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Exhibit
10.1(b)(1)

 

AMENDED
AND RESTATED STOCK OPTION PLAN

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS OF

SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY

 

Southwest
Water Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Company”), hereby adopts this Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for
Non-Employee Directors of Southwest Water Company (“Restated Director Option
Plan”).  The Company originally adopted
the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Southwest Water Company
effective March 27, 1996.  This Restated
Director Option Plan amends and restates the original plan effective as of May
23, 2000.

 

The
purpose of this Restated Director Option Plan is to enable the Company to
obtain and retain the services of experienced Non-Employee Directors considered
essential to the long range success of the Company, and to motivate them by
providing an opportunity to become owners of Common Stock of the Company
pursuant to the exercise of options granted under this Restated Director Option
Plan.

 

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1 - General

 

Whenever
the following terms are used in this Restated Director Option Plan they shall
have the meaning specified below unless the context clearly indicates to the
contrary.

 

Section 1.2 - Board

 

“Board”
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company as constituted from time to
time.

 

Section 1.3 - Code

 

“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.4 - Common Stock

 

“Common
Stock” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Section 1.5 - Company

 

“Company”
shall mean Southwest Water Company, a Delaware corporation.

 

Section 1.6 - Director

 

“Director”
shall mean a person who is a member of the Board as constituted at that time.

 

 

Section 1.7 - Employee

 

“Employee”
shall mean any employee (as defined in accordance with the Regulations and
Revenue Rulings then applicable under Section 3401 (c) of the Code) of the
Company, or of any corporation which is then a Subsidiary or a Parent
corporation, whether such employee is so employed at the time this Restated
Director Option Plan is adopted or becomes so employed subsequent to the
adoption of this Restated Director Option Plan.

 

Section 1.8 - Non-Employee Director

 

“Non-Employee
Director” shall mean any Director who is not at the same time an Employee.

 

Section 1.9 - Exchange Act

 

“Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Section 1.10 - Option

 

“Option”
shall mean a non-qualified stock option to purchase Common Stock of the Company
granted under this Restated Director Option Plan.

 

Section 1.11 - Optionee

 

“Optionee”
shall mean a Non-Employee Director to whom an Option is granted under this
Restated Director Option Plan.

 

Section 1.12 - Parent Corporation

 

“Parent
Corporation” shall have the meaning given in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

Section 1.13 - Pronouns

 

The
masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter and the singular shall
include the plural, where the context so indicates.

 

Section 1.14 - Restated Director Option Plan

 

“Restated
Director Option Plan” shall mean this Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan
for Non-Employee Directors of Southwest Water Company, as the same may be
amended or restated from time to time.

 

Section 1.15 - Rule 16b-3

 

“Rule
16b-3” shall mean that certain Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act,
as such rule may be amended from time to time.

 

Section 1.16 - Secretary

 

“Secretary”
shall mean the Secretary of the Company.

 

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Section 1.17 - Securities Act

 

“Securities
Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Section 1.18 - Subsidiary

 

“Subsidiary”
shall mean any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with
the Company if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the
unbroken chain then owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined
voting power of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such
chain.

 

Section 1.19 - Termination as a Non-Employee
Director

 

“Termination
as a Non-Employee Director” shall mean the time when the Optionee who is a
Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board by reason of such
Optionee’s death, disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the
Code), retirement, resignation or for any other reason.

 

ARTICLE 2.

SHARES SUBJECT TO RESTATED DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN

 

Section 2.1 - Shares Subject to Restated Director
Option Plan

 

Subject
to Section 4.6 (relating to adjustments in shares upon a
Recapitalization, as defined therein), the shares of stock subject to Options
shall be shares of Common Stock.  The
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of
Options shall not exceed                       .  The foregoing gives effect to the 20% stock dividend
issued on January 20, 1997, the 5% stock dividend issued on January 2, 1998,
the 5-for-4 stock split issued on October 1, 1998, and the 3-for-2 stock
split issued on October 20, 1999.

 

Section 2.2 - Unexercised Options

 

If any
Option expires or is canceled without having been fully exercised, the number
of shares subject to such Option but as to which such Option was not exercised
prior to its expiration or cancellation may again be optioned hereunder,
subject to the limitations of Section 2.1.

 

ARTICLE 3.

GRANTING OF OPTIONS

 

Section 3.1 - Eligibility

 

Subject
to the provisions of Section 3.3, each person who is a Non-Employee
Director shall be eligible to receive Options in accordance with Section 3.2.

