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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.4

                       WEST POINTE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

                      DIRECTOR'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

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                       WEST POINTE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
                      DIRECTOR'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS.....................................................................1

   1.1 "Account"..........................................................................1
   1.2 "Account Balance"..................................................................1
   1.3 "Adjustment Date"..................................................................1
   1.4 "Annuity Starting Date"............................................................1
   1.5 "Beneficiary"......................................................................1
   1.6 "Code".............................................................................1
   1.7 "Company"..........................................................................1
   1.8 "Compensation".....................................................................1
   1.9 "Deferral".........................................................................1
   1.10 "Deferral Election"...............................................................2
   1.11 "Director"........................................................................2
   1.12 "Interest"........................................................................2
   1.13 "Participant".....................................................................2
   1.14 "Plan"............................................................................2
   1.15 "Plan Administrator"..............................................................2
   1.16 "Surviving Spouse"................................................................2

ARTICLE 2 ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION...................................................2

   2.1 Eligibility........................................................................2
   2.2 Participation......................................................................2
   2.3 Duration of Participation..........................................................2
   2.4 Deferral Elections.................................................................2

ARTICLE 3 RETIREMENT BENEFITS.............................................................3

   3.1 Participant's Benefit..............................................................3
   3.2 Survivor Benefit...................................................................3

ARTICLE 4 PRE-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT....................................................3

   4.1 Eligibility........................................................................3
   4.2 Pre-Retirement Death Benefit.......................................................3

ARTICLE 5 ACCOUNTS AND ADJUSTMENTS........................................................4

   5.1 Accounts...........................................................................4
   5.2 Adjustments........................................................................4
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ARTICLE 6 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES....................................................4

   6.1 Beneficiary Designation............................................................4
   6.2 Failure to Designate...............................................................4

ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS......................................................................4

   7.1 Early Death or Suicide.............................................................4
   7.2 Faithful Performance...............................................................5
   7.3 Tax Law Changes....................................................................5

ARTICLE 8 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN......................................................5

   8.1 General............................................................................5
   8.2 Duties of Administration...........................................................5
   8.3 Written Instructions and Information...............................................6
   8.4 Appointment of Administrators......................................................6
   8.5 Manner of Performing Duties........................................................6
   8.6 Agent for Service of Legal Process.................................................6
   8.7 Multiple Fiduciary Capacity........................................................6

ARTICLE 9 CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS.............................................................7

   9.1 Claims for Benefits................................................................7
   9.2 Hold Harmless......................................................................7

ARTICLE 10 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN...........................................8

   10.1 Right to Amend or Terminate Plan..................................................8
   10.2 Notice............................................................................8

ARTICLE 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS.............................................8

   11.1 Rules of Construction.............................................................8
   11.2 No Right to Continued Service.....................................................8
   11.3 Payment on Behalf of Payee........................................................8
   11.4 Anti-Assignation..................................................................8
   11.5 Lost Payee........................................................................9
   11.6 Required Information..............................................................9
   11.7 No Trust or Funding Created.......................................................9
   11.8 Binding Effect...................................................................10
   11.9 Merger or Consolidation..........................................................10
   11.10 Entire Plan.....................................................................10
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                       WEST POINTE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
                      DIRECTOR'S DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

     West Pointe Bank and Trust Company ("Company") hereby adopts the West
Pointe Bank and Trust Company Director's Deferred Compensation Plan ("Plan").
The Plan is designed to provide the Company's Directors with the opportunity to
defer current compensation in exchange for retirement and survivor benefits.

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

     Unless otherwise indicated, all references to articles, sections and
subsections shall be to the Plan as set forth in this document.

     1.1 "Account" means the separate bookkeeping account maintained for each
Participant, adjusted as of each Adjustment Date.

     1.2 "Account Balance" means the total dollar amount credited to the
Participant's Account.

     1.3 "Adjustment Date" means the last day of each calendar month and any
other date during the calendar year specified by the Plan Administrator, as of
which Accounts are adjusted as set forth in Article 5.

     1.4 "Annuity Starting Date" means the first day of the second month
following the earlier of (i) the date on which the Participant ceases to be a
Director of the Company or, (ii) the date of the Participant's death.

     1.5 "Beneficiary" means the person or persons (natural or otherwise)
designated as such by a Participant in accordance with the Plan.

     1.6 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference
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
said section.

     1.7 "Company" means West Point Bank and Trust Company or any entity which
succeeds to its rights and obligations with respect to the Plan.

     1.8 "Compensation" means the total Director's fees for a Plan Year that are
payable by the Company to a Director for services performed as a Director of the
Company.

     1.9 "Deferral" means the amount of Compensation foregone pursuant to a
Deferral Election.

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     1.10 "Deferral Election" means the Participant's irrevocable written
election to forego the receipt of a stipulated amount of Compensation.

     1.11 "Director" means a person elected or appointed as a Director of the
Company.

     1.12 "Interest" means the dollar amount to be credited to the Participant's
Account which is equal to a rate of return on the Participant's Deferrals of
eight percent (8%) per annum, compounded monthly.

