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                                   EXHIBIT 4.1

                                 RES-CARE, INC.

                2000 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

         Res-Care, Inc. (the "Company") hereby established a stock option and
incentive plan for the benefit of its employees, as set forth below.

                              SECTION 1 -- PURPOSE

         The Company adopts this compensation program for certain key employees
to (a) increase the profitability and growth of the Company; (b) provide
competitive compensation to employees while obtaining the benefits of tax
deferral, (c) attract and retain exceptional personnel and encourage excellence
in the performance of individual responsibilities; and (d) motivate key
employees to contribute to the Company's success.

                            SECTION 2 -- DEFINITIONS

         For purposes of the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings
below unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

         2.1      "AWARD" means an Incentive Stock Option, a Nonqualified Stock
Option, a Stock Appreciation Right, a Restricted Stock Award, or a Performance
Share Award granted under the Plan.

         2.2      "AWARD AGREEMENT" means a written agreement between a
Participant and the Company covering the specific terms and conditions of an
Award; where such an agreement grants only stock options, it may also be
referred to as a "Stock Option Agreement."

         2.3      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

         2.4      "CHANGE OF CONTROL" means (i) an event or series of events
which have the effect of any "person" as such term is used in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than any trustee or other fiduciary holding
securities of the Company under any employee benefit plan of the Company,
becoming the "beneficial owner" as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding capital stock; (ii)
any merger, consolidation, share exchange, recapitalization or other transaction
in which any person becomes the beneficial owner of securities of the Company
representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
outstanding capital stock; (iii) the persons who were Directors immediately
before a transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board of the
Company or any successor to the Company; (iv) the business of the Company is
disposed of pursuant to a partial or complete liquidation, sale of assets, or
otherwise.

         2.5      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be
amended from time to time.

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         2.6 "COMMITTEE" means the committee appointed by the Board pursuant to
Section 4.1 to administer the Plan

         2.7      "COMPANY" shall mean Res-Care, Inc. and its successors.

         2.8      "DIRECTOR" means a voting member of the Board, excluding any
person who serves solely in an advisory capacity or as a director emeritus.

         2.9      "DISABILITY" means permanent disability within the meaning of
Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

         2.10     "EFFECTIVE DATE" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.

         2.11     "EMPLOYEE" means an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary.

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

         2.13     "FAIR MARKET VALUE" means the closing market price per share
of Stock as reported on the date as of which Fair Market Value is to be
determined, or, if no trades were reported on that date, the closing price on
the most recent trading day immediately preceding such date for which closing
price information is available. In the absence of an established market for the
Stock, the Fair Market Value of the Stock shall be determined in good faith by
the Committee.

         2.14     "GRANT DATE" means, with respect to an Award, the date as of
which the Award is granted as stated in the Award Agreement.

         2.15     "INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION" means an option to purchase Stock
granted under Section 6 of the Plan that is designated by the Committee as an
Incentive Stock Option and is intended to meet the requirements of Section 422
of the Code.

         2.16     "INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR" means a Director who is not a current
or former employee or officer of the Company or a Subsidiary and who does not
receive any remuneration from the Company or any Subsidiary for service to the
Company or a Subsidiary in any capacity other than as a Director, and otherwise
in accordance with the meaning of Treasury Reg. Section 1.162-27(e)(3).

         2.17     "NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION" means an option to purchase Stock
granted under Section 6 of the Plan that is not intended to be an Incentive
Stock Option.

         2.18     "OPTION" means an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonqualified
Stock Option.

         2.19     "OPTION PERIOD" means the period from the Grant Date of an
Option to the date the period for exercise of the Option expires as stated in
the Award Agreement.

         2.20   "PARENT" means a "parent corporation," whether now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code, or any successor
provision.

         2.21     "PARTICIPANT" means an Employee who has been granted an Award
under the Plan.

         2.22     "PERFORMANCE SHARE" means the grant of contingent shares of
Stock under Section 10 of the Plan.

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         2.23     "PLAN" means this Res-Care, Inc. 2000 Stock Option and
Incentive Compensation Plan.

         2.24     "RESTRICTION PERIOD" means the period of time from the Grant
Date of a Restricted Stock Award to the date when the restrictions placed on the
Stock in the Award Agreement lapse.

         2.25     "RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD" or "RESTRICTED STOCK" means a
Restricted Stock Award granted under Section 9 of the Plan.

         2.26     "RETIREMENT" means a Participant's Termination of Employment
with the Company or a Subsidiary after attaining age 60 (or earlier with the
Company's or the Subsidiary's consent).

         2.27     "STOCK" means the Company's voting common stock of no par
value per share, or such other securities into which the Stock may be converted,
by merger or otherwise.

         2.28     "STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT" or "SAR" means a Stock Appreciation
Right granted under Section 7 of the Plan.

         2.29     "SUBSIDIARY" means any corporation which at the time qualifies
as a subsidiary of the Company under the definition of "subsidiary corporation"
in Section 424(f) of the Code.

         2.30     "TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT" shall be deemed to have occurred
at the close of business on the last day on which an Employee is carried as an
active employee on the records of the Company or a Subsidiary. The Committee
shall determine in accordance with Section 13.2 whether an authorized leave of
absence, or other absence on military or government service, constitutes
severance of the employment relationship between the Company or a Subsidiary and
the Employee.

                     SECTION 3 -- STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

         3.1      Authorized Stock. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
11, the aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to
Awards under the Plan, and the maximum number of shares that may be issued
pursuant to Incentive Stock Option Awards, shall be 900,000 shares, plus any
shares authorized for issuance and not issued or subject to grants under the
Company's 1991 Incentive Stock Plan and 1998 Omnibus Stock Plan (the "Prior
Plans") that expire or terminate. When adopted by the Company's Shareholders,
this Plan shall amend the Prior Plans to immediately terminate the right to make
additional grants under the Prior Plans. Stock delivered under the Plan shall
consist of authorized and unissued stock.

         3.2      Effect of Expirations. If any Award granted under the Plan
expires or terminates without exercise, or is cancelled or settled for cash, the
Stock no longer subject to such Award shall be available to be re-awarded under
the Plan. Any Stock withheld by the Company in payment of the exercise price of
an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations shall be available to be
re-awarded under the Plan.

