectly responsible or under any liability by reason of any action or default
by him as a member of the Committee, or the exercise of or failure to exercise
any power or discretion as such member. No member of the Committee shall be
liable in any way for the acts or defaults of any other member of the Committee,
or any of its advisors, agents or representatives. The Company shall indemnify
and save harmless each member of the Committee against any and all expenses and
liabilities arising out of his own membership on the Committee.

          (c) Compensation and Expenses. Members of the Committee shall receive
no separate compensation for services other than compensation for their services
as members of the Board of Directors, which compensation can include
compensation for services at any committee meeting attended in their capacity as
members of the Board of Directors. Members of the Committee shall be entitled to
receive their reasonable expenses incurred in administering the

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Plan. Any such expenses, as well as extraordinary expenses authorized by the
Company, shall be paid by the Company.

          (d) Participant Information. The Company shall furnish to the
Committee in writing all information the Company deems appropriate for the
Committee to exercise its powers and duties in administration of the Plan. Such
information shall be conclusive for all purposes of the Plan and the Committee
shall be entitled to rely thereon without any investigation thereof; provided,
however, that the Committee may correct any errors discovered in any such
information.

          (e) Inspection of Documents. The Committee shall make available to
each Participant and his Designated Beneficiary, for examination at the
principal office of the Company (or at such other location as may be determined
by the Committee), a copy of the Plan and such of its records, or copies
thereof, as may pertain to any benefits of such Participant and beneficiary
under the Plan.

     8. EFFECTIVE DATE, TERMINATION AND AMENDMENT

          (a) Effective Date of Participation in Plan. Subject to shareholder
and Committee approval of the Plan, the Plan shall be effective as of the
Effective Date, and Participants who have been designated by the Committee as
eligible for bonuses with respect to the Plan Year that commenced as of the
Effective Date shall participate in the Plan pursuant to the terms of the Earned
Percentage Schedule as applicable to each such Participant.

          (b) Amendment and Termination of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated
or revoked by the Board at any time and amended by the Board from time to time,
provided that neither the termination, revocation or amendment of the Plan may,
without the written approval of the Participant, reduce the amount of a bonus
payment that has been determined by the Committee to be due and payable, but has
not yet been paid; and provided further that no modification to the Plan that
would increase the amount of any bonus payable hereunder beyond the amount
determined pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan shall be effective without (i)
approval by the Committee, (ii) disclosure to the shareholders of the Company of
such modification, and (iii) approval of such modification by the shareholders
of the Company in a separate vote that takes place prior to the payment of any
bonuses under such modified Plan provisions. The Plan may also be modified or
amended by the Committee, as it deems appropriate, in order to comply with the
Performance Based Compensation Rules.

     9. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          (a) Unsecured Creditor Status. A Participant entitled to a bonus
payment hereunder, shall rely solely upon the unsecured promise of the Company,
as set forth herein, for the payment thereof, and nothing herein contained shall
be construed to give to or vest in a Participant or any other person now or at
any time in the future, any right, title, interest, or claim in or to any
specific asset, fund, reserve, account, insurance or annuity policy or contract,
or other property of any kind whatever owned by the Company, or in which the
Company may have any right, title, or interest, now or at any time in the
future.

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          (b) Other Company Plans. It is agreed and understood that any benefits
under this Plan are in addition to any and all benefits to which a Participant
may otherwise be entitled under any other contract, arrangement, or voluntary
pension, profit sharing or other compensation plan of the Company, whether
funded or unfunded, and that this Plan shall not affect or impair the rights or
obligations of the Company or a Participant under any other such contract,
arrangement, or voluntary pension, profit sharing or other compensation plan.

          (c) Separability. If any term or condition of the Plan shall be
invalid or unenforceable to any extent or in any application, then the remainder
of the Plan, with the exception of such invalid or unenforceable provision,
shall not be affected thereby, and shall continue in effect and application to
its fullest extent.

          (d) Continued Employment. Neither the establishment of the Plan, any
provisions of the Plan, nor any action of the Committee shall be held or
construed to confer upon any Participant the right to a continuation of
employment by the Company. The Company reserves the right to dismiss any
employee (including a Participant), or otherwise deal with any employee
(including a Participant) to the same extent as though the Plan had not been
adopted.