     1.13 "Participant" means any eligible Director who participates in this
Plan.

     1.14 "Plan" means the West Pointe Bank and Trust Company Director's
Deferred Compensation Plan, as set forth herein.

     1.15 "Plan Administrator" means the person or persons named by the Company
in accordance with Article 8.

     1.16 "Surviving Spouse" means the survivor of a deceased Participant to
whom such deceased Participant was legally married at the time of the
Participant's death.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

     2.1 Eligibility. Any individual who serves as a Director of the Company
shall be eligible to become a Participant in the Plan.

     2.2 Participation. A Director shall become a Participant in the Plan upon
the execution and delivery of a Deferral Election.

     2.3 Duration of Participation. A Participant shall continue to be a
Participant until the Participant ceases to be a Director of the Company.

     2.4 Deferral Elections. A newly elected or appointed Director shall have 30
days following the date the Director first becomes eligible to participate in
this Plan in which to execute and deliver to the Plan Administrator a Deferral
Election by which the Director irrevocably elects to defer the total amount of
Compensation to be earned during the portion of the calendar year remaining
after the Deferral Election is made and which, but for such Deferral Election,
would be paid to the Director. Existing Directors shall have until the last day
of each Plan Year to execute and deliver to the Plan Administrator a Deferral
Election by which the Director irrevocably elects to defer the total amount of
Compensation to be earned during the next calendar year and which, but for such
Deferral Election, would be paid to the Director. A Deferral Election shall be
deemed to remain in effect until such time as a Director executes and delivers a
new Deferral Election to the Plan Administrator.

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                                    ARTICLE 3
                               RETIREMENT BENEFITS

     3.1 Participant's Benefit.

     (a) Eligibility. Upon the date on which the Participant ceases to be
Director of the Company, the Company shall pay the Participant the "Retirement
Benefit" described in this Section 3.1.

     (b) Commencement, Duration and Amount. The Retirement Benefit shall be paid
in the form of an annuity payable in monthly installments beginning on the
Annuity Starting Date and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter
until the earlier of (A) 120 months or, (B) the Participant's death. The monthly
installment amount shall equal one-twelfth (1/12th) of the annual payment that
would be paid if the Participant were to receive a level ten (10) year annuity
the present value of which, discounted at the rate of eight percent (8%) per
annum, equals the Participant's Account Balance as of the Adjustment Date
immediately preceding the Participant's Annuity Starting Date.

     3.2 Survivor Benefit.

     (a) Eligibility. If a Participant dies after his Annuity Starting Date but
before receiving the full Retirement Benefit described in Paragraph 3.1(b), then
the Company shall pay to the Participant's Beneficiary the "Survivor Benefit"
described in this Section 3.2.

     (b) Commencement, Duration and Amount. The Survivor Benefit shall be a
single lump sum equal to the present value of the remaining Retirement Benefit
payments at the time of the death of the Participant that would have been made
had the Participant survived long enough to receive the full Retirement Benefit.
Payment of the Survivor Benefit shall be made to the Participant's Beneficiary
within 60 days of the day of the Participant's death.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                          PRE-RETIREMENT DEATH BENEFIT

     4.1 Eligibility. Upon the death of the Participant while a Director of the
Company, the Company shall pay the Participant's Beneficiary the "Pre-Retirement
Death Benefit" described in this Article 4.

     4.2 Pre-Retirement Death Benefit. The Pre-Retirement Death Benefit shall be
a single lump sum equal to the Participant's Account Balance on the first
Adjustment Date following the day of the Participant's death. Payment of the
Pre-Retirement Death Benefit shall be made to the Participant's Beneficiary
within 60 days the day of the Participant's death.

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                                    ARTICLE 5
                            ACCOUNTS AND ADJUSTMENTS

     5.1 Accounts. The Plan Administrator shall establish and maintain for each
Participant an Account that shall be adjusted as of each Adjustment Date as
provided in Section 5.2.

     5.2 Adjustments. As of each Adjustment Date, the Plan Administrator shall
credit each Participant's Account by the following:

          (1) Interest. There shall be credited Interest for the period since
          the last Adjustment Date.

          (2) Deferrals. There shall be credited the Participant's Account
          Deferrals made for the period since the last Adjustment Date.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                          DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES

     6.1 Beneficiary Designation. Each Participant from time to time, on a form
acceptable to the Plan Administrator, may designate any person (including a
trust or an Individual Retirement Account of which the Participant's spouse is
treated as the depositor) or persons (concurrently, contingently or
successively) to whom his benefits under the Plan are to be paid if he dies
before he receives all of such benefits. A Participant may from time to time
revoke or change such Beneficiary designation without the consent of any prior
Beneficiary by filing a new designation with the Plan Administrator. A
beneficiary designation form shall be effective only when the form is filed in
writing with the Plan Administrator while the Participant is alive and shall
cancel all beneficiary designation forms previously signed and filed by the
Participant.