 

Section 3.2 - Grant of Options to Non-Employee
Directors

 

Subject
to Section 3.3 below, each person who is elected or re-elected as a
Non-Employee Director at the 1997 Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be
granted automatically as of the date of such meeting an initial Option to
purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock. 
Each person who first becomes a Non-Employee Director after the 1997
Annual Meeting of Stockholders but prior to the 2000

 

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Annual
Meeting, by election or appointment to the Board shall be granted automatically
on the date of such person’s election or appointment to the Board, an initial
Option to purchase 1,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution
adjustments in connection with any Recapitalization as governed by Section 4.6
hereof..  In addition, each person who
is a Non-Employee director immediately following the 1997 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders shall be granted automatically on the date of the Company’s Annual
Meeting of Stockholders in (i) the year following the date upon which such
Non-Employee Director is granted the initial Option hereunder, as provided in
the preceding two sentences, and (ii) each year thereafter through the 1999
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, an Option to purchase an additional 1,000
shares of Common Stock, subject to anti-dilution adjustments in connection with
any Recapitalization as governed by Section 4.6 hereof.  Effective as of the 2000 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, each person who is a Non-Employee Director immediately as of and
following the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall be granted
automatically on the date of the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders an
additional option to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock.  Each person who first becomes a Non-Employee
Director after the 2000 Annual Meeting of Stockholders by election or
appointment to the Board shall be granted automatically on the date of such
person’s election or appointment to the Board, an initial Option to purchase
5,000 shares of Common Stock, and shall be automatically granted on the date of
each subsequent Company Annual Meeting of Stockholders as of and following
which such person continues as a Non-Employee Director, an additional option to
purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock. 
The 5,000 option share grants provided by this paragraph are not subject
to anti-dilution adjustments in connection with any stock split, stock
dividend, or stock combination as governed by Section 4.6 hereof.

 

Section 3.3 - No Option Grants When Prohibited by
Law or Policy

 

No
person shall be granted an Option under this Restated Director Option Plan if
at the time of such Option grant, as provided in Section 3.2 above, the
grant of such Option to such person is prohibited by applicable law or the
policies of the employer of such person or of any other company on whose board
of directors such person is a member.

 

ARTICLE 4.

TERMS OF OPTION

 

Section 4.1 - Option Agreement

 

Each
Option shall be evidenced by a written Stock Option Agreement, which shall be
executed by the Optionee and an authorized officer of the Company and which
shall contain such terms and conditions as the Board shall determine,
consistent with this Restated Director Option Plan.

 

Section 4.2 - Option Price

 

(a) The
price per share of the Common Stock subject to each Option shall be 100% of the
fair market value of a share of Common Stock on the date such Option is
granted.

 

(b) For
purposes of this Restated Director Option Plan, the fair market value of a
share of Common Stock as of a given date shall be: (1) the closing price of a
share of the Common Stock on the principal exchange on which shares of the
Common Stock are then trading, if any, on the trading day preceding such date
or, if shares were not traded on the day preceding such date, then on the next
preceding trading day during which a sale occurred; or (ii) if the Common Stock
is not traded on an exchange (x) the last sales price of a share of the

 

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Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market (if the stock is then
traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market) on the trading day preceding such date, or,
if shares were not traded on the day preceding such date, then on the next
preceding trading day during which a sale occurred; or (y) the mean between the
closing representative high and low prices for the Common Stock on the trading
day next preceding such date as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. through Nasdaq or a successor quotation system or, if
shares were not quoted on the day immediately preceding such date, then on the
next preceding trading day during which a quote occurred, or (iii) if the
Common Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and prices are not provided
through The Nasdaq Stock Market, NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the
mean between the closing high and low prices for the Common Stock on the
trading day next preceding such date as determined in good faith by the Board;
or (iv) if the Common Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value of
the Common Stock established by the Board acting in good faith.

 

Section 4.3 - Commencement of Exercisability

 

(a) No
Option may be exercised in whole or in part during the first year after such
Option is granted.

 

(b)
Subject to the provisions of Sections 4.3(a), 4.3(c) and 7.3, Options
shall become exercisable in two (2) cumulative installments as follows:

 

(i)            The first installment shall consist
of fifty percent (50%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
exercisable on the first anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(ii)           The second installment shall consist
of fifty percent (50%)of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
exercisable on the second anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(c)           The portion, if any, of a previously
granted Option which is unexercisable on the date of Termination as a
Non-Employee Director shall become immediately exercisable.

 

Section 4.4 - Expiration of Options

 

No
Option may be exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the
following events:

 

(i)            The expiration of a period of seven years and one day
from the date such Option was granted; or

 

(ii)           The expiration of one year from the date of the
Optionee’s Termination as a Non-Employee Director for any reason, unless the
Optionee dies within said one year period; or

 

(iii)          The expiration of one year from the date of the
Optionee’s death.

 

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Section 4.5 - Consideration

 

In
consideration of the granting of the Option, the Optionee shall agree, in the
written Stock Option Agreement, to remain as a Non-Employee Director of the
Company for a period of at least one year after the Option is granted, unless
the stockholders of the Company fail to reelect the Non-Employee Director upon
expiration of the Director’s term of office prior to the expiration of the one
year period.