          (e) Incapacity. If the Committee determines that a Participant or
Beneficiary is unable to care for his affairs because of illness or accident, or
is a minor, any benefit due such Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan may
be paid to his spouse, child, parent, or any other person deemed by the
Committee to have incurred expense for such Participant or Beneficiary
(including a duly appointed guardian, committee, or other legal representative),
and any such payment shall be a complete discharge of the Company's obligation
hereunder.

          (f) Jurisdiction. The Plan shall be construed, administered, and
enforced according to the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, except to
the extent that such laws are preempted by the Federal laws of the United States
of America.

          (g) Claims. If, pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
denies the claim of a Participant for benefits under the Plan, the Committee
shall provide written notice, within 60 days after receipt of the claim, setting
forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant:

               (i) the specific reasons for such denial;

               (ii) the specific reference to the Plan provisions on which the
denial is based;

               (iii) a description of any additional material or information
necessary to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or
information is needed; and

               (iv) an explanation of the Plan's claim review procedure and the
time limitations of this subsection applicable thereto.

A Participant whose claim for benefits has been denied may request review by the
Committee of the denied claim by notifying the Committee in writing within 60
days after receipt of the notification of claim denial. As part of said review
procedure, the claimant or his authorized

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representative may review pertinent documents and submit issues and comments to
the Committee in writing. The Committee shall render its decision to the
claimant in writing in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant not
later than 60 days after receipt of the request for review, unless special
circumstances require an extension of time, in which case decision shall be
rendered as soon after the sixty day period as possible, but not later than 120
days after receipt of the request for review. The decision on review shall state
the specific reasons therefor and the specific Plan references on which it is
based.

          (h) Withholding. The Participant or the Designated Beneficiary shall
make appropriate arrangements with the Company for satisfaction of any federal,
state or local income tax withholding requirements and Social Security or other
tax requirements applicable to the accrual or payment of benefits under the
Plan. If no other arrangements are made, the Company may provide, at its
discretion, for any withholding and tax payments as may be required.

          (i) Interpretation. The Plan is intended to pay compensation only on
the attainment of the performance goals set forth above in a manner that will
exempt such compensation from the limitations on the deduction of certain
compensation payments under Code Section 162(m). To the extent that any
provision of the Plan would cause a conflict with the conditions required for
such an exemption or would cause the administration of the Plan to fail to
satisfy the applicable requirements for the performance-based compensation
exemption under Code Section 162(m), such provision shall be deemed null and
void to the extent permitted by applicable law.

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                            THE BON-TON STORES, INC.
                    [QUALIFIED / NON-QUALIFIED] STOCK OPTION

     THIS STOCK OPTION is granted as of ________________ by THE BON-TON STORES,
INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company"), to
____________________("Optionee").

                               W I T N E S S E T H

     1) Grant. The Company hereby grants to Optionee an option (the "Option") to
purchase on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth all or any part of an
aggregate of _____ shares of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per
share (the "Option Shares"), at a purchase price of $______ per share (the
"Option Price"). This Option is granted pursuant to The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Capitalized terms
used herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan except to the
extent the context clearly requires otherwise. This Option is intended to be
consistent with the terms of the Plan and is subject in all regards to the terms
of the Plan. In any case in which there is a conflict between the terms of this
Option and the terms of the Plan, the conflict shall be resolved in favor of the
Plan. This Option is [not] intended to be an "incentive stock option" within the
meaning of Section 422(b) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code").

     2) Term.

          (a) General Rule. The Option shall vest and be exercisable in
installments, with each installment vesting and first exercisable on the
exercise date set forth below for the number of Option Shares set forth opposite
such exercise date.

             Exercise Date             Number of Option Shares
             -------------             -----------------------

The Option shall terminate in full at 5:00 p.m. York, Pennsylvania time on
_______________ unless sooner terminated under subsection 2(b), (c) or (d)
below. This Option may be exercised in whole or in part with respect to any
Option Shares that have vested and become exercisable, except that this Option
may in no event be exercised with respect to fractional shares.