                           SECTION 4 -- ADMINISTRATION

         4.1      Committee Governance. This Plan shall be administered by the
Committee and in a

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manner that shall permit Awards to qualify for the exemption set forth in Rule
16b-3 under the Exchange Act and as performance-based compensation under Section
162(m) of the Code. The Committee shall consist of two or more Independent
Directors appointed by the Board. The Board shall determine the number of
members of the Committee and shall add or remove members from the Committee as
the Board sees fit, and shall fill any vacancies. The Committee shall select one
of its members as the chairperson of the Committee and shall hold meetings at
such times and places as it may determine. The Committee may appoint a secretary
and, subject to the provisions of the Plan and to policies determined by the
Board, may make such rules and regulations for the conduct of its business as it
shall deem advisable. Written action of the Committee may be taken by a majority
of its members, and actions so taken shall be fully effective as if taken by a
vote of a majority of the members at a meeting duly called and held. A majority
of Committee members shall constitute a quorum for purposes of meeting. The act
of a majority of the members present at any meeting for which there is a quorum
shall be a valid act of the Committee.

         4.2      Committee to Interpret Plan. Subject to the provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have sole power to (i) construe and interpret the
Plan; (ii) establish, amend or waive rules and regulations for its
administration; (iii) to determine and accelerate the exercisability of any
Award or the termination of any Restriction Period; (iv) to correct
inconsistencies in the Plan or in any Award Agreement, or any other instrument
relating to an Award; and (v) subject to the provisions of Section 11, to amend
the terms and conditions of any Award to the extent such terms and conditions
are within the discretion of the Committee as provided in the Plan.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no action of the Committee may, without the
consent of the person or persons entitled to exercise any outstanding Award,
adversely affect the rights of such person or persons.

         4.3      Exculpation. No member of the Board or the Committee shall be
liable for actions or determinations made in good faith with respect to the
Plan, or for Awards under it.

         4.4      Selection of Participants. The Committee shall have the
authority to grant Awards from time to time to such Employees as may be selected
by it in its sole discretion.

         4.5      Decisions Binding. All determinations and decisions made by
the Committee pursuant to the Plan, including factual determinations, shall be
final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, its
Subsidiaries, its shareholders, Participants and their estates and assignees.

         4.6      Award Agreements. Each Award under the Plan shall be evidenced
by an Award Agreement which shall be signed by the Chairman or Secretary of the
Committee or by an officer of the Company authorized by the Committee and by the
Participant, and shall contain such terms and conditions as may be approved by
the Committee, which need not be the same in all cases. Any Award Agreement may
be supplemented or amended in writing from time to time as approved by the
Committee, provided that the terms of the Agreement as amended or supplemented,
as well as the terms of the original Award Agreement, are not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan. An Employee who receives an Award under the Plan
shall not, with respect to the Award, be deemed to have become a Participant, or
to have any rights with respect to the Award, unless and until the Award
Agreement has been signed by the Chairman or Secretary of the Committee and by
the Employee and delivered to the Committee, and the Employee has otherwise
complied with the applicable terms and conditions of the Award. The Committee
may condition any Award upon the agreement by the Participant to such
confidentiality, non-competition, and non-solicitation covenants as the
Committee deems appropriate.

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         4.7      Limitation on Awards.

                  (a) Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11, the
         maximum number of shares of Stock that may be issued pursuant to Awards
         under the Plan to any one Participant during any one fiscal year of the
         Company shall not exceed 120,000 shares (as adjusted under Section 11).
         Such limit shall not be adjusted to restore shares of Stock if an Award
         received by the Participant subject to the limit is terminated,
         surrendered or cancelled.

                  (b) No part of any Option or SAR Award may be exercised, no
         Performance Share shall be issued, and no Restriction Period will
         lapse to the extent the exercise, issuance or lapse would cause the
         Participant to have compensation from the Company and its affiliated
         companies for any year in excess of one million dollars and which is
         nondeductible by the Company and its affiliated companies pursuant to
         Code Section 162(m). Any portion of an Award that is not exercisable,
         not issued or for which a Restriction Period does not lapse because of
         this limitation shall continue to be exercisable or shall be issued,
         or the Restriction Period shall lapse, in any subsequent year in which
         the exercise, issuance or lapse would not cause the loss of the
         Company's or its affiliated companies' compensation tax deduction,
         provided such exercise or issuance occurs before the Award expires,
         and otherwise complies with the terms and conditions of the Plan and
         the Award Agreement.

                       SECTION 5 -- AWARDS UNDER THE PLAN

         Subject to the limitations of the Plan, the Committee may in its sole
and absolute discretion grant Awards in such numbers, upon such terms and at
such times as the Committee shall determine. Employees who are expected to
contribute substantially to the growth and profitability of the Company or a
Subsidiary are eligible for selection by the Committee under Section 4.4 to
receive Awards.

                           SECTION 6 -- STOCK OPTIONS

         6.1      Grant. Both Incentive Stock Options and Nonqualified Stock
Options may be granted under the Plan. If an Option is designated as an
Incentive Stock Option but does not qualify as such under Section 422 of the
Code, the Option (or portion thereof) shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock
Option, and governed by Section 83 of the Code. All Options granted under the
Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee may
from time to time approve. All Options are subject to the terms and conditions
of this Section 6 and such additional terms and conditions contained in the
Award Agreement, which need not be the same in each case, not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee finds desirable.

         6.2      Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock covered
by an Option shall be determined by the Committee, provided that the exercise
price for an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair
Market Value of the Stock on the Grant Date, unless the Incentive Stock Option
is granted to a person who on the Grant Date owns (within the meaning of Section
424 of the Code) stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, in which case
the exercise price shall be at least 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Stock
on the Grant Date.

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         6.3      Option Period. The Option Period shall be determined by the
Committee, and unless otherwise specifically provided in the Award Agreement, no
Option shall be exercisable later than ten years from the Grant Date. No
Incentive Stock Option shall be exercisable later than ten years from the Grant
Date, provided that in the case of an Employee who on the Grant Date owns or is
deemed to own (within the meaning of Section 425(d) of the Code) more than 10%
of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any
Subsidiary, the Incentive Stock Option shall not be exercisable later than five
years from the Grant Date. Options may expire prior to the end of the Option
Period due to the Participant's Termination of Employment as provided in Section
8, or in accordance with any provision of the Award Agreement. No Option may be
exercised at any time unless the Option is valid and outstanding.

         6.4      Limitation on Amount of Incentive Stock Options. The aggregate
Fair Market Value (determined as of each Option Grant Date) of Stock with
respect to which a Participant's Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the
first time during any calendar year (under this and all other stock option plans
of the Company and any Subsidiary) shall not exceed $100,000. Options or
portions of Options exercisable as a result of acceleration under Section 11.2
in excess of the $100,000 limit described herein shall be treated as
Nonqualified Stock Options.