 

Section 4.6 - Adjustments in Outstanding Options

 

In the
event that the outstanding shares of the Common Stock subject to Options are
changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of the
Company or other securities of the Company by reason of merger (including
reincorporation by means of merger), consolidation, recapitalization,
reclassification, stock split-up, stock dividend or combination of shares (a
“Recapitalization”), the Board shall make an appropriate and equitable
adjustment in (1) the number and kind of shares as to which all outstanding
Options, or portions thereof then unexercised, shall be exercisable, to the end
that after such event the Optionee’s proportionate interest shall be maintained
as before the occurrence of such event and (ii) the limitations Section 2.1
above on the maximum number and kind of shares which may be issued on exercise
of Options; provided, however, that after the 2000 Annual Meeting, no
adjustment shall be so made to the number of options specified in Section 3.2
as a result of any such reclassification. 
Such adjustment in an outstanding Option shall be made without change in
the total price applicable to the Option or the unexercised portion of the
Option (except for any change in the aggregate price resulting from
rounding-off of share quantities or prices) and with any necessary
corresponding adjustment in option price per share.  Any such adjustment made by the Board shall be final and binding
upon all Optionees, the Company and all other interested persons.

 

Section 4.7 - Merger, Consolidation, Exchange,
Acquisition, Liquidation or Dissolution

 

The
Board may provide by the terms of any Option that such Option cannot be exercised
after the merger or consolidation of the Company into another corporation, the
exchange of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company for the
securities of another corporation, the acquisition by another corporation of
80% or more of the Company’s then outstanding voting stock or the liquidation
or dissolution of the Company; or the Board may, in its absolute discretion and
on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, also provide that such
Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by any successor
corporation of the Company, or the Board may, in its absolute discretion and
upon such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, provided by resolution
adopted prior to the occurrence of such merger, consolidation, exchange,
acquisition, liquidation or dissolution, that, for some period of time prior to
such event, that such Option shall be exercisable as to all shares covered
thereby, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 4.3(a) or Section
4.2(b).  Any determinations made by
the Board pursuant to this Section 4.7 shall be applied uniformly to all
Options outstanding on the date of such determination.

 

ARTICLE 5.

EXERCISE OF OPTIONS

 

Section 5.1 - Person Eligible to Exercise

 

During
the lifetime of the Optionee, only the Optionee may exercise an Option granted
to the Optionee, or any portion thereof; provided, however, that nothing in
this Section 5.1 shall prevent the exercise of an Option by a person to
whom such Option was lawfully transferred, in whole or in part,

 

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pursuant
to either the provisions of Section 7.1 or a qualified domestic
relations order (as defined in the Code). 
After the death of the Optionee, any exercisable portion of an Option
may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under Section
4.4 or Section 4.7 or any provisions of such Option, be exercised by
his personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the
deceased Optionee’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and
distribution.

 

Section 5.2 - Partial Exercise

 

At any
time and from time to time prior to the time when any exercisable Option or
exercisable portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 4.4 or Section
4.7 or any provisions of such Option, such Option or portion thereof may be
exercised in whole or in part; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to issue fractional shares and partial exercises shall be at least one
hundred (1 00) shares.

 

Section 5.3 - Manner of Exercise

 

An
exercisable Option, or any exercisable portion thereof, shall be exercised
solely by delivery to the Secretary or his office of all of the following prior
to the time when such Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section
4.4 or Section 4.7:

 

(a) Notice in writing signed by the Optionee or other person
then entitled to exercise such Option or portion, stating that such Option or
portion is exercised; and

 

(b) The payment to the Company for the aggregate Option exercise
price for the shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby
exercised in:

 

(i)            Cash;

 

(ii)           (A) shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the
Optionee duly endorsed for transfer to the Company, or (B) shares of the
Company’s Common Stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option,
with a fair market value (as determined under Section 4.2(b)) on the
date of Option exercise equal to the aggregate exercise Option price of the
shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised; or

 

(iii)          A full recourse promissory note bearing interest (at
no less than such rate as shall then preclude the imputation of interest under
the Code or any successor provision) and payable upon such terms as may be
prescribed by the Board.  The Board may
also prescribe the form of such note and the security to be given for such
note.  No Option may, however, be
exercised by delivery of a promissory note or by a loan from the Company when
or where such loan or other extension of credit is prohibited by law; or

 

(iv)          Any combination of the consideration provided for in
the foregoing subsections (i), (ii) or (iii); and

 

(c) The payment to the Company of all amounts which it is
required to withhold under federal, state or local law in connection with the
exercise of the Option or a portion

 

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thereof.  All
or any part of such payment may be made, with the consent of the Board (i) with
Shares of the Company’s Common stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of
the Option, or (ii) with shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the
Optionee duly endorsed for transfer, in each case, valued in accordance with Section
4.2(b) at the date of Option exercise; and

 

(d) Such representations and documents as the Board, in its
absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any other Federal or state
securities laws or regulations.  The
Board may, in its absolute discretion, also take whatever additional actions it
deems appropriate to effect such compliance including, without limitation,
placing legends on share certificates and issuing stop-transfer orders to
transfer agents and registrars; and

 

(e) In the event that the Option shall be exercised pursuant
to Section 5.1 by any person or persons other than the Optionee,
appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the
Option.

