SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-03-09

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<div><a name="s810E4001483860C5F031DDF020DA1A77"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.8</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT TO THE</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">ALLEGIANCE BANCSHARES, INC.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">November 28, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">W</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">I</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">T</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">N</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">E</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">S</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">S</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">E</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">T</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;">H</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) presently maintains the Allegiance Bancshares, Inc. Amended and Restated Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;); and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved an amendment to the Plan to decrease the minimum and maximum number of shares that may be purchased by an Employee during a Purchase Period so that a minimum of 50 shares (reduced from 100) and a maximum of 500 shares (reduced from 1,000) may be purchased; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 27 of the Plan, the Board of Directors has the right to make such an amendment to the Plan.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, the first paragraph of Section 6 of the Plan is hereby amended (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) by deleting it in its entirety and replacing it with the following:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:48px;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Number of Shares of Stock Which May Be Purchased</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">. Each Participant shall be allowed to purchase as many shares of Stock as the amount of his accrued payroll deductions at the end of each Purchase Period can purchase, not to exceed the number of shares of Stock determined by dividing the total sum of his authorized payroll deductions for the Purchase Period by the Purchase Price per share of Stock (as set forth in Section 10). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the minimum number of shares of Stock that may be purchased by an Employee during a Purchase Period is 50, and the maximum number of shares of Stock tha