         6.5      Nontransferability of Options. Except as otherwise provided in
this Section 6.5, no Option shall be transferable by a Participant otherwise
than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and an Option shall be
exercisable, during the Participant's lifetime, only by the Participant (or, in
the event of the Participant's legal incapacity or incompetency, the
Participant's guardian or legal representative). The Committee may in an Award
Agreement allow a Participant, subject to any restrictions under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act, to transfer all or part of a Nonqualified Stock Option to
(i) the Participant's spouse or lineal descendants ("Immediate Family Members"),
(ii) trusts for the exclusive benefit of the Participant and/or his Immediate
Family Members, or (iii) a partnership or limited liability company in which the
Participant and/or his Immediate Family Members are the only partners or
members, as applicable. Such transfer may be made by a Participant only if there
is no consideration for the transfer, and subsequent transfers of any Option
shall be prohibited other than in accordance with this Section 6.5 and by will
or the laws of descent and distribution. Following a transfer of an Option, the
Option shall continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were
applicable immediately before the transfer, and Termination of Employment or
Service, Retirement, Disability, satisfaction of service requirements or
performance objectives, and other conditions to exercise of an Option shall be
applied with respect to the original Participant. However, for purposes of
exercising the Option, the term Participant shall refer to the transferee. In
addition, for purposes of the death benefit provisions of Section 8, the
Participant's Representative shall be deemed to refer to the transferee, the
personal representative of the transferee's estate, or after final settlement of
the transferee's estate, the successor or successors entitled thereto by law.

         6.6      Exercise. An Option may be exercised, so long as it is valid
and outstanding, from time to time in part or as a whole, subject to any
limitations with respect to the number of shares for which the Option may be
exercised at a particular time and to such other conditions (e.g., exercise
could be conditioned on performance) as the Committee in its discretion may
specify upon granting the Option or as otherwise provided in this Section 6.

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         6.7      Method of Exercise. To exercise an Option, the Participant or
the other person(s) entitled to exercise the Option shall deliver to the
Committee (i) a written notice of exercise in such form as the Committee may
prescribe, specifying the number of full shares to be purchased; (ii) payment in
full of the exercise price in accordance with Section 6.8; and (iii) in the case
of Nonqualified Stock Options, any required withholding taxes as provided in
Section 14. No shares of Stock shall be issued unless the Participant has fully
complied with the provisions of this Section 6.7.

         6.8      Payment of Exercise Price. To the extent provided in the Award
Agreement for an Option and subject to the rules of Section 16 of the Exchange
Act and any exchange on which the Stock is traded at any relevant time, payment
of the exercise price may be made (i) in cash; (ii) in shares of Stock (based on
the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date the Option is exercised)
acceptable to the Committee and owned by the Participant (or jointly by the
Participant and his spouse) for at least six months evidenced by negotiable
certificates or by a written attestation of ownership and consent to issuance,
in satisfaction of the Option or portion thereof being exercised, of only the
net shares of Stock (those equal in value to the difference between the exercise
price and the then Fair Market Value); (iii) by a written election to have the
Company retain that number of shares of Stock subject to the Option having an
aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Option,
provided that for Incentive Stock Options, this right must be granted by the
Committee at the time the Option is granted and may not be added in any
modification of the Award Agreement; or (iv) by any combination thereof. If
permitted in the Award Agreement, Restricted Stock (valued as if it were not
subject to restrictions on transfer or possibilities of forfeiture) issued to
the Participant may be tendered as payment of the exercise price of an Option.
If Restricted Stock is tendered as the exercise price of an Option, a number of
shares of Stock issued on exercise of such Option, equal to the number of shares
of Restricted Stock tendered as consideration thereof, shall be subject to the
same restrictions as the Restricted Stock so tendered and shall be held by the
secretary of the Company pursuant to Section 9.1.

                     SECTION 7 -- STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

         7.1      Grant. All Stock Appreciation Rights ("SARs") granted under
the Plan shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee
may from time to time approve. All SARs are subject to the terms and conditions
of this Section 7 and such additional terms and conditions contained in the
Award Agreement, which need not be the same in each case, not inconsistent with
the Plan, as the Committee finds desirable.

         7.2      Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Stock subject
to a SAR shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant and specified
in the Award Agreement.

         7.3      Exercise Period. The exercise period shall be determined by
the Committee, and unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement, no SAR
shall be exercisable later than ten years from the Grant Date. No SAR may be
exercised at any time unless such SAR is valid and outstanding as provided in
this Section 7.

         7.4      Nontransferability. No SAR shall be transferable other than by
will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and SAR's shall be exercisable,
during the Participant's lifetime, only by the Participant (or, in the event of
the Participant's legal incapacity or incompetency, the Participant's guardian
or legal representative).

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         7.5      Exercise. An SAR may be exercised, so long as it is valid and
outstanding, from time to time in part or as a whole, subject to any limitations
with respect to the number of shares for which the SAR may be exercised at a
particular time and to such other conditions (e.g., exercise could be
conditioned on performance) as the Committee in its discretion may specify upon
granting the SAR or as otherwise provided in this Section 7.

         7.6      Method of Exercise. To exercise an SAR, the Participant or the
other person(s) entitled to exercise the SAR shall give written notice of
exercise to the Committee, specifying the number of full shares with respect to
which the SAR is being exercised, and, if the Award Agreement provides that the
Participant may elect the method of payment, whether the SAR is to be paid in
cash or Stock.

         7.7       Payment Upon Exercise. Upon the exercise of an SAR, a
Participant shall be entitled to receive an amount, in cash or whole shares of
Stock (or a combination thereof) as provided in the Award Agreement, equal to
the amount by which the then Fair Market Value of one share of Stock exceeds the
exercise price per share specified in the Award Agreement, multiplied by the
number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. The number of
shares of Stock to be delivered to the Participant upon exercise of an SAR shall
be based on the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of exercise. Payment
of an SAR shall be made in cash, shares of Stock, or a combination of cash and
shares of Stock, as provided in the Award Agreement, which may provide the
Participant a choice regarding the form of payment. A certificate or
certificates for shares of Stock acquired upon exercise of an SAR shall be
issued in the name of the Participant and distributed to the Participant as soon
as practicable following exercise, subject to Section 13.3. No fractional shares
of Stock will be issuable upon exercise of an SAR and, unless otherwise provided
in the Award Agreement, the Participant will receive cash in lieu of fractional
shares.