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, an
Optionee may satisfy the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this Section
5.3 concerning payment for the shares and all applicable withholding taxes,
with the consent of the Board, through the delivery to the Secretary or his
office of (i) an irrevocable written exercise notice containing instructions to
the Company to deliver to Optionee’s broker the certificate(s) representing the
shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby exercised and
(ii) a copy of Optionee’s irrevocable written instructions to such broker to
deliver to the Company, within five business days from the date of the
Company’s receipt of such exercise notice, full payment (in cash or by check)
for the shares with respect to which such Option or portion is thereby
exercised and all amounts which the Company is required to withhold under
federal, state or local law in connection with the exercise of the Option or
portion thereof.  Provided the Optionee
complies with clauses (i) and (ii) above and the Company receives such full payment
the Optionee shall be deemed to have exercised such Option on the date of the
Company’s receipt of the deliveries specified in clauses (i) and (ii)
above.  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Section 4.7, the Board shall not take any discretionary
action which will result in the failure of the Restated Director Option Plan to
satisfy any exemptive condition imposed by Rule 16b-3 or the Code with respect
to the effected Option.

 

Section 5.4 - Conditions to Issuance of Stock
Certificates

 

The
shares of stock issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of an Option, or any
portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued shares or
issued shares which have then been reacquired by the Company.  The Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of stock purchased upon
the exercise of any Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of
the following conditions:

 

(a)           The admission of such shares to listing on all stock
exchanges, if any, on which such class of stock is then listed; and

 

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(b)           The completion of any registration or other
qualification of such shares under any state or federal law or under the
rulings or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
governmental regulatory body, which the Board shall, in its absolute
discretion, deem necessary or advisable; and

 

(c)           The obtaining of any approval or other clearance from
any state or federal governmental agency which the Board shall, in its absolute
discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

 

(d)           The payment to the Company of all amounts which it is
required to withhold under Federal, state or local law in connection with the
exercise of the Option; and

 

(e)           The lapse of such reasonable period of time following
the exercise of the Option as the Board may establish from time to time for
reasons of administrative convenience.

 

Section 5.5 - Rights as Stockholders

 

The
holders of Options shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of,
stockholders of the Company in respect of any shares purchasable upon the
exercise of any part of an Option unless and until certificates representing
such shares have been issued and delivered by the Company to such holders.

 

Section 5.6 - Transfer Restrictions

 

No
shares acquired upon exercise of any Option may be sold, assigned, pledged,
encumbered or otherwise transferred until at least six months have elapsed from
(but excluding) the date that such Option was granted; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section 5.6 shall prevent transfers permitted under the
provisions of Section 7.1, or transfers by will or by the applicable
laws of descent and distribution, or, to the extent not prohibited by the Code,
pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order.  The Board, in its absolute discretion, may impose such other
restrictions on the transferability of the shares purchasable upon the exercise
of an Option as it deems appropriate and any such restriction shall be set
forth in the respective Stock Option Agreement and may be referred to on the
certificates evidencing such shares.

 

ARTICLE 6.

ADMINISTRATION

 

Section 6.1 - Duties and Powers of Board

 

It
shall be the duty of the Board to conduct the general administration of the
Restated Director Option Plan in accordance with its provisions.  The Board shall have the power to interpret
the Restated Director Option Plan and the Options and to adopt such rules for
the administration, interpretation and application of the Restated Director
Option Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret, amend or revoke any
such rules.

 

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Section 6.2 - Professional Assistance; Good Faith
Actions

 

All
expenses and liabilities incurred by members of the Board in connection with
the administration of the Restated Director Option Plan shall be borne by the
Company.  The Board may employ
attorneys, consultants, accountants, appraisers, brokers or other persons.  The Board and the Company shall be entitled
to rely upon the advice, opinions or valuations of any such persons.  All actions taken and all interpretations
and determinations made by the Board in good faith shall be final and
binding.  No member of the Board shall
be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in
good faith with respect to the Restated Director Option Plan or the Options,
and all members of the Board shall be fully protected, indemnified and held
harmless by the Company in respect to any such action, determination or
interpretation.

 

ARTICLE 7.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 7.1 - Options Not Transferable

 

No
Option or interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the
debts, contracts or engagements of the Optionee, or his successors in interest
or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation,
pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be
voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment,
garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy)
and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.1 shall prevent transfers except
to the extent that such disposition is permitted by the following paragraph, or
by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, or, to the
extent not prohibited by the Code, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order (as defined in the Code).

 

Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section 7.1, the Board, in its sole
discretion, may determine to grant to any an Option which, by its terms or by
determination of the Board after its grant, may be transferred by the Optionee,
in writing and with prior written notice to the Board, by gift or as a
contribution, to a family member of the Optionee, (as defined under the
instructions to use of Form S-8), provided, that an Option that has been so
transferred shall continue to be subject to all of the terms and conditions as
applicable to the original Optionee, and the transferee shall execute any and
all such documents requested by the Board in connection with the transfer,
including without limitation to evidence the transfer and to satisfy any
requirements for an exemption for the transfer under applicable federal and
state securities laws.