     6.2 Failure to Designate. If a Participant shall not have validly
designated a Beneficiary or no Beneficiary or Beneficiaries entitled to receive
distribution of all of the amount payable under this Plan survives the
Participant, then that portion of the amount payable as to which there is no
qualified surviving Beneficiary shall be paid to the surviving spouse of the
Participant, and if the Participant leaves no spouse surviving, to the estate of
the Participant.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                                   CONDITIONS

     7.1 Early Death or Suicide. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to
the contrary, if any Participant (i) dies within 4 months of entering into a
Deferral Election or (ii) dies as a result of suicide within 30 months after
entering into a Deferral Election, then the Company shall pay to the
Participant's Beneficiary a single lump sum equal to the Participant's Account
Balance on the first Adjustment Date following the day of the Participant's
death. Payment shall be made to the Participant's Beneficiary within 60 days of
the day of the

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Participant's death. Such payment shall fully discharge the Company's
obligations under this Plan.

     7.2 Faithful Performance. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the
contrary, no benefit shall be paid to or on behalf of any Participant under this
Plan if the Participant embezzles or steals money or property from the Company.

     7.3 Tax Law Changes. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan to the
contrary, the Plan Administrator shall be vested with the authority to condition
the Company's obligations under a Deferral Election upon the nonoccurrence of a
change in the law which adversely and fundamentally affects the Company's
ability to informally finance such obligations including, but not limited to,
changes in the laws governing the taxation of life insurance proceeds received
by the Company, the taxation of the internal buildup of the cash surrender value
of life insurance owned by the Company, and the taxation of the proceeds of life
insurance policy loans received by the Company. In the event the Company's
obligations under a Deferral Election are so conditioned, and such condition
occurs, the Company shall have the right to refund to the Participant or the
Participant's Beneficiary the Deferrals made under the Deferral Election with
interest from the date of Deferral accrued at the rate of eight percent (8%) per
annum, compounded annually. The payment of such refund shall be made within 90
days of the change in the law, shall fully and completely discharge the
Company's obligations under the Deferral Election and shall fully and completely
satisfy all the Participant's and his or her Beneficiary's rights thereunder.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                           ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

     8.1 General. The Plan shall be administered by the Plan Administrator. An
individual serving as a Plan Administrator may participate in benefits under the
Plan provided he is otherwise eligible to do so.

     8.2 Duties of Administration. The Plan Administrator shall have the duty
and power to administer this Plan in all its details, including, but not limited
to, the following:

     (a)  To keep accurate and detailed records of the administration of the
          Plan, which records shall be open to inspection by the Company at all
          reasonable times;

     (b)  To interpret the Plan provisions and to decide all questions
          concerning the Plan and the eligibility of any Director to participate
          in the Plan, as the Plan Administrator in its sole discretion shall
          determine;

     (c)  To authorize the payment of benefits;

     (d)  To establish and enforce such rules, regulations and procedures as it
          shall deem necessary or proper for the efficient administration of the
          Plan; and

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     (e)  To furnish the reports and Plan descriptions to the Secretary of Labor
          and to each Participant as required by Part 1 of Title I of the
          Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), as
          amended.

     8.3 Written Instructions and Information. All claims, elections,
instructions and requests by a Participant or a Beneficiary must be made in
writing to the Plan Administrator. Each Participant or Beneficiary shall furnish
the Plan Administrator with any requested information that is needed to
administer the Plan. The Company also shall furnish the Plan Administrator with
the information needed to administer the Plan.

     8.4 Appointment of Administrators. The Company shall appoint a Plan
Administrator to serve at its pleasure. The Plan Administrator may be a
corporation (including the Company), an individual, a committee of individuals
or any combination of the above. The Company may change such appointments from
time to time provided that such changes are published as necessary to enable
interested parties to ascertain the person or persons responsible for operating
the Plan. In the absence of such an appointment, the Company shall serve as the
Plan Administrator; provided that if the Company serves as the Plan
Administrator, it shall designate specified individuals or other persons to
carry out specified fiduciary responsibilities under the Plan in such a manner
and to such an extent that Participants and other interested parties are able to
ascertain the person or persons responsible for operating the Plan.

     8.5 Manner of Performing Duties. If a Committee is serving as Plan
Administrator, an action of the Committee shall be valid if concurred in (a) by
a majority of the members then serving at a meeting of which all members receive
reasonable advance notice, or (b) by unanimous written consent in lieu of a
meeting. A member may participate in a meeting by means of conference telephone
or similar communications equipment.

     The Committee may appoint one or more of its members to carry out any
particular duty or duties or to execute any and all documents. Any documents so
executed shall have the same effect as if executed by all such persons. Such
appointment shall be made by an instrument in writing that specifies which
duties and powers are so allocated and to whom each such duty or power is so
allocated.

     The Plan Administrator may delegate to any agents such duties and powers,
both ministerial and discretionary, as it deems appropriate, by an instrument in
writing which specifies which such duties are so delegated and to whom each such
duty is so delegated.

     8.6 Agent for Service of Legal Process. The Plan Administrator shall
appoint a person to serve as agent for service of legal process. In absence of
such an appointment the Company shall serve as agent for legal process.