            SECTION 8 -- LIMITATIONS ON EXERCISE OF OPTIONS AND SARS
                   AFTER TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE

         8.1      After a Participant's Termination of Employment, an Option or
SAR may be exercised, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 11, only to
the extent that the Option or SAR was exercisable immediately before the
Termination of Employment or Service, but in no event after the expiration date
of the Option or SAR as specified in the Award Agreement. Except to the extent
that shorter or longer periods are provided in the Award Agreement, a
Participant's right to exercise an Option or SAR upon Termination of Employment
or Service shall terminate:

                  (a) At the expiration of one year in the event of Disability
of the Participant; or

                  (b) At the expiration of one year after the Participant's
death if the Participant's Termination of Employment or Service occurs by reason
of death, any Option or SAR exercised under this subparagraph (b) may be
exercised by the legal representative of the estate of the Participant or by the
person or persons who acquire the right to exercise such Option or SAR by
bequest or inheritance; or

                  (c) No later than three months after the Participant's
Termination of Employment or Service for any reason other than those described
in (a) and (b) above or termination for "Cause" as described in Section 8.2.

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         8.2      Termination for Cause. If the Committee determines that an
Employee's employment has been terminated for Cause, the Employee shall forfeit
any and all unexercised Option and Stock Appreciation Rights Awards immediately
upon the Termination of Employment. For purposes of this Plan, "Cause" shall
have the definition set forth in the employment agreement between the Company
and the Employee, if any; otherwise, "Cause" shall mean the Employee's (i)
willful failure to substantially perform such Employee's reasonably assigned
duties on behalf of the Company, (ii) repeated gross negligence in performing
such Optionee's duties, (iii) illegal conduct in performing such Employee's
duties, (iv) willful actions contrary to the Company's interest, (v) repeated
refusal to comply with the reasonable and lawful instructions of management of
the company, or (vi) violation of the obligations imposed on the Employee under
any confidentiality or solicitation covenants to which the Employee is bound
under the terms of the Stock Option Agreement or otherwise.

                      SECTION 9 -- RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

         9.1      Grant. All Restricted Stock Awards granted under the Plan
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee may from
time to time approve. All Restricted Stock Awards are subject to the terms and
conditions in this Section 9, and such additional terms and conditions contained
in the Award Agreement, which need not be the same in each case, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee finds desirable.
The Company shall issue, in the name of each Participant who is granted a
Restricted Stock Award, a certificate for the shares of Stock granted in the
Award (subject to Section 13.3), as soon as practicable after the Grant Date.
The Secretary of the Company shall hold such certificates for the Participant's
benefit until the Restriction Period lapses or the Restricted Stock is forfeited
to the Company in accordance with the Award Agreement.

         9.2      Restriction Period. The Restriction Period shall be determined
by the Committee, and shall commence on the Grant Date and expire at the time
specified in the Award Agreement. The Committee may provide in an Award
Agreement that a Restriction Period that has not otherwise expired will expire
immediately upon the Retirement, death or Disability of the Participant. Unless
otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, in the event of a Participant's
Termination of Employment during the Restriction Period for any reason, the
Participant's rights to the Stock subject to the Restricted Stock Award shall be
forfeited and all such Stock shall immediately be surrendered to the Company.

         9.3      Rights of Participant. During the Restriction Period, the
Participant may not sell, transfer, pledge, assign or otherwise dispose of
shares of Restricted Stock. Any attempt by a Participant to sell, transfer,
pledge, assign or otherwise dispose of Restricted Stock shall cause immediate
forfeiture of the Award. Except as provided in the previous sentence and as
otherwise provided in the Award Agreement, a Participant shall have, with
respect to Restricted Stock, all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company,
including the right to vote the shares and the right to receive all dividends
and other distributions with respect to such shares, provided that the
Participant has become the holder of record of the Stock. The Committee may
provide in an Award Agreement that dividends paid on Restricted Stock must be
reinvested in shares of Stock, which may or may not be subject to the same
Restriction Period applicable to the original Restricted Stock Award. In the
event of any adjustment as provided in Section 11 or if any securities are
received as a dividend on Restricted Stock, new or additional shares or
securities shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as the original
Restricted Stock.

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         9.4      Expiration of Restriction Period. At the expiration of the
Restriction Period, the restrictions contained in Section 9.3 and in the Award
Agreement shall, except as otherwise specifically provided in the Award
Agreement, expire, and the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section
13.3 and the Award Agreement, deliver to the Participant a certificate
evidencing the Participant's ownership of the Stock free of the restrictions.

         9.5      Nontransferability. No Restricted Stock Award shall be
transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution until
any restrictions applicable to such Award have lapsed and a certificate
evidencing the Participant's ownership of the stock free of restrictions has
been issued.

                     SECTION 10 -- PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS

         10.1     Grant. All Performance Share Awards granted under the Plan
shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement in such form as the Committee may from
time to time approve. All Performance Share Awards are subject to the terms and
conditions of this Section 10 and such additional terms and conditions contained
in the Award Agreement, which terms and conditions need not be the same in each
case, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee finds desirable.

         10.2     Performance Criteria. The performance criteria for each
Performance Share Award shall be determined by the Committee, and shall may
consist of service requirements and any measures of performance of the Company
or any Subsidiary or such other criteria as the Committee specifies. At the
times specified in the Award Agreement, the Committee shall evaluate actual
performance during such performance period compared to the performance criteria
established for the Award, and shall determine the extent to which a cash or
stock payment is to be made pursuant to the Performance Share Award. The
Committee may provide in an Award Agreement that one or more performance
criteria under an Award will be deemed to have been met upon the Retirement,
death or Disability of the Participant. Unless otherwise provided in the Award
Agreement, in the event of a Participant's Termination of Employment for any
reason before performance criteria have been met, the Participant's rights to
payment of a Performance Share Award shall be forfeited.

         10.3     Payment. Performance Share Awards will be paid only after the
Committee determines, in its sole discretion, that the performance criteria
established under Section 10.2 have been achieved, subject to such other terms
and conditions as may be included in the Award Agreement and to the Committee's
right to waive any performance criteria in its discretion. Payment shall be
made, as provided in the Award Agreement (which may provide the Participant a
choice regarding the form of payment), in cash or whole shares of Stock (or a
combination thereof) having a Fair Market Value equal to the number of shares of
Stock represented by the Performance Share Award. A certificate or certificates
for shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to a Performance Share Award shall be
issued in the name of the Participant and distributed to the Participant as soon
as practicable following the Committee's determination that performance criteria
have been met, subject to Section 13.3. No fractional shares of Stock will be
issued in connection with a Performance Share Award and, unless otherwise
provided in the Award Agreement, the Participant will receive cash in lieu of
fractional shares.

         10.4     Rights of Participant. A Participant shall not, with respect
to a Performance Share Award or any Stock that may in the future be issued under
it, have any rights as a shareholder of the

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Company, such as the right to vote the shares or the right to receive dividends
and other distributions, at any time before the Participant has become the
holder of record of the Stock.

         10.5     Nontransferability.  No Performance Share Award shall be
transferable other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.