 

Section 7.2 - Amendment, Suspension or Termination
of the Restated Director Option Plan

 

The
Restated Director Option Plan may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise
modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the
Board.  However, without approval of the
Company’s stockholders given within 12 months before or after the action by the
Board, no action of the Board may, increase any limit imposed in Section 2.1
on the maximum number of shares which may be issued upon exercise of Options
(except for anti-dilution adjustments), or modify the Restated Director Option
Plan in a manner requiring stockholder approval under Rule 16b-3 or any other
applicable rule or law.  Neither the
amendment, suspension nor termination of the Restated Director Option Plan
shall, without the consent of the holder of an Option, alter or impair any
rights or obligations under any Option theretofore granted.  No Option may be granted during any period
of suspension nor after termination of the Restated Director Option Plan, and
in no event may any Option be granted under this Restated Director Option Plan
after May 23, 2010.

 

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Section 7.3 - Effect of Restated Director Option
Plan Upon Other Options and Compensation Plans

 

The
adoption of this Restated Director Option Plan shall not affect any other
compensation or incentive plans in effect for the Company or any
Subsidiary.  Nothing in this Restated
Director Option Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or
any Subsidiary to grant or assume options otherwise than under this Restated
Director Option Plan in connection with any proper corporate purpose,
including, but not by way of limitation, the grant or assumption of options in
connection with the acquisition by purchase, lease, merger, consolidation or
otherwise, of the business, stock or assets of any corporation, firm or association.

 

Section 7.4 - Titles

 

Titles
are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for
interpretation or construction of the Restated Director Option Plan.

 

Section 7.5 - Conformity to Securities Laws

 

The
Restated Director Option Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary
with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all
regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Restated
Director Option Plan shall be administered, and Options shall be granted and
may be exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and
regulations.  To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Restated Director Option Plan and Options granted hereunder
shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules
and regulations.

 

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I
hereby certify that the foregoing Plan, which amends and restates the Stock
Option Plan Non-Employee Directors of Southwest Water Company was duly adopted
by the Board of Directors of Southwest Water Company on
February             ,
2000, and was approved by the stockholders of Southwest Water Company on
May 23, 2000.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Peter J.
  Moerbeek, Secretary

  	
   

  

 

12Exhibit
10.1(c)

 

FORM
OF

NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

 

THIS AGREEMENT, dated
                   ,
is made by and between Southwest Water Company, a Delaware corporation
hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” and                       ,
a non-employee director of the Company or Subsidiary of the Company,
hereinafter referred to as “Optionee”:

 

WHEREAS, the Company
wishes to afford the Optionee the opportunity to purchase shares of its $.01
par value Common Stock;

 

WHEREAS, the Company
wishes to carry out its Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors (the “Plan”) (the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference
and made a part of this Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS, the Plan
provides for the grant of the Non-Qualified Stock Option set forth herein to
the Optionee as an inducement to enter into or remain in the service of the
Company or its Subsidiaries and as an incentive for increased efforts during
such service, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the
undersigned officers to issue said Option;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto do hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS

 

Whenever the following
terms are used in this Agreement, they shall have the meaning specified below
unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.  The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter, and
the singular the plural, where the context so indicates.

 

Section 1.1             Board

 

“Board” shall mean the
Board of Directors of the Company as constituted from time to time.

 

Section 1.2             Code

 

“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

 

Section 1.3             Common Stock

 

“Common Stock” shall mean
the common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share, of the Company.

 

Section 1.4             Company

 

“Company” shall mean
Southwest Water Company, a Delaware corporation, or any successor entity.

 

Section 1.5             Director

 

“Director” shall mean a
person who is a member of the Board as constituted at that time.

 

Section 1.6             Employee

 

“Employee” shall mean any
employee (as defined in accordance with the Regulations and Revenue Rulings
then applicable under Section 3401(c) of the Code) of the Company, or of
any corporation which is then a Subsidiary or a Parent Corporation, whether
such employee is so employed at the time the Plan is adopted or becomes so
employed subsequent to the adoption of the Plan.

 

Section 1.7             Exchange Act

 

“Exchange Act” shall mean
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Section 1.8             Fair Market Value

 

“Fair Market Value” of a
share of Common Stock as of a given date shall be (i) the closing price of a
share of Common Stock on the principal exchange on which shares of Common Stock
are then trading, if any (or as reported on any composite index which includes
such principal exchange), on the trading day preceding such date, or if shares
were not traded on the trading day preceding such date, then on the next
preceding trading day during which a sale occurred, or (ii) if the Common Stock
is not traded on an exchange (x) the last sales price of a share of the
Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market (if the stock is then traded on The
Nasdaq Stock Market) on the trading day preceding such date, or, if shares were
not traded on the day preceding such date, then on the next preceding trading
day during which a sale occurred; or (y) the mean between the closing
representative bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the trading day
next preceding such date as reported by the National Association of Securities
Dealers, Inc. through NASDAQ or a successor quotation system or, if shares were
not quoted on the day immediately preceding such date, then on the next
preceding trading day during which a quote occurred, or (iii) if the Common
Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and prices are not provided through
The Nasdaq Stock Market, NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean
between the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the trading
day next preceding such date as determined in good faith by the Board; or (iv)
if the Common Stock is not publicly traded, the fair market value of the Common
Stock established by the Board acting in good faith.