     8.7 Multiple Fiduciary Capacity. Any person or group of persons may serve
in more than one fiduciary capacity with respect to the Plan.

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                                    ARTICLE 9
                               CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS

     9.1 Claims for Benefits. A Participant or Beneficiary who believes that he
is being denied or will be denied benefits to which he is entitled under the
Plan may file a written request for such benefits with the Plan Administrator
setting forth his claim. Within a reasonable period of time the Plan
Administrator shall decide the claim by majority vote in the exercise of its
sole and absolute discretion. Written notice of the decision on each such claim
shall be furnished within 90 days after receipt of the claim; provided that, if
special circumstances require an extension of time for processing the claim, an
additional 90 days from the end of the initial period shall be allowed for
processing the claim, in which event the claimant shall be furnished with a
written notice of the extension prior to the termination of the initial 90-day
period indicating the special circumstance requiring an extension. If the claim
is wholly or partially denied, such written notice shall set forth an
explanation of the specific findings and conclusions on which such denial is
based. A claimant may review all pertinent documents and may request a review by
the Plan Administrator of such a decision denying the claim. Such a request
shall be made in writing and filed with the Plan Administrator within 60 days
after delivery to said claimant of written notice of said decision. Such written
request for review shall contain all additional information which the claimant
wishes the Plan Administrator to consider. The Plan Administrator may hold any
hearing or conduct any independent investigation which it deems necessary to
render its decision, and the decision on review shall be made as soon as
possible after the Plan Administrator's receipt of the request for review.
Written notice of the decision on review shall be furnished to the claimant
within 60 days after receipt by the Plan Administrator of a request for review,
unless special circumstances require an extension of time for processing, in
which event an additional 60 days shall be allowed for review and the claimant
shall be so notified in writing. Written notice of the decision on review shall
include specific reasons for such decision. For all purposes under the Plan,
such decisions on claims (where no review is requested) and decisions on review
(where review is requested) shall be final, binding and conclusive on all
parties.

     9.2 Hold Harmless. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no member of the
Plan Administrator shall be personally liable by reason of any contract or other
instrument executed by such member or on such member's behalf in such member's
capacity as a member of the Plan Administrator nor for any mistake of judgment
made in good faith, and the Company shall indemnify and hold harmless, directly
from its own assets (including the proceeds of any insurance policy the premiums
of which are paid from the Company's own assets), each member of the Plan
Administrator and each other officer, director, or director of the Company to
whom any duty or power relating to the administration or interpretation of the
Plan against any cost or expense (including counsel fees) or liability
(including any sum paid in settlement of a claim with the approval of the
Company) arising out of any act or omission to act in connection with the Plan
unless arising out of such person's own fraud or bad faith.

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                                   ARTICLE 10
                      AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

     10.1 Right to Amend or Terminate Plan. The Company reserves the right at
any time to amend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, and for any reason
and without the consent of any Participant or Beneficiary. Notwithstanding any
provision in this plan to the contrary, in no event shall an amendment or
termination modify, reduce or otherwise affect the Company's obligations under
Deferral Elections made before the amendment or termination, as such obligations
are defined under the provisions of the Plan existing immediately before such
amendment or termination.

     10.2 Notice. Notice of any amendment or termination of the Plan shall be
given by the Company or the Plan Administrator, whichever adopts the amendment,
to the other and all Participating Companies.

                                   ARTICLE 11
                       GENERAL PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS

     11.1 Rules of Construction. The terms and provisions of this Plan shall be
construed according to the principles, and in the priority, as follows: first,
in accordance with the meaning under, and which will bring the Plan into
conformity with, the Code and ERISA; and secondly, in accordance with the laws
of the State of Illinois. The Plan shall be deemed to contain the provisions
necessary to comply with such laws. If any provision of this Plan shall be held
illegal or invalid, the remaining provisions of this Plan shall be construed as
if such provision had never been included. Wherever applicable, the masculine
pronoun as used herein shall include the feminine, and the singular shall
include the plural. The term profit shall mean profit or loss, as the case may
be, and the term credit shall mean credit or charge, as the case may be.

     11.2 No Right to Continued Service. Nothing contained in the Plan shall
give any Director the right to be retained as a Director of the Company. The
adoption and maintenance of the Plan shall not constitute a contract between the
Director and the Company, or consideration for, or an inducement to or condition
of, the service of any Director.

     11.3 Payment on Behalf of Payee. If the Plan Administrator shall find that
any person to whom any amount is payable under the Plan is unable to care for
such person's affairs because of illness or accident, or is a minor, or has
died, then any payment due such person or such person's estate (unless a prior
claim therefor has been made by a duly appointed legal representative) may, if
the Plan Administrator so elects, be paid to such person's spouse, a child, a
relative, an institution maintaining or having custody of such person, or any
other person deemed by the Plan Administrator to be a proper recipient on behalf
of such person otherwise entitled to payment. Any such payment shall be a
complete discharge of the liability of the Plan and the Company therefor.