            SECTION 11 - ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION,
                CHANGE OF CONTROL, OR CERTAIN OTHER TRANSACTIONS

         11.1     Changes in Capitalization. In the event of any merger,
reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, separation, liquidation, stock
dividend, split-up, share combination, or other change in the corporate
structure of the Company affecting the number of shares of Stock or the kind of
shares or securities issuable upon exercise of an option, and subject to Section
11.2, an appropriate and proportionate adjustment shall be made by the Committee
in the number and kind of shares which may be delivered under the Plan, and in
the number and kind of or price of shares subject to outstanding Options;
provided that the number of shares subject to any Option shall always be a whole
number. Any adjustment of an Incentive Stock Option under this Section shall be
made in such a manner so as not to constitute a "modification" within the
meaning of Section 424(h) of the Code. Except as expressly provided herein, no
issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities
convertible into shares of stock of any class, shall affect, and no adjustment
by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares
of Stock subject to an Award.

         11.2     Change of Control.

                  (a) Options and SARs. The Committee, in its discretion, may
provide in an Award Agreement that each outstanding Option and SAR shall become
exercisable in full in the event of a Change of Control. In addition, in the
event of a Change of Control, each outstanding Option and SAR (i) shall be
assumed or an equivalent option or right shall be substituted by the successor
corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation, or (ii) if
the successor corporation does not agree to assume the outstanding Options or
SARs or to substitute equivalent options or rights, then each outstanding Option
or SAR shall be entitled to receive in lieu of the exercise of the Option or
SAR, a cash payment in an amount equal to the difference between the aggregate
exercise price of the Option or SAR and (A) in the case of a tender offer or
exchange offer, the final offer price paid per share of Common Stock, or such
lower price as the Committee may determine is necessary to preserve an Option's
ISO status, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock covered by the
Option or SAR, or (B) in the case of any other Change of Control, the aggregate
Fair Market Value of the shares covered by the Option or SAR, as determined by
the Committee at such time. The Company shall pay any amount required under this
Section 11.2 within 15 days following the occurrence of the Change of Control.
The Committee shall have the discretion to revoke or limit the acceleration of
exercisability of an Option or SAR at any time before and within 20 business
days following the date a Change of Control is approved by the Board or
otherwise occurs.

                  (b) Restricted Stock. The Committee, in its discretion, may
provide in an Award Agreement that in the event of a Change of Control, the
Performance Period of any Restricted Stock Award shall lapse.

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                  (c) Assumption of Option or SAR. For purposes of Section
11.2(a), an Option or SAR shall be considered assumed if the Committee
determines, at the time of issuance of the stock or other consideration upon
such Change of Control, that the holder of the Option or SAR would be entitled
to receive upon exercise the same number and kind of shares of stock or the same
amount of property, cash or securities as the holder would have been entitled to
receive after the effective time of the transaction if the holder had been,
immediately before the effective time of the transaction, the holder of the
number of shares of Stock covered by the Option or SAR at such time (whether or
not the Option or SAR was then exercisable and after giving effect to any
adjustments in the number of Shares covered by the Option or SAR as provided in
this Section 11). If the consideration to be received in a Change of Control
transaction is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its
Parent, the Committee may, with the consent of the successor corporation,
provide for the consideration to be received upon exercise of the Option to be
solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal to the Fair
Market Value of the consideration per share received by holders of Stock in the
transaction.

         11.3     Certain Distributions. In the event of any distribution to the
Company's shareholders of securities of any other entity or other assets (other
than dividends payable in cash or stock of the Company) without receipt of
consideration by the Company, the Committee may, in its discretion,
appropriately adjust the exercise price covered by each outstanding Option or
SAR to reflect the effect of such distribution.

         11.4     Other Adjustments. The Committee is authorized to make, in its
sole discretion and without the consent of Participants, adjustments to the
terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition of
unusual and nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or changes of applicable
laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee determines
that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan.

                    SECTION 12 -- AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

         12.1     Amendments and Termination. The Committee or the Board may
terminate, suspend, amend or alter the Plan, but no action of the Committee may:

                  (a) Impair or adversely affect the rights of a Participant
under an outstanding Award theretofore granted, without the Participant's
consent, other than as provided in Section 11 or 13.3; or,

                  (b) Without the approval of the shareholders:

                      (i)   Increase the total amount of Stock which may
be delivered under the Plan pursuant to Incentive Stock Options or the limit in
Section 4.7 on grants to individual Employees, except as is provided in Section
11 of the Plan;

                      (ii)  Decrease the exercise price of any Incentive Stock
Option to less than the exercise price on the date the Option was granted; or

                      (iii) Extend the period during which Incentive Stock
Option Awards may be granted, as specified in Section 16.

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         12.2     Conditions on Awards. In granting an Award, the Committee may
establish any conditions that it determines are consistent with the purposes and
provisions of the Plan, including, without limitation, a condition that the
granting of an Award is subject to the surrender for cancellation of any or all
outstanding Awards held by the Participant. Any new Award made under this
Section may contain such terms and conditions as the Committee may determine,
including an exercise price that is lower than that of any surrendered Award.

         12.3     Selective Amendments. Any amendment or alteration of the Plan
may be limited to, or may exclude from its effect, particular classes of
Participants.

                        SECTION 13 -- GENERAL PROVISIONS

         13.1     Unfunded Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to constitute an
"unfunded" plan for incentive compensation, and the Plan is not intended to
constitute a plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and shall not extend, with respect to any
payments not yet made to a Participant, any rights that are greater than those
of a general creditor of the Company.

         13.2     Transfers, Leaves of Absence and Other Changes in Employment
Status. For purposes of the Plan (i) a transfer of an Employee from the Company
to a Subsidiary or vice versa, or from one Subsidiary to another, or (ii) a
leave of absence not in excess of 90 days duly authorized in writing by the
Company or a Subsidiary for military service, sickness or any other purpose
approved by the Company or a Subsidiary, shall not be Termination of Employment.
The Committee, in its sole discretion subject to the terms of the Award
Agreement, shall determine the disposition of all Awards made under the Plan in
all cases involving any substantial change in employment status other than an
event described in this Section 13.2.

         13.3     Restrictions on Distribution of Stock. The Committee may
require Participants receiving Stock pursuant to any Award under the Plan to
represent to and agree with the Company in writing that the Participant is
acquiring the Stock for investment without a view to distribution thereof. No
Stock shall be issued or transferred pursuant to an Award unless the Committee
determines, in its sole discretion, that such issuance or transfer complies with
all relevant provisions of law, including but not limited to, the (i)
limitations, if any, imposed in the state of issuance or transfer, (ii)
restrictions, if any, imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the
Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (iii)
requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Stock may then be listed. The
certificates for Stock issued pursuant to an Award may include any legend that
the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any restrictions on transfer. The
Company shall not be obligated to register any securities covered hereby or to
take any affirmative action in order to facilitate the sale, transfer or other
disposition of Stock issued pursuant to an Award.