 

 

Section 1.9             Non-Employee
Director

 

“Non-Employee Director”
shall mean any Director who is not at the same time an Employee.

 

Section 1.10           Option

 

“Option” shall mean a
non-qualified stock option to purchase Common Stock of the Company granted
under this Agreement and Article 3 of the Plan.

 

Section 1.11           Optionee

 

“Optionee” shall mean a
Non-Employee Director to whom an Option is granted under this Agreement and the
Plan.

 

Section 1.12           Parent Corporation

 

“Parent Corporation”
shall have the meaning given in Section 424(e) of the Code.

 

Section 1.13           Plan

 

“Plan” shall mean the
Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors of Southwest
Water Company, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time.

 

Section 1.14           Rule 16b-3

 

“Rule 16b-3” shall mean
that certain Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as such Rule may be amended
from time to time.

 

Section 1.15           Secretary

 

“Secretary” shall mean
the Secretary of the Company.

 

Section 1.16           Securities Act

 

“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Section 1.17           Subsidiary

 

“Subsidiary” shall mean
any corporation in an unbroken chain of corporations beginning with the Company
if each of the corporations other than the last corporation in the unbroken
chain then owns stock possessing 50% or more of the total combined voting power
of all classes of stock in one of the other corporations in such chain.

 

 

Section 1.18           Termination as a Non-Employee Director

 

“Termination as a
Non-Employee Director” shall mean the time when the Optionee who is a
Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board by reason of such
Optionee’s death or disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of
the Code), retirement, resignation or for any other reason.

 

ARTICLE II.

GRANT OF OPTION

 

Section 2.1             Grant of Option

 

In consideration of the
Optionee’s agreement to serve as a Non-Employee Director of the Company or its
Subsidiaries until the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and
for other good and valuable consideration, effective as of «Award_Date», the Company irrevocably
grants to the Optionee the option to purchase any part or all of an aggregate
of «Shares» shares of its $.01 par
value Common Stock upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 2.2             Purchase Price

 

The price per share of
the Common Stock subject to each Option shall be «Exercise_Price_» per share (which is the Fair Market Value of
a share of Common Stock on the date of the granting of this Option) without
commission or other charge.

 

Section 2.3             Consideration to Company

 

In consideration of the
granting of this Option by the Company, the Optionee agrees to render faithful
and efficient services to the Company or a Subsidiary, with such duties and
responsibilities as the Company shall from time to time prescribe, until the
next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.  Nothing in the Plan or this Agreement shall confer upon any
Optionee any right to continue as a director of the Company, or shall interfere
with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and any Subsidiary, which
are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge the Optionee at any time for any
reason whatsoever, with or without good cause.

 

Section 2.4             Adjustments in Option

 

In the event that the
outstanding shares of the Common Stock subject to the Option are changed into
or exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of the Company or other
securities of the Company by reason of merger (including reincorporation by
means of merger), consolidation, recapitalization, reclassification, stock
split-up, stock dividend or combination of shares (a “Recapitalization”), the
Board shall make an appropriate and equitable adjustment in the number and kind
of shares as to which the Option, or portions thereof then unexercised, shall
be exercisable, to the end that after such event the Optionee’s proportionate
interest shall be maintained as before the occurrence of such event.  Such adjustment in the Option may include
any necessary corresponding

 

 

adjustment in the Option
price per share, but shall be made without change in the total price applicable
to the Option or the unexercised portion of the Option (except for any change
in the aggregate price resulting from rounding-off of share quantities or
prices).  Any such adjustment made by
the Board shall be final and binding upon the Optionee, the Company and all
other interested persons.

 

Section 2.5             Merger, Consolidation, Exchange,
Acquisition, Liquidation or Dissolution

 

The Board may provide by
the terms of the Option that the Option cannot be exercised after the merger or
consolidation of the Company into another corporation, the exchange of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company for the securities of another
corporation, the acquisition by another corporation of 80% or more of the
Company’s then outstanding voting stock or the liquidation or dissolution of
the Company; or the Board may, in its absolute discretion and on such terms and
conditions as it deems appropriate, also provide that the Option shall be
assumed or an equivalent option substituted by any successor corporation of the
Company, or the Board may, in its absolute discretion and upon such terms and
conditions as it deems appropriate, provided by resolution adopted prior to the
occurrence of such merger, consolidation, exchange, acquisition, liquidation or
dissolution, that, for some period of time prior to such event, that such
Option shall be exercisable as to all shares covered thereby, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Sections 3.1(a) or 3.1(b) below.  Any determinations made by the Board
pursuant to this Section shall be applied uniformly to all Options
outstanding on the date of such determination.