     11.4 Anti-Assignation. No interest, expectancy, benefit, payment, claim or
right of any Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan shall be (a) subject in
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creditor of the Participant or Beneficiary, (b) subject to the debts, contracts,
liabilities or torts of the Participant or Beneficiary or (c) subject to
alienation by anticipation, sale, transfer, assignment, bankruptcy, pledge,
attachment, garnishment, charge or encumbrance by creditors of the Participant
or the Participants' Beneficiary. If any person shall attempt to take any action
contrary to this Section, such action shall be null and void and of no effect,
and the Plan Administrator and the Company shall disregard such action and shall
not in any manner be bound thereby and shall suffer no liability on account of
its disregard thereof. If the Participant, Beneficiary, or any other beneficiary
hereunder shall become bankrupt or attempt to anticipate, alienate, sell,
assign, pledge, encumber, or charge any right hereunder, then such right or
benefit shall, in the discretion of the Plan Administrator, cease and terminate,
and in such event the Plan Administrator may hold or apply the same or nay part
thereof for the benefit of the Participant or Beneficiary or the spouse,
children, or other dependents of the Participant or Beneficiary, or any of them,
in such manner and in such amounts and proportions as the Plan Administrator may
deem proper.

     11.5 Lost Payee. If the Plan Administrator cannot ascertain the whereabouts
of any person to whom a payment is due under the Plan, and if, after seven years
from the date such payment is due, a notice of such payment due is mailed to the
last known address of such person, as shown on the records of the Plan
Administrator or the Company, and within three months after such mailing such
persons has not made written claim therefor, the Plan Administrator, if it so
elects, after receiving advice from counsel to the Plan, may direct that such
payment and all remaining payments otherwise due to such person be canceled on
the records of the Plan and the amount thereof forfeited, and upon such
cancellation, the Company shall have no further liability therefor, except that,
in the event such person later notifies the Plan Administrator of such person's
whereabouts and requests the payment or payments due to such person under the
Plan, the amounts otherwise due but unpaid shall be paid to such person without
interest for late payment.

     11.6 Required Information. Each Participant shall file with the Plan
Administrator such pertinent information concerning himself or herself, such
Participant's Beneficiary, or such other person as the Plan Administrator may
specify, and no Participant, Beneficiary, or other person shall have any rights
or be entitled to any benefits under the Plan unless such information is filed
by or with respect to the Participant.

     11.7 No Trust or Funding Created. The obligations of the Company to make
payments hereunder shall constitute a liability of the Company to a Participant
or Beneficiary, as the case may be. The benefits payable under this Plan
constitute a mere promise by the Company to make such benefit payments in the
future. The amount in the Participant's Account Balance shall merely measure the
amount of benefit payable to the Participant, and shall not constitute separate
earmarked funds that are not subject to the general creditors of the Company.
The rights and claims of a Participant or a Beneficiary to a benefit provided
hereunder shall have no greater or higher status than the rights and claims of
any other general, unsecured creditor of the Company. All payments shall be made
from the general funds of the Company, and the Company shall not be required to
establish or maintain any special or separate fund, or purchase or acquire life
insurance on a Participant's life, or otherwise to segregate assets to assure
that

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such payment shall be made, and neither a Participant nor a Beneficiary shall
have any interest in any particular asset of the Company by reason of its
obligations hereunder. Nothing contained in the Plan shall create or be
construed as creating a trust of any kind or any other fiduciary relationship
between the Company and a Participant or any other person. It is the intention
of the Company and the Participants that the benefit arrangements under the Plan
be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

     11.8 Binding Effect. Obligations incurred by the Company pursuant to this
Plan shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, its
successors and assigns, and the Participant and the Participant's Beneficiary.

     11.9 Merger or Consolidation. In the event of a merger or a consolidation
by the Company with another corporation, or the acquisition of substantially all
of the assets or outstanding stock of the Company by another corporation, then
and in such event the obligations and responsibilities of the Company under this
Plan shall be assumed by any such successor or acquiring corporation, and all of
the rights, privileges and benefits of the Participants and Beneficiaries
hereunder shall continue.

     11.10 Entire Plan. This document and any written amendments hereto contain
all the terms and provisions of the Plan and shall constitute the entire Plan,
any other alleged terms or provisions being of no effect.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company adopts this Plan effective this 9th day of
December, 1992.

                                     WEST POINT BANK AND TRUST COMPANY

                                     By:  /s/ Terry W. Schaefer
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                                     Title:  PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.
                                          ----------------------------

[Corporate Seal]

ATTEST:

/s/ J. E. Cruncleton
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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10(d)

                      MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP.
                             1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN

I. PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

     The MITCHELL ENERGY & DEVELOPMENT CORP. 1999 STOCK OPTION PLAN (the "Plan")
is intended to provide a means whereby certain employees of MITCHELL ENERGY &
DEVELOPMENT CORP., a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and its subsidiaries may
develop a sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in the development
and financial success of the Company, and to encourage them to remain with and
devote their best efforts to the business of the Company, thereby advancing the
interests of the Company and its shareholders. Accordingly, the Company may
grant to certain employees ("Optionees") the option ("Option") to purchase
shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.10, of the Company ("Stock"), as
hereinafter set forth. Options granted under the Plan may be either incentive
stock options, within the meaning of section 422(b) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), ("Incentive Stock Options") or options which
do not constitute Incentive Stock Options ("Non-Qualified Stock Options").