         13.4     Assignment Prohibited. Subject to the provisions of the Plan
and the Award Agreement, no Award shall be assigned, transferred, pledged or
otherwise encumbered by the Participant otherwise than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, and an Award shall be exercisable, during the
Participant's lifetime, only by the Participant. Awards shall not be pledged or
hypothecated in any way, and shall not be subject to any execution, attachment,
or similar process. Any attempted transfer, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or
other disposition of an Award contrary

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to the provisions of the Plan, or the levy of any process upon an Award, shall
be null, void and without effect.

         13.5     Other Compensation Plans. Nothing contained in the Plan shall
prevent the Company from adopting other compensation arrangements, subject to
shareholder approval if such approval is required.

         13.6     Limitation of Authority. No person shall at any time have any
right to receive an Award hereunder and no person other than a duly authorized
member of the Committee or an officer of the Committee duly authorized by the
Committee shall have authority to enter into an agreement on behalf of the
Company for the granting of an Award or to make any representation or warranty
with respect thereto. Participants shall have no rights in respect to any Award
except as set forth in the Plan and the applicable Award Agreement.

         13.7     No Right to Employment. Neither the action of the Company in
establishing the Plan, nor any action taken by it or by the Board or the
Committee under the Plan or any Award Agreement, nor any provision of the Plan,
shall be construed as giving to any person the right to be retained in the
employ or service of the Company or any other entity as an employee, director or
independent contractor or to interfere in any way with the right of the Company
or any other entity to terminate any person's service or employment at any time.

         13.8     Pooling. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary,
if any right under or feature of the Plan would cause to be ineligible for
pooling a transaction that would, but for the right or feature hereunder, be
eligible for such accounting treatment, the Board of Directors, upon
recommendation of the Committee, may modify or adjust the right or feature so
that the transaction will be eligible for pooling of interest accounting. Such
modification or adjustment may include payment of cash or issuance to a
Participant of Stock having a Fair Market Value equal to the cash value of such
right or feature.

         13.9     Not a Shareholder. The person or persons entitled to exercise,
or who have exercised, an Option or SAR shall not be entitled to any rights as a
shareholder of the Company with respect to any Stock to be issued upon such
exercise until such persons or persons shall have become the holder of record of
such Stock.

         13.10    Severability. If any provision of this Plan is found to be
illegal or unenforceable by any court of law in any jurisdiction, the remaining
provisions hereof and thereof shall be severable and enforceable in accordance
with their terms, and all provisions shall remain enforceable in any other
jurisdiction.

         13.11    Headings. The headings in this Plan have been inserted solely
for convenience of reference and shall not be considered in the interpretation
or construction of this Plan.

         13.12    Governing Law. The validity, interpretation, construction and
administration of this Plan shall be governed by the laws of the Company's state
of incorporation, as it may change from time to time.

                               SECTION 14 -- TAXES

         14.1     Tax Withholding. All Participants shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Committee to pay to the Company or a Subsidiary, any
federal, state or local taxes required to be

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withheld with respect to an Award issued under the Plan at the time such taxes
are required to be withheld. If a Participant fails to make such tax payments,
the Company and its Subsidiary shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the
right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of any kind otherwise due to the
Participant, including a payment related to any Award under the Plan.

         14.2 Share Withholding. If permitted by the Committee, a tax
withholding obligation may be satisfied by the Company retaining shares of Stock
with a fair market value equal to the amount required to be withheld.

                      SECTION 15 -- EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN

         The Plan shall be effective on the date (the "Effective Date") when the
Board of Directors adopts the Plan, subject to approval of the Plan by a
majority of the total votes eligible to be cast at a meeting of shareholders
following adoption of the Plan by the Board of Directors, which vote shall be
taken within 12 months of the Effective Date. Awards may be granted before
obtaining shareholder approval of the Plan, but any such Awards shall be
contingent upon such shareholder approval being obtained and may not be
exercised before such approval.

                           SECTION 16 -- TERM OF PLAN

         The Plan has no termination date, provided that no Incentive Stock
Option may be issued on or after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date as
defined in Section 15.

                                    * * * * *

         Board Approval:   July 21, 2000                  ______________________
                                                          (Secretary's Initials)

         Shareholder Approval: September __, 2000         ______________________
                                                          (Secretary's Initials)

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                                   EXHIBIT 4.2

                                 RES-CARE, INC.

            2000 NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS STOCK OWNERSHIP INCENTIVE PLAN

ARTICLE 1:      PURPOSE.

         The purpose of this 2000 Nonemployee Directors Stock Ownership
Incentive Plan ("Plan") is to advance the interests of Res-Care, Inc., a
Kentucky corporation ("Company"), and its subsidiaries, by providing nonemployee
directors of the Company with an ownership interest in the Company. The Plan is
also intended to enhance the Company's ability to attract and retain persons of
outstanding ability to serve as directors of the Company.

ARTICLE 2:      DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION.

         2.1 Definitions. As used in the Plan, the terms defined
parenthetically, immediately after their use shall have the respective meanings
provided by such definitions, and the terms set forth below shall have the
following meanings (in either case, such meanings shall apply equally to both
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

                (a) "Award" shall mean a grant of Options under Section 5 of
the Plan.

                (b) "Award Date" shall mean the first business day of July of
each calendar year that the Plan is in effect.

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

                (d) "Change of Control" means (i) an event or series of events
which have the effect of any "person" as such term is used in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than any trustee or other fiduciary holding
securities of the Company under any employee benefit plan of the Company,
becoming the "beneficial owner" as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act,
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of
the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding capital stock; (ii)
any merger, consolidation, share exchange, recapitalization or other transaction
in which any person becomes the beneficial owner of securities of the Company
representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then
outstanding capital stock; (iii) the persons who were members of the Board
immediately before a transaction shall cease to constitute a majority of the
Board of the Company or any successor to the Company; (iv) the business of the
Company is disposed of pursuant to a partial or complete liquidation, sale of
assets, or otherwise.

                (e) "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time, or any successor thereto, together with any
regulations promulgated thereunder.

                (f) "Committee" shall mean the committee described in
Section 3.1.

                (g) "Director"  shall mean a member of the Board who is not an
employee of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

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                (h) "Disability" shall mean a physical or mental infirmity that
the Committee determines impairs the Director's ability to perform substantially
his or her duties for a period of 180 consecutive days.