          (b) Termination of Employment. If the employment of Optionee by the
Company or its Affiliates (as defined below) should terminate for any reason
other than death or disability (within the meaning of subsection 22(e)(3) of the
Code) of Optionee, any non-vested Option shall terminate upon such termination
of employment, and any Option which is vested prior to termination of employment
shall terminate ninety (90) days from the date such employment terminates. In
the event Optionee's employment with the Company or its Affiliates terminates by
reason of Optionee's death or disability (within the meaning of subsection
22(e)(3) of the Code) of Optionee, the Option shall terminate one year from the
date such employment terminates. For purposes of this Option, the term
"Affiliate" shall mean a corporation which is a parent corporation

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or a subsidiary corporation with respect to the Company within the meaning of
subsection 424(e) or (f) of the Code.

          (c) Certain Transactions. In the event of a Change of Control (as
defined in the Plan), the Option shall terminate on any date specified by the
committee designated by the Board of Directors to administer the Plan (the
"Committee"). The Committee shall give Optionee at least thirty (30) days
written notice of an accelerated termination date pursuant to this subsection
2(c). If this subsection 2(c) shall become applicable, the Committee shall have
the right to amend this Option, without the consent of Optionee, as it deems
necessary or desirable.

          (d) Forfeiture. If the Committee makes a finding, after full
consideration of the facts presented on behalf of both the Company and Optionee,
that Optionee (i) has breached any employment or service contract with the
Company or an Affiliate, or has been engaged in any act of disloyalty to the
Company or an Affiliate, including without limitation, fraud, embezzlement,
theft, commission of a felony or proven dishonesty in the course of Optionee's
employment or service, or (ii) has disclosed trade secrets of the Company or an
Affiliate, then the Option shall terminate on the date of such finding. In
addition to immediate termination of the Option, Optionee shall forfeit all
Option Shares for any exercised portion of the Option for which the Company has
not yet delivered the share certificates to Optionee upon refund by the Company
of the Option Price paid by Optionee with respect to such Option Shares.

     3. Transfers. This Option is not transferable by Optionee otherwise than by
will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution in the event of
Optionee's death, in which event the Option may be exercised by the heirs or
legal representatives of Optionee, or pursuant to the terms of a "qualified
domestic relations order" as that term is defined in the Code and the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. This Option may be exercised
during the lifetime of Optionee only by Optionee. Any attempt at assignment,
transfer, pledge or disposition of the Option contrary to the provisions hereof
or the levy of any execution, attachment or similar process upon the Option
shall be null and void and without effect. Any exercise of the Option by a
person other than Optionee shall be accompanied by appropriate proofs of the
right of such person to exercise the Option.

     4. Method of Exercise and Payment. When exercisable under Section 2, this
Option may be exercised by written notice, pursuant to Section 8, to the
Company's Controller specifying the number of Option Shares to be purchased and,
unless the Option Shares are covered by a then current registration statement or
a Notification under Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Act"), and current registrations under all applicable state securities
laws, containing Optionee's acknowledgement, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Company, that Optionee (a) is purchasing such Option Shares for
investment and not for distribution or resale (other than a distribution or
resale which, in the opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, may be made
without violating the registration provisions of the Act or any state securities
laws), (b) has been advised and understands that (i) the Option Shares have not
been registered under the Act and are "restricted securities" within the meaning
of Rule 144 under the Act and are subject to restrictions on transfer, (ii) the
Company is under no obligation to register the Option Shares under the Act or to
take any action which would make available to Optionee any exemption from such
registration, and (c) has been advised and understands that such Option Shares
may not be transferred without compliance with all applicable federal and state
securities laws. The notice shall be accompanied by payment of the aggregate
Option Price of the Option Shares being purchased (a)