 

ARTICLE III.

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

 

Section 3.1             Commencement of Exercisability

 

(a)           The Option may not be exercised in
whole or in part during the first year after the date of grant of the Option.

 

(b)           Subject to the provisions of
Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(c), the Option shall become exercisable in two (2)
cumulative installments as follows:

 

(i)            The first installment shall consist
of fifty percent (50%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
exercisable on the first anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(ii)           The second installment shall consist
of fifty percent (50%) of the shares covered by the Option and shall become
exercisable on the second anniversary of the date the Option is granted.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 3.1(a), the
portion, if any, of an Option which is unexercisable on the date of Termination
as a Non-Employee Director shall become immediately exercisable.

 

 

Section 3.2             Duration of Exercisability

 

The installments provided
for in Section 3.1 are cumulative. 
Each such installment which becomes exercisable pursuant to
Section 3.1 shall remain exercisable until it becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.3.

 

Section 3.3             Expiration of Option

 

The Option may not be
exercised to any extent by anyone after the first to occur of the following
events:

 

(a)           The expiration of a period of seven
years and one day from the date the Option was granted; or

 

(b)           The expiration of one year from the
date of the Optionee’s Termination as a Non-Employee Director for any reason,
unless the Optionee dies within said one year period; or

 

(c)           The expiration of one year from the
date of the Optionee’s death.

 

ARTICLE IV.

EXERCISE OF OPTION

 

Section 4.1             Person Eligible to Exercise

 

During the lifetime of
the Optionee, only the Optionee may exercise the Option or any portion thereof;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.1 shall prevent the
exercise of the Option by a person to whom the Option was lawfully transferred,
in whole or in part, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order (as
defined in the Code).  After the death
of the Optionee, any exercisable portion of the Option may, prior to the time
when the Option becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3, be exercised by
his personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the
Optionee’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution
or if the Optionee has made a permitted transfer pursuant to
Section 5.2(ii) to a family member the Option may be exercised by such
family member.

 

Section 4.2             Partial Exercise

 

Any exercisable portion
of the Option or the entire Option, if then wholly exercisable, may be
exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time prior to the
time when the Option or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under
Section 3.3; provided, however, that each partial exercise shall be for
not less than one hundred (100) shares and shall be for whole shares only.

 

 

Section 4.3             Manner of Exercise

 

The Option, or any
exercisable portion thereof, shall be exercised solely by delivery to the
Secretary or his office of all of the following prior to the time when the
Option or such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.3:

 

(a)           Notice in writing signed by the
Optionee or the other person then entitled to exercise the Option or portion,
stating that the Option or portion is thereby exercised, such notice complying
with all applicable rules established by the Board;

 

(b)           The payment to the Company of the
aggregate Option exercise price for the shares with respect to which such
Option or portion is exercised in:

 

(i)            Cash;

 

(ii)           With the consent of the Board, (A)
shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by the Optionee duly endorsed for
transfer to the Company or (B) shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable to
the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, with a Fair Market Value on the date
of Option exercise equal to the aggregate purchase price of the shares with
respect to which such Option or portion is exercised;

 

(iii)          With the consent of the Board, a
full recourse promissory note bearing interest (at no less than such rate as
shall then preclude the imputation of interest under the Code or successor
provision) and payable upon such terms as may be prescribed by the Board.  The Board may also prescribe the form of
such note and the security to be given for such note.  The Option may not be exercised, however, by delivery of a
promissory note or by a loan from the Company when or where such loan or other
extension of credit is prohibited by law; or

 

(iv)          With the consent of the Board, any
combination of the consideration provided in the foregoing subparagraphs (i),
(ii) and (iii);

 

(c)           Full payment to the Company (or
other employer corporation) of all amounts which, under federal, state or local
law, it is required to withhold in connection with the exercise of the Option
or a portion thereof; all or any part of such payment may be made, with the
consent of the Board, (i) with shares of the Company’s Common Stock owned by
the Optionee duly endorsed for transfer, or (ii) with shares of the Company’s
Common Stock issuable to the Optionee upon exercise of the Option, in each
case, having a Fair Market Value at the date of Option exercise equal to the
sums required to be withheld;

 

(d)           Such representations and documents
as the Board, in its absolute discretion, deems necessary or advisable to
effect compliance with all applicable provisions of the Securities Act and any
other Federal or state securities laws or regulations.  The Board may, in its absolute discretion,
also take whatever additional actions it deems appropriate to effect such
compliance including, without limitation, placing legends on share certificates
and issuing stop-transfer orders to transfer agents and registrars; and

 

 