                (i) "Effective Date" shall mean the date described in
Section 6.1.

                (j) "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time.

                (k) "Fair Market Value" of the Shares shall mean, as of any
Award Date, the closing sale price of the Shares as reported on the NASDAQ
National Market, or if no such reported sale of the Shares shall have occurred
on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was a reported sale. If
there shall be any material alteration in the present system of reporting sale
prices of the Shares, or if the Shares shall no longer be listed on the NASDAQ
National Market, the Fair Market Value of the Shares as of an Award Date shall
be determined by such method as shall be determined in good faith by the
Committee.

                (l) "Option" shall mean an option to purchase Shares granted
pursuant to Article 5.

                (m) "Optionee" shall mean a person to whom an option has been
granted under the Plan.

                (n) "Option Agreement" shall mean an agreement evidencing the
grant of an Option, as described in Section 5.2.

                (o) "Option Exercise Price" shall mean the purchase price per
Share subject to an Option, which shall be the Fair Market Value of the Share on
the Award Date.

                (p) "Person" shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3(a) (9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
thereof, including a "group" as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

                (q) "Plan" shall mean this Res-Care, Inc. 2000 Nonemployee
Directors Stock Ownership Incentive Plan as the same may be amended from time
to time.

                (r) "Retirement" shall mean retirement by a Director in
accordance with the terms of the Company's retirement policy applicable to
directors of the Company.

                (s) "Shares" shall mean the Company's Common Shares.

                (t) "Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any company, any
corporation or other Person of which a majority of its voting power, equity
securities, or equity interest is owned directly or indirectly by such company.

                (u) "Withholding Taxes" shall mean all federal, state and local
income taxes and other amounts as may be required by law to be withheld with
respect to any option exercise, if any.

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         2.2 Gender and Number. Except where otherwise indicated by the context,
reference to the masculine gender shall include the feminine gender, the plural
shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural.

         2.3 Severability. In the event any provision of the Plan shall be held
illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect
the remaining parts of the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as
if the illegal or invalid provision had not been included.

ARTICLE 3:      ADMINISTRATION.

         3.1 The Committee. The Plan is designed to operate automatically and
not require administration. However, to the extent administration is required,
it shall be provided by a committee (the "Committee"). The members of the
Committee shall include two or more members of the Board, and shall be appointed
from time to time by, and shall serve at the discretion of, the Board. If the
Board fails to appoint the Committee, the Board shall administer the Plan.

         3.2 Authority of the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan,
the Committee shall have full authority to:

                (a) construe and interpret the Plan and any agreement or
instrument entered into under the Plan; and

                (b) establish, amend and rescind rules and regulations for the
Plan's administration.

To the extent permitted by law and Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act, the Committee may delegate its authority as identified herein.

         3.3 Decisions Binding. All determinations and decisions made by the
Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan, and all related orders or
resolutions of the Board, shall be final, conclusive and binding on all Persons,
including the Company, the Directors and their estates and beneficiaries.

         3.4 Section 16 Compliance. It is the intention of the Company that the
Plan and the administration of the Plan comply in all respects with Section 16
of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. If any
Plan provision, or any aspect of the administration of the Plan, is found not to
be in compliance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the provision or aspect of
administration shall be null and void to the extent permitted by law and deemed
advisable by the Committee. In all events the Plan shall be construed in favor
of its meeting the requirements of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange
Act.

ARTICLE 4:      SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE PLAN.

         4.1 Number of Shares. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.2,
the number of Shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options is
100,000 Shares. Any Shares issued under the Plan may consist, in whole or in
part, of authorized and unissued Shares or treasury shares. If and to the extent
options shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised
in

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full, the Shares associated with such Awards to the extent not fully
exercised shall again become available for Awards under the Plan.

         4.2 Adjustments in Authorized Shares and Outstanding Awards. In the
event of a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, split-up, spin-off, separation, liquidation, share dividend,
stock split, reverse stock split, cash dividend, property dividend, share
repurchase, share combination, share exchange, issuance of warrants, rights or
debentures, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting
the Shares, the Committee may substitute or adjust the total number and class of
Shares or other stock or securities that may be issued under the Plan, and the
number, class and/or price of Shares. or other stock or securities subject to
outstanding Awards, as it determines to be appropriate and equitable to prevent
dilution or enlargement of the rights of Directors and to preserve, without
exceeding, the value of any outstanding Awards; and further provided, that the
number of Shares or other stock or securities subject to any Award shall always
be a whole number.

ARTICLE 5:      AWARDS.

         5.1 Automatic Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of
the Plan, each Director on an Award Date shall automatically receive an option
for 4,500 Shares that is not intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
within" the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

         5.2 Vesting. Subject to Sections 5.4 and 5.7, each Option shall vest
and become exercisable with respect to 25% of the Shares subject thereto
effective immediately as of the Award Date and shall vest and become exercisable
with respect to an additional 25% of the Shares subject thereto effective as of
each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the Award Date; provided,
however, that the Director continues to serve as a member of the Board as of
such dates. If a Director ceases to serve as a member of the Board for any
reason, the Director shall have no rights with respect to that portion of an
option which is not then vested pursuant to the preceding sentence and the
Director shall automatically forfeit that portion of the Option that remains
unvested.

         5.3 Option Agreement. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Option
Agreement that shall specify the Option Exercise Price, the duration of the
Option, the number of Shares to which the option relates and such other terms
and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan as determined
by the Committee; provided, however, that such terms shall not vary the timing
of Awards, including provisions dealing with exercisability, forfeiture or
termination of such Awards or Options granted thereunder.

         5.4 Duration of Options. Subject to Section 5.6, each Option shall
expire on the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Award Date on which it was granted.

         5.5 Method of Exercise. The exercise of an Option shall be made only by
a written notice delivered in person or by mail to the Secretary of the Company
at the Company's principal executive office, specifying the number of Shares to
be purchased and accompanied by payment therefor and otherwise in accordance
with the Option Agreement pursuant to which the Option was granted. Shares
purchased pursuant to the exercise of an option shall be paid in full upon such
exercise by any one or a combination of the following: (i) in cash; (ii) in
owned by the Optionee (or jointly by the Optionee and his or her spouse) for at
least six months evidenced by negotiable certificates or by a

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written attestation of ownership and consent to issuance, in satisfaction of the
Option or portion thereof being exercised, of only the net Shares (those equal
in value to the difference between the Option Exercise Price and the then Fair
Market Value); (iii) by a written election to have the Company retain that
number of Shares subject to the Option having an aggregate Fair Market Value
equal to the aggregate Option Exercise Price; or (iv) by any combination
thereof. The written notice pursuant to this Section 5.5 may also provide
instructions from the Optionee to the Company that upon receipt of the purchase
price in cash from the Optionee's broker or dealer, designated as such on the
written notice, in payment for any Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise of
an Option, the Company shall issue such Shares directly to the designated broker
or dealer. Any Shares transferred to the Company or withheld as payment of the
Option Exercise Price shall be valued at their Fair Market Value on the date
preceding the date of exercise. If requested by the Committee, the Optionee
shall deliver the Option Agreement evidencing the option to the Secretary of the
Company who shall endorse thereon a notation of such exercise and return such
Option Agreement to the Optionee. No fractional shares (or cash in lieu thereof)
shall be issued upon exercise of an Option and the number of Shares that may be
purchased upon exercise shall be rounded down to the nearest number of whole
Shares.