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in cash, (b) by certified check payable to the order of the Company or (c) by a
combination of the foregoing. Such exercise shall be effective upon the actual
receipt by the Company's Controller of such written notice and payment. In
addition, except as provided below, Optionee may make payment in whole or in
part in shares of the Company's Common Stock held by the Optionee for more than
six months. If payment is made in whole or in part in shares of the Company's
Common Stock, then Optionee shall deliver to the Company certificates registered
in the name of Optionee representing shares of the Company's Common Stock
legally and beneficially owned by Optionee, free of all liens, claims and
encumbrances of every kind and having a Fair Market Value (as defined in the
Plan) on the date of delivery of such notice that is not greater than the Option
Price of the Option Shares with respect to which the Option is to be exercised,
accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed in blank by the record holder of the
shares represented by such certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may refuse to accept shares of the Company's
Common Stock in payment of the Option Price. In that event, any certificates
representing shares of the Company's Common Stock which were delivered to the
Company shall be returned to Optionee with notice of the refusal of the
Committee to accept such shares in payment of the Option Price. Furthermore, the
Committee may impose such limitations and prohibitions on the use of shares of
the Company's Common Stock to exercise the Option as it deems appropriate.

     5. Adjustments on Changes in Capitalization. In the event that, prior to
the delivery by the Company of all the Option Shares in respect of which the
Option is granted, there shall be a stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other change in the number or class of issued and
outstanding equity securities of the Company resulting from a subdivision or
consolidation of the Company's Common Stock and/or other outstanding equity
security or a recapitalization or other capital adjustment affecting the
Company's Common Stock or an equity security of the Company which is effected
without receipt of consideration by the Company, the remaining number of Option
Shares (or class of shares) subject to the Option and Option Price therefor
shall be adjusted in a manner determined by the Committee so that the adjusted
number of Option Shares (or class of shares) and the adjusted Option Price shall
be the substantial equivalent of the remaining number of Option Shares subject
to the Option and Option Price thereof prior to such change. For purposes of
this Section, no adjustment shall be made as a result of the issuance of the
Company's Common Stock upon the conversion of other securities of the Company
which are convertible into Common Stock.

     6. Legal Requirements. If the listing registration or qualification of the
Option Shares upon any securities exchange or under any federal or state law, or
the consent or approval of any governmental regulatory body is necessary as a
condition of or in connection with the purchase of such Option Shares, the
Company shall not be obligated to issue or deliver the certificates representing
the Option Shares as to which the Option has been exercised unless and until
such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been
effected or obtained. If registration is considered unnecessary by the Company
or its counsel, the Company may cause a legend to be placed on the Option Shares
being issued calling attention to the fact that they have been acquired by
Optionee for investment and have not been registered.

     7. Administration. This Option has been granted pursuant to and is subject
to the terms and provisions of the Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.
All questions of interpretation and application of the Plan and this Option
shall be determined by the Committee. The Committee's determination shall be
final, binding and conclusive.

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     8. Notices. Any notice to be given to the Company shall be addressed to the
Controller of the Company at its principal executive office, and any notice to
be given to Optionee shall be addressed to Optionee at the address then
appearing on the personnel records of the Company or the Affiliate of the
Company by which Optionee is employed, or at such other address as either party
hereafter may designate in writing to the other. Any such notice shall be deemed
to have been duly given when personally delivered, by courier service such as
Federal Express, or by other messenger, or when deposited in the United States
mail, addressed as aforesaid, registered or certified mail, and with proper
postage and registration or certification fees prepaid.

     9. Employment. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the
Company or any Affiliate to terminate Optionee's employment, services,
responsibilities, duties or authority to represent the Company or any Affiliate
at any time or for any reason whatsoever.

     10. Withholding of Taxes. Whenever the Company proposes or is required to
deliver or transfer Option Shares in connection with the exercise of this
Option, the Company shall have the right to (a) require Optionee to remit to the
Company an amount sufficient to satisfy any federal, state and/or local
withholding tax requirements prior to the delivery or transfer of any
certificate or certificates for such Option Shares or (b) take whatever action
it deems necessary to protect its interest with respect to tax liabilities.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has granted this Option on the day and year
first above written.

                                         THE BON-TON STORES, INC.

                                         By: ______________________________

                                         ACCEPTED BY:

                                         __________________________________

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