(e)           In the event the Option or portion
thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or
persons other than the Optionee, appropriate proof of the right of such person
or persons to exercise the Option.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Optionee may satisfy the requirements of subsections (b) and
(c) of this Section 4.3 concerning payment for the shares and all
applicable withholding taxes, with the consent of the Board, through the
delivery to the Secretary or his office of (i) an irrevocable written exercise
notice containing instructions to the Company to deliver to Optionee’s broker
the certificate(s) representing the shares with respect to which the Option or
portion is thereby exercised and (ii) a copy of Optionee’s irrevocable written
instructions to such broker to deliver to the Company, within five business
days from the date of the Company’s receipt of such exercise notice, full
payment (in cash or by check) for the shares with respect to which such Option
or portion is thereby exercised and all amounts which the Company is required
to withhold under federal, state or local law in connection with the exercise
of the Option or portion thereof. 
Provided the Optionee complies with clauses (i) and (ii) above and the
Company receives such full payment the Optionee shall be deemed to have such
exercised such Option on the date of the Company’s receipt of the deliveries
specified in clauses (i) and (ii) above. 
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.3, the
Board shall not take any discretionary action which will result in the failure
of the Plan to satisfy any exemptive condition imposed by Rule 16b-3 of the
code with respect to the effected Option.

 

Section 4.4             Conditions to Issuance of Stock
Certificates

 

The shares of stock
issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of the Option, or any portion
thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued shares or issued
shares which have then been reacquired by the Company.  Such shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable.  The Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver any certificate or certificates for shares of stock purchased upon
the exercise of the Option or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of
the following conditions:

 

(a)           The admission of such shares to
listing on all stock exchanges on which such class of stock is then listed;

 

(b)           The completion of any registration
or other qualification of such shares under any state or federal law or under
rulings or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission or of any
other governmental regulatory body, which the Board shall, in its absolute
discretion, deem necessary or advisable;

 

(c)           The obtaining of any approval or
other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Board
shall, in its absolute discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable;

 

(d)           The receipt by the Company of full
payment for such shares, including payment of all amounts which, under federal,
state or local tax law, it is required to withhold upon exercise of the Option;
and

 

 

(e)           The lapse of such reasonable period
of time following the exercise of the Option as the Board may establish from
time to time for reasons of administrative convenience.

 

Section 4.5             Rights as Stockholder

 

The holder of the Option
shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the
Company in respect of any shares purchasable upon the exercise of any part of
the Option unless and until certificates representing such shares shall have
been issued by the Company to such holder.

 

ARTICLE V.

OTHER PROVISIONS

 

Section 5.1             Administration

 

With respect to this
Option, the full Board, acting by a majority of its members in office, shall
have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules
for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are
consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules.  All actions taken and all interpretations
and determinations made by the Board in good faith shall be final and binding
upon the Optionee, the Company and all other interested persons.  No member of the Board shall be personally
liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with
respect to the Plan or the Option.

 

Section 5.2             Option Not Transferable

 

Neither the Option nor
any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts,
contracts or engagements of the Optionee or his successors in interest or shall
be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge,
encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be
voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment,
garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy),
and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect;
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 5.2 shall prevent (i)
transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, or, to
the extent not prohibited by the Code, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
order (as defined in the Code) or (ii) with the prior written consent of the
Board, by gift or as a contribution, to a family member of the Optionee, (as
defined under the instructions to use of Form S-8), provided, that an Option
that has been so transferred shall continue to be subject to all of the terms
and conditions as applicable to the original Optionee, and the transferee shall
execute any and all such documents requested by the Board in connection with
the transfer, including without limitation to evidence the transfer and to
satisfy any requirements for an exemption for the transfer under applicable
federal and state securities laws.

 

 

Section 5.3             Shares to Be Reserved

 

The Company shall at all
times during the term of the Option reserve and keep available such number of
shares of stock as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this
Agreement.

 

Section 5.4             Notices

 

Any notice to be given
under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the
Company in care of its Secretary, and any notice to be given to the Optionee
shall be addressed to him at the address given beneath his signature
hereto.  By a notice given pursuant to
this Section 5.4, either party may hereafter designate a different address
for notices to be given to him.  Any
notice which is required to be given to the Optionee shall, if the Optionee is
then deceased, be given to the Optionee’s personal representative if such
representative has previously informed the Company of his status and address by
written notice under this Section 5.4. 
Any notice shall be deemed duly given when enclosed in a properly sealed
envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in
a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States
Postal Service.

 

Section 5.5             Titles

 

Titles are provided
herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation
or construction of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.6             Construction

 

This Agreement shall be
administered, interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of
California.

 

Section 5.7             Conformity to Securities Laws

 

The Optionee acknowledges
that the Plan and this Option grant are intended to conform to the extent
necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and
any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder, including without limitation Rule 16b-3.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Option is granted and may be
exercised, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and
regulations.  To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the
extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this
Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

	
   

  	
  SOUTHWEST WATER
  COMPANY,

  
	
   

  	
  a Delaware corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Anton C. Garnier,
  President & CEO

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
  Peter J. Moerbeek, EVP
  & Secretary

  

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  
	
  «Name_», Director
  Optionee

  

 

 

Optionee’s
Taxpayer

Identification
Number:

Shares Awarded:

Award Date:

Exercise Price:

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