VIRGINIA BANKERS ASSOCIATION MODEL NON-QUALIFIED DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR DIRECTORS

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Option 1

Corporation(s) Adopting Plan Named in Paragraph 1.11 of the Plan

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Option 2

General Plan Information

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Option 3

Status of Plan and Effective Date(s)

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Option 4

Definitions and Other Optional Provisions

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Option 5

Time and Form of Benefit Payments

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Option 6

Hardship Withdrawals

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Option 7

Participant Deemed Investment Direction

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Option 8

409A Transition Elections

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1.

CORPORATION(S) ADOPTING PLAN NAMED IN PARAGRAPH 1.11 OF THE PLAN.

(a)    Name of Plan Sponsor:

C & F Financial Corporation

(c)    Address of Plan Sponsor:

Post Office Box 391

West Point, VA 23181

(b)    Plan Sponsor’s Telephone Number:

( 804 ) 843-2360

(d)    Plan Sponsor’s EIN:

54-1680165

(e)    Plan Sponsor’s Tax Year End:

12/31

(f)     Information of Other Participating Corporations Adopting the Plan:

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(1)

All Affiliate are automatically Participating Corporations in the Plan except for the following:

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(2)

Participating Corporations are listed individually on the attachment captioned List of Participating Corporations, which shall be updated as needed from time to time.

2.

GENERAL PLAN INFORMATION.

(a)

Name of Plan:

VBA Director’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for C&F Financial Corporation

(b)

Name, Address and EIN of Plan Administrator(s): [If other than Plan Sponsor, appointment must be by resolution]

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STATUS OF PLAN AND EFFECTIVE DATE(S).

(a)

Effective Date of Plan : The Effective Date of the Plan is January 1 , 1997 .

(b)

Plan Status . The adoption of the Plan through this Adoption Agreement is:

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(1)

Initial Establishment . The initial adoption and establishment of the Plan.

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(2)

Restated Plan . An amendment and restatement of the Plan (a Restated Plan).

(A)

Effective Date of this Restatement . The Effective Date of this Restatement of the Plan is January 1 , 2008 .

(B)

Prior Plan . The Plan was last maintained under document dated January 1 , 1997 and was known as the VBA Director’s Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan for C&F Financial Corporation.

(C)

Transitional Provisions

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Election NOT to Grandfather Pre-January 1, 2005 Vested Balances . If this Option is elected, all Deferral Accounts shall be subject to the rules set forth in the post December 31, 2004 restatement.

If the Option is not elected, the Deferral Accounts attributable to transfers from predecessor plans prior to December 31, 2004 and contributions that are vested as of December 31, 2004 shall be segregated from the Deferral Accounts attributable to contributions that are not vested as of December 31, 2004 and to contributions and transfers made on and after January 1, 2005. The terms of the Plan in effect on and after January 1, 2005 shall only apply to transfers and contributions that are not vested as of December 31, 2004 and to contributions and transfers made on and after January 1, 2005.

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(3)

Special or Other Transitional Provisions . [Use attachment if additional space is needed.]

[Enter any special provisions including alternate definitions or other transitional provisions relating to any Predecessor Plan Account and the Plan as restated]

4.

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER OPTIONAL PROVISIONS.

(a)

Compensation

Paragraph 1.10

Compensation is used throughout the basic plan document for different purposes. The following specific rules apply.

(1)

General Definition . The Compensation definition in paragraph 1.10 of the basic plan document is modified as follows:

(A)

Retainer . Retainer is more specifically defined to mean:

(B)

Fees . Fees is more specifically defined to mean:

(2)

Specific Definitions . When used with respect Deferral Contributions under the Plan, Compensation shall include:

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(A)

Retainer.

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(B)

Fees.

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(C)

Retainers and Fees.

(b)

Eligible Director

Paragraph 1.18

Eligible Director shall mean only the following:

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(1)

All Directors . Any individual serving as Director of the Corporation

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(2)

All Non-Employee Directors . Any individual serving as a Director of the Corporation, except Directors who are also common law employees of the Corporation.

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(3)

Determination by Board . Any individual who is designated as an Eligible Director by resolution of the ¨ Plan Sponsor’s ¨ Corporation’s Board of Directors. A copy of the resolution shall be attached to and incorporated by reference into the Plan.

(c)

Plan Year

Paragraph 1.23

In the case of a Restated Plan which prior to the Effective Date of this Restatement was maintained on the basis of a Plan Year beginning on a date other than January 1, the Plan Year shall begin on             ,          and ending on             ,          with the short Plan Year beginning on                              ,              and ending on December 31,             . Thereafter, the Plan Year shall be the 12 month period beginning each January 1.

(d)

Effective Date of Coverage

Subparagraph 2.1

The effective date of coverage for an Eligible Employee shall be [Check one]:

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(1)

Immediately . The first day of the first payroll period beginning on or after the date the individual became an Eligible Director.

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(2)

Monthly . The first day of the first payroll period beginning on or after the first day of                  [Complete with 1 ^st 2 ^nd or other] month next following the date the individual became an Eligible Director.

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(2)

Semi-Annually . The first day of the Plan Year or the first day of the seventh month of the Plan Year on or next following the date the individual became an Eligible Director.

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(3)

Annually . The first day of the Plan Year on or next following the date the individual became an Eligible Director.

The Deferred Compensation Election filed for the Plan Year which contains the effective date of coverage as of a date other than the first day of a Plan Year shall be effective to defer only Compensation for services performed in periods after the period in which it is filed.

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(e)

Cancellation of Deferred Compensation Election For Disability

Paragraph 2.5

If this Option is elected, the Plan Sponsor:

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(1)

Mandatory Cancellation . Will cancel the Deferred Compensation Election of an Eligible Director who experiences a Disability as defined in paragraph 2.5.

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(2)

Optional Cancellation . May permit an Eligible Director who experiences a Disability as defined in paragraph 2.5 to cancel is Deferred Compensation Election.

If the Option is not selected, no cancellation will be required or permitted upon the occurrence of a Disability.

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(f)

Rules Relating to Final Check of Year

If this Option is elected, Compensation payable after the last day of the calendar year solely for services performed during the final payroll period which contains the last day of the year will be treated as Compensation for services performed in the taxable year in which the payroll period began.

Otherwise, Compensation payable after the last day of the calendar year solely for services performed during the final payroll period which contains the last day of the year will be treated as Compensation for services performed in the subsequent taxable year in which the payment is made.

Any amendment to this provision relating to the final check of the Participant’s taxable year may not be effective for 12 months from the date the amendment is adopted and executed.

5.

TIME AND FORM OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS.

(a)

Benefit Commencement Date

Paragraphs 1.6 and 6.1

The term Benefit Commencement Date shall mean the first day of calendar quarter coinciding with or next following the designated time or event.

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(1)

Separation from Service as Director . The Participant’s Separation from Service as a Director of the Corporation for whatever reason.

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(2)

Selected By Participant . The date selected by the Participant in accordance with the following:

(i) His Separation from Service as a Director of the Corporation (for reasons other than death).