II. ADMINISTRATION

     The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee") of, and
appointed by, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), and the
Committee shall be (a) comprised solely of two or more outside directors (within
the meaning of section 162(m) of the Code and applicable interpretive authority
thereunder), and (b) constituted so as to permit the Plan to comply with Rule
16b-3 ("Rule 16b-3"), promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"). The Committee shall have sole authority to select the
Optionees from among those individuals eligible hereunder and to establish the
number of shares which may be issued under each Option; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary, the maximum number of
shares that may be subject to Options granted under the Plan to an individual
Optionee during any calendar year may not exceed 250,000 (subject to adjustment
in the same manner as provided in Paragraph VIII hereof with respect to shares
of Stock subject to Options then outstanding). The limitation set forth in the
preceding sentence shall be applied in a manner which will permit compensation
generated under the Plan to constitute "performance-based" compensation for
purposes of section 162(m) of the Code, including, without limitation, counting
against such maximum number of shares, to the extent required under section
162(m) of the Code and applicable interpretive authority thereunder, any shares
subject to Options that are cancelled or repriced. In selecting the Optionees
from among individuals eligible hereunder and in establishing the number of
shares that may be issued under each Option, the Committee may take into account
the nature of the services rendered by such individuals, their present and
potential contributions to the Company's success and such other factors as the
Committee in its discretion shall deem relevant. The Committee is authorized to
interpret the Plan and may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations,
consistent with the provisions of the Plan, as it may deem advisable to carry
out the Plan. All decisions made by the Committee in selecting the Optionees, in
establishing the number of shares which may be issued under each Option and in
construing the provisions of the Plan shall be final.

III. OPTION AGREEMENTS

          (a) Each Option shall be evidenced by a written agreement between the
     Company and the Optionee ("Option Agreement") which shall contain such
     terms and conditions as may be approved by the Committee. The terms and
     conditions of the respective Option Agreements need not be identical.
     Specifically, an Option Agreement may provide for the surrender of the
     right to purchase shares under the Option in return for a payment in cash
     or shares of Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Stock equal in
     value to the excess of the fair market value of the shares with respect to
     which the right to purchase is surrendered over the option price therefor
     ("Stock Appreciation Rights"), on such terms and

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     conditions as the Committee in its sole discretion may prescribe; provided,
     that, except as provided in Subparagraph VIII(c) hereof, the Committee may
     retain final authority (i) to determine whether an Optionee shall be
     permitted, or (ii) to approve an election by an Optionee, to receive cash
     in full or partial settlement of Stock Appreciation Rights. Further, an
     Option Agreement may authorize and provide for an Optionee to exercise the
     Option and direct immediate market sale of any treasury Stock thereby
     acquired pursuant to an extension of credit by the Company to such Optionee
     for the aggregate exercise price and upon such other terms and conditions
     as the Committee may determine. Moreover, an Option Agreement may provide
     for the payment of the option price, in whole or in part, by the delivery
     of a number of shares of Stock (plus cash if necessary) having a fair
     market value equal to such option price.

          (b) For all purposes under the Plan, the fair market value of a share
     of Stock on a particular date shall be equal to the closing price of the
     Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on that date;
     or, if no prices are reported on that date, on the last preceding date on
     which such prices of the Stock are so reported. If the Stock is traded over
     the counter at the time a determination of its fair market value is
     required to be made hereunder, its fair market value shall be deemed to be
     equal to the average between the reported high and low or closing bid and
     asked prices of Stock on the most recent date on which Stock was publicly
     traded. In the event Stock is not publicly traded at the time a
     determination of its value is required to be made hereunder, the
     determination of its fair market value shall be made by the Committee in
     such manner as it deems appropriate.

          (c) Each Option and all rights granted thereunder shall not be
     transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and
     shall be exercisable during the Optionee's lifetime only by the Optionee or
     the Optionee's guardian or legal representative.

IV. ELIGIBILITY OF OPTIONEE

     Options may be granted only to individuals who are employees on a full-time
basis (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company
or any parent or subsidiary corporation (as defined in section 424 of the Code)
of the Company at the time the Option is granted. Options may be granted to the
same individual on more than one occasion. No Incentive Stock Option shall be
granted to an individual if, at the time the Option is granted, such individual
owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all
classes of stock of the Company or of its parent or subsidiary corporation,
within the meaning of section 422(b)(6) of the Code, unless (i) at the time such
Option is granted the option price is at least 110% of the fair market value of
the Stock subject to the Option and (ii) such Option by its terms is not
exercisable after the expiration of five years from the date of grant. To the
extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined at the time the
respective Incentive Stock Option is granted) of stock with respect to which
Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by an individual
during any calendar year under all incentive stock option plans of the Company
and its parent and subsidiary corporations exceeds $100,000, such excess
Incentive Stock Options shall be treated as Non-Qualified Stock Options. The
Committee shall determine, in accordance with applicable provisions of the Code,
Treasury Regulations and other administrative pronouncements, which of an
Optionee's Incentive Stock Options will not constitute Incentive Stock Options
because of such limitation and shall notify the Optionee of such determination
as soon as practicable after such determination.

V. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

     The aggregate number of shares which may be issued under Options granted
under the Plan shall not exceed 1,750,000 shares of Stock. Such shares may
consist of authorized but unissued shares of Stock or previously issued shares
of Stock reacquired by the Company. Any of such shares which remain unissued and
which are not subject to outstanding Options at the termination of the Plan
shall cease to be subject to the Plan, but, until termination of the Plan, the
Company shall at all times make available a sufficient number of shares to meet
the requirements of the Plan. Should any Option hereunder expire or terminate
prior to its exercise in full, the shares theretofore subject to such Option may
again be subject to an Option granted under the Plan to the extent permitted
under Rule 16b-3. The aggregate number of shares which may be issued
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under the Plan shall be subject to adjustment in the same manner as provided in
Paragraph VIII hereof with respect to shares of Stock subject to Options then
outstanding. Exercise of an Option in any manner, including an exercise
involving a Stock Appreciation Right, shall result in a decrease in the number
of shares of Stock which may thereafter be available, both for purposes of the
Plan and for sale to any one individual, by the number of shares as to which the
Option is exercised. Separate stock certificates shall be issued by the Company
for those shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Stock Option
and for those shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of any Option which does
not constitute an Incentive Stock Option.

VI. OPTION PRICE

     The purchase price of Stock issued under each Option shall be determined by
the Committee, but such purchase price shall not be less than the fair market
value of Stock subject to the Option on the date the Option is granted.

VII. TERM OF PLAN

     The Plan shall be effective upon the date of its adoption by the Board,
provided the Plan is approved by the shareholders of the Company within twelve
months thereafter. Notwithstanding any provision in this Plan or in any Option
Agreement, no Option shall be exercisable prior to such shareholder approval.
Except with respect to Options then outstanding, if not sooner terminated under
the provisions of Paragraph IX, the Plan shall terminate upon and no further
Options shall be granted after the expiration of ten years from the date of its
adoption by the Board.

VIII. RECAPITALIZATION OR REORGANIZATION

          (a) The existence of the Plan and the Options granted hereunder shall
     not affect in any way the right or power of the Board or the shareholders
     of the Company to make or authorize any adjustment, recapitalization,
     reorganization or other change in the Company's capital structure or its
     business, any merger or consolidation of the Company, any issue of debt or
     equity securities, the dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any
     sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or any part of its assets
     or business or any other corporate act or proceeding.

          (b) The shares with respect to which Options may be granted are shares
     of Stock as presently constituted, but if, and whenever, prior to the
     expiration of an Option theretofore granted, the Company shall effect a
     subdivision or consolidation of shares of Stock or the payment of a stock
     dividend on Stock without receipt of consideration by the Company, the
     number of shares of Stock with respect to which such Option may thereafter
     be exercised (i) in the event of an increase in the number of outstanding
     shares shall be proportionately increased, and the purchase price per share
     shall be proportionately reduced, and (ii) in the event of a reduction in
     the number of outstanding shares shall be proportionately reduced, and the
     purchase price per share shall be proportionately increased. If prior to
     the expiration of an Option theretofore granted, the Company shall effect a
     spinoff of a subsidiary by issuance of shares of stock in the subsidiary to
     shareholders of the Company or effect any other transaction which
     essentially accomplishes the same result, the Committee shall adjust the
     exercise price of an Option to reflect any decrease in the value of the
     Stock resulting from such spinoff or transaction.

          (c) If the Company recapitalizes, reclassifies its capital stock, or
     otherwise changes its capital structure (a "recapitalization"), the number
     and class of shares of Stock covered by an Option theretofore granted shall
     be adjusted so that such Option shall thereafter cover the number and class
     of shares of stock and securities to which the Optionee would have been
     entitled pursuant to the terms of the recapitalization if, immediately
     prior to the recapitalization, the Optionee had been the holder of record
     of the number of shares of Stock then covered by such Option. If (i) the
     Company shall not be the surviving entity in any merger, consolidation or
     other reorganization (or survives only as a subsidiary of an entity other
     than a previously wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), (ii) the Company
     sells, leases or exchanges all or substantially all of its assets to any
     other person or entity (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
     Company), (iii) the Company is to be dissolved and liquidated, (iv) any
     person or