         5.6 Termination of Director Relationship. If a Director for any reason
other than Retirement, death or Disability shall cease to be a member of the
Board, the outstanding Options of such Director (or portions thereof) that are
vested and exercisable as of the date the Director so ceased to be a member of
the Board may be exercised by such Director at any time prior to the earlier of
the expiration date of the options or the date that is ninety (90) days after
the date on which such Director ceases to be a member of the Board. If a
Director shall cease to be a member of the Board by reason of Retirement, death
or Disability, the outstanding options of such Director (or portions thereof)
that are vested and exercisable as of the date the Director so ceased to be a
member of the Board may be exercised by such Director at any time prior to the
earlier of the expiration date of the Options or the date that is the first
anniversary of the Director's Retirement, death or Disability. Options may be
exercised as provided in this Section 5.6 (x) in the event of the death of a
Director, by the person or persons to whom rights pass by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution, or if appropriate, the legal representative of his
estate and (y) in the event of the Disability of a Director, by the Director, or
if such Director is incapacitated, by his legal representative.

         5.7 Effect of Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything contained in
the Plan or an Option Agreement to the contrary, in the event of a Change of
Control, (i) all options outstanding on the date of such Change of Control shall
become immediately and fully exercisable and (ii) an Optionee will be entitled
to receive, in lieu of the exercise of any Option or portion of an Option to the
extent not yet exercised, a cash payment in an amount equal to the difference
between the aggregate Option Exercise Price and (A) in the case of a tender
offer or exchange offer, the final offer price paid per Share, multiplied by the
number of Shares covered by the Option, or (B) in the case of any other Change
of Control, the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares covered by the Option.
The Company shall pay any amount it must make under this Section 5.7 within 30
days following the occurrence of the Change of Control.

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ARTICLE 6:      EFFECTIVE DATE, AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION, AND TERMINATION.

         6.1 Effective Date. The Plan shall be effective upon the approval by
the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the securities of the
Company represented in person or by proxy, and entitled to vote, at a meeting of
shareholders of the Company at which the Plan is submitted for approval.

         6.2 Termination Date. The Plan shall terminate on the earliest to occur
of (a) the date when all Shares available under the Plan shall have been
acquired pursuant to the exercise of Awards or (b) such other date as the Board
may determine in accordance with Section 6.3.

         6.3 Amendment, Modification and Termination.

                (a) Except as provided in Section 6.3(b), the Board may, at any
time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan.

                (b)  Without the approval of shareholders of the Company, no
amendment, modification or termination may:

                    (i)   materially increase the benefits accruing to Directors
 under the Plan;

                    (ii)  increase the total number of Shares that may be issued
under the Plan,  except as provided in Section 4.2; or

                    (iii) modify the eligibility or other requirements to
receive an Award under the Plan.

         6.4 Awards Previously Granted. No amendment, modification or
termination of the Plan shall in any manner adversely affect any outstanding
Award without the written consent of the Optionee.

ARTICLE 7.      NON-TRANSFERABILITY.

         Except as otherwise provided in this Article 7, no Option shall be
transferable by a Director otherwise than by will or the laws of descent and
distribution, and an Option shall be exercisable, during the Director's
lifetime, only by the Director (or, in the event of the Director's legal
incapacity or incompetency, the Director's guardian or legal representative). A
Director may transfer all or part of a Nonqualified Stock Option to (i) the
Director's spouse or lineal descendants ("Immediate Family Members"), (ii)
trusts for the exclusive benefit of the Director and/or his Immediate Family
Members, or (iii) a partnership or limited liability company in which the
Director and/or his Immediate Family Members are the only partners or members,
as applicable. Such transfer may be made by a Director only if there is no
consideration for the transfer, and subsequent transfers of any Option shall be
prohibited other than in accordance with this Article 7 and by will or the laws
of descent and distribution. Following a transfer of an Option, the Option shall
continue to be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable
immediately before the transfer, and the conditions to exercise of an Option
upon Termination of Director Relationship or otherwise provided in this Plan
shall be applied with respect to the original Director. However, for purposes of
exercising the Option, the term Director shall refer to the transferee. In
addition, for purposes of the death benefit provisions of Section 5.6,
references to a Director shall be deemed to refer to the transferee, the
personal representative of the transferee's estate, or after final settlement of
the transferee's estate, the successor or successors entitled thereto by law.

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ARTICLE 8.      NO RIGHT OF REELECTION.

         Neither the Plan nor any action taken under the Plan shall be construed
as conferring upon a Director any right to continue as a director of the
Company, to be renominated by the Board or to be reelected by the shareholders
of the Company.

ARTICLE 9.      WITHHOLDING.

         Upon the exercise of an Option (a "Taxable Event"), the Optionee shall
pay the Withholding Taxes to the Company prior to the issuance, or release from
escrow, of such Shares. In satisfaction of the obligation to pay Withholding
Taxes to the Company, the Optionee may make a written election (the "Tax
Election") to have withheld a portion of the Shares then issuable to him or her
having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date preceding the date of such
issuance, equal to the Withholding Taxes.

ARTICLE 10.     INDEMNIFICATION.

         No member of the Board or the Committee, nor any officer or employee
acting on behalf of the Board or the Committee, shall be personally liable for
any action, determination or interpretation taken or made with respect to the
Plan, except for liability arising from his or her own willful misfeasance,
gross negligence or reckless disregard of his or her duties. All members of the
Board, the Committee and each and any officer or employee of the company acting
on their behalf shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and
protected by the Company with respect to any such action, determination or
interpretation.

ARTICLE 11.     SUCCESSORS.

         All obligations of the Company with respect to Awards granted under the
Plan shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of
such successor is a result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or
assets of the Company.

ARTICLE 12.     GOVERNING LAW.

         To the extent not preempted by Federal law, the Plan, and all
agreements under the Plan, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky without regard to its conflict of
law rules.

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