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     entity, including a "group" as contemplated by Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934
     Act, acquires or gains ownership or control (including, without limitation,
     power to vote) of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Company's
     voting stock (based upon voting power), or (v) as a result of or in
     connection with a contested election of directors, the persons who were
     directors of the Company before such election shall cease to constitute a
     majority of the Board (each such event is referred to herein as a
     "Corporate Change"), provided, however, in the event of the death of George
     P. Mitchell, the majority shareholder of the Company and the Chief
     Executive Officer of the Company, the transfer of George P. Mitchell's
     shares of the Company's stock upon his death shall not result in or
     constitute a Corporate Change, no later than (a) ten days after the
     approval by the shareholders of the Company of such merger, consolidation,
     reorganization, sale, lease or exchange of assets or dissolution or such
     election of directors or (b) thirty days after a change of control of the
     type described in clause (iv), the Committee, acting in its sole discretion
     without the consent or approval of any Optionee, shall act to effect one or
     more of the following alternatives, which may vary among individual
     Optionees and which may vary among Options held by any individual Optionee:
     (1) accelerate the time at which Options then outstanding may be exercised
     so that such Options may be exercised in full for a limited period of time
     on or before a specified date (before or after such Corporate Change) fixed
     by the Committee, after which specified date all unexercised Options and
     all rights of Optionees thereunder shall terminate, (2) require the
     mandatory surrender to the Company by selected Optionees of some or all of
     the outstanding Options held by such Optionees (irrespective of whether
     such Options are then exercisable under the provisions of the Plan) as of a
     date, before or after such Corporate Change, specified by the Committee, in
     which event the Committee shall thereupon cancel such Options and the
     Company shall pay to each Optionee an amount of cash per share equal to the
     excess, if any, of the amount calculated in Subparagraph (d) below (the
     "Change of Control Value") of the shares subject to such Option over the
     exercise price(s) under such Options for such shares, (3) make such
     adjustments to Options then outstanding as the Committee deems appropriate
     to reflect such Corporate Change (provided, however, that the Committee may
     determine in its sole discretion that no adjustment is necessary to Options
     then outstanding) or (4) provide that the number and class of shares of
     Stock covered by an Option theretofore granted shall be adjusted so that
     such Option shall thereafter cover the number and class of shares of stock
     or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) to
     which the Optionee would have been entitled pursuant to the terms of the
     agreement of merger, consolidation or sale of assets and dissolution if,
     immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or sale of assets and
     dissolution, the Optionee had been the holder of record of the number of
     shares of Stock then covered by such Option.

          (d) For the purposes of clause (2) in Subparagraph (c) above, the
     "Change of Control Value" shall equal the amount determined in clause (i),
     (ii) or (iii), whichever is applicable, as follows: (i) the price per share
     offered to shareholders of the Company in any such merger, consolidation,
     reorganization, sale of assets or dissolution transaction, (ii) the price
     per share offered to shareholders of the Company in any tender offer or
     exchange offer whereby a Corporate Change takes place, or (iii) if such
     Corporate Change occurs other than pursuant to a tender or exchange offer,
     the fair market value per share of the shares into which such Options being
     surrendered are exercisable, as determined by the Committee as of the date
     determined by the Committee to be the date of cancellation and surrender of
     such Options. In the event that the consideration offered to shareholders
     of the Company in any transaction described in this Subparagraph (d) or
     Subparagraph (c) above consists of anything other than cash, the Committee
     shall determine the fair cash equivalent of the portion of the
     consideration offered which is other than cash.

          (e) Any adjustment provided for in Subparagraphs (b) or (c) above
     shall be subject to any required shareholder action.

          (f) Except as hereinbefore expressly provided, the issuance by the
     Company of shares of stock of any class or securities convertible into
     shares of stock of any class, for cash, property, labor or services, upon
     direct sale, upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor,
     or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into
     such shares or other securities, and in any case whether or not for fair
     value, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made
     with

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     respect to, the number of shares of Stock subject to Options theretofore
     granted or the purchase price per share.

IX. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

     The Board in its discretion may terminate the Plan at any time with respect
to any shares for which Options have not theretofore been granted. The Board
shall have the right to alter or amend the Plan or any part thereof from time to
time; provided, that no change in any Option theretofore granted may be made
which would impair the rights of the Optionee without the consent of such
Optionee; and provided, further, that (i) the Board may not make any alteration
or amendment which would decrease any authority granted to the Committee
hereunder in contravention of Rule 16b-3 and (ii) the Board may not make any
alteration or amendment which would materially increase the benefits accruing to
participants under the Plan, increase the aggregate number of shares which may
be issued pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, change the class of
individuals eligible to receive Options under the Plan or extend the term of the
Plan, without the approval of the shareholders of the Company.

X. SECURITIES LAWS

          (a) The Company shall not be obligated to issue any Stock pursuant to
     any Option granted under the Plan at any time when the offering of the
     shares covered by such Option have not been registered under the Securities
     Act of 1933 and such other state and federal laws, rules or regulations as
     the Company or the Committee deems applicable and, in the opinion of legal
     counsel for the Company, there is no exemption from the registration
     requirements of such laws, rules or regulations available for the offering
     and sale of such shares.

          (b) It is intended that the Plan and any grant of an Option made to a
     person subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act meet all of the requirements
     of Rule 16b-3. If any provision of the Plan or any such Option would
     disqualify the Plan or such Option under, or would otherwise not comply
     with, Rule 16b-3, such provision or Option shall be construed or deemed
     amended to conform to Rule 16b-3.

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