ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT RIGHTS

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAW. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR A WRITTEN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION FOR SUCH SALE, OFFER, TRANSFER OR OTHER ASSIGNMENT IS AVAILABLE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUCH STATE LAWS.

Vineyard National Bancorp , a California corporation (the "Company" ), hereby certifies that, for value received, [Name of Investor] or its registered assigns (the "Holder" ), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of [ ]1 shares of Common Stock (as defined below) (such shares, the "Additional Investment Right Shares" ). This Additional Investment Right ( "Additional Investment Right" ) may be exercised from time to time and at any time in whole or in part prior to the Expiration Date and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth below.

1.    Definitions . As used in this Additional Investment Right, the following terms shall have the respective definitions set forth in this Section. Capitalized terms that are used and not defined in this Additional Investment Right that are defined in the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) shall have the respective definitions set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

(a)    "Business Day" means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day that is a federal legal holiday in the United States or a day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other government action to close.

(b)    "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, no par value, and any securities into which such common stock may be hereafter reclassified.

(c)    "Expiration Date" means the 90 ^th Trading Day after the Trigger Date, plus one additional day for each day following the Trigger Date and prior to the Expiration Date on which (i) the Registration Statement is not effective or the prospectus thereunder is not available for use by the Holder to resell registrable securities or (ii) trading in the Common Stock is suspended by any Trading Market or the Commission.

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(d)    "Exercise Price" means [$ ]2, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9 hereof.

(e)    "Purchase Agreement" means the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the date of this Additional Investment Right to which the Company and the original Holder are parties.

(f)    "Trading Day" means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a Trading Market (other than the OTC Bulletin Board), a day on which the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, as reported by the OTC Bulletin Board, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices); provided, that in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i), (ii) and (iii) hereof, then Trading Day shall mean a Business Day.

(g)    "Trigger Date" means the Effective Date.

2.    Registration of Additional Investment Right . The Company shall register this Additional Investment Right upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the "Additional Investment Right Register" ), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Holder agrees that it may not transfer this Additional Investment Right as to more than the number of Additional Investment Right Shares then outstanding as shown on the most updated Additional Investment Right Exercise Log, and any purported transfer in excess of such number of Additional Investment Right Shares shall have no effect. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Additional Investment Right as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

3.    Registration of Transfers . The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Additional Investment Right in the Additional Investment Right Register, upon surrender of this Additional Investment Right, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new Additional Investment Right to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Additional Investment Right (any such new Additional Investment Right, a "New Additional Investment Right" ), evidencing the portion of this Additional Investment Right so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Additional Investment Right evidencing the remaining portion of this Additional Investment Right not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Additional Investment Right by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of an Additional Investment Right.

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4.    Exercise and Duration of Additional Investment Rights . This Additional Investment Right shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the Effective Date to and including 6:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. At 6:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Additional Investment Right not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value. The Company may not call or redeem any portion of this Additional Investment Right without the consent of the Holder.

5.    Delivery of Additional Investment Right Shares .

(a)    To acquire Additional Investment Right Shares under this Additional Investment Right, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Additional Investment Right unless the aggregate number of Additional Investment Right Shares then represented by this Additional Investment Right is being exercised. Upon delivery of a written notice, in the form of the Exercise Notice attached hereto (the "Exercise Notice" ) to the Company (together with the Additional Investment Right Exercise Log attached thereto (the "Additional Investment Right Exercise Log" ) at its address for notice set forth herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Additional Investment Right Shares that the Holder intends to purchase hereunder, the Company shall promptly (but in no event later than three Trading Days after the Date of Exercise) issue and deliver to the Holder, a certificate representing the number of Additional Investment Right Shares to which such exercise pertains (the dollar amount of the exercise at issue divided by the Exercise Price), which, unless otherwise required by the Purchase Agreement, shall be free of restrictive legends. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder and subsequent to the date on which a registration statement covering the resale of the Additional Investment Right Shares has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission, use its best efforts to deliver the Additional Investment Right Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions, if available, provided , that, the Company may, but will not be required to change its transfer agent if its current transfer agent cannot deliver Additional Investment Right Shares electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation. A " Date of Exercise " means the date on which the Holder shall have delivered to Company: (i) the Exercise Notice (with the Additional Investment Right Exercise Log attached to it), appropriately completed and duly signed and (ii) the Exercise Price for the number of Additional Investment Right Shares so indicated by the Holder to be purchased.

(b)    If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Additional Investment Right Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise.

(c)    If by the third Trading Day after a Date of Exercise the Company fails to deliver the required number of Additional Investment Right Shares in the manner required pursuant to Section 5(a), and if after such third Trading Day and prior to the receipt of such Additional Investment Right Shares, the Holder purchases (in an open market transaction or otherwise) shares of Common Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the Additional Investment Right Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such exercise (a " Buy-In "), then the Company shall (1) pay in cash to the Holder the amount by which (x) the Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (A) the number of Additional Investment Right Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the Holder in connection with the exercise at issue by (B) the closing bid price of the Common Stock at the time of the obligation giving rise to such purchase obligation and (2) reinstate the portion of the Additional Investment Right and equivalent number of Additional Investment Right Shares for which such exercise was not honored. The Holder shall provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In.

(d)    The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Additional Investment Right Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Additional Investment Right Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing Additional Investment Right Shares upon exercise of the Additional Investment Right as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

6.    Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance and delivery of Additional Investment Right Shares upon exercise of this Additional Investment Right shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Additional Investment Right Shares in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Additional Investment Right or receiving Additional Investment Right Shares upon exercise hereof.

7.    Replacement of Additional Investment Right . If this Additional Investment Right is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Additional Investment Right, a New Additional Investment Right, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable indemnity (which shall not include a surety bond), if requested. Applicants for a New Additional Investment Right under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe. If a New Additional Investment Right is requested as a result of a mutilation of this Additional Investment Right, then the Holder shall deliver such mutilated Additional Investment Right to the Company as a condition precedent to the Company’s obligation to issue the New Additional Investment Right.

8.    Reservation of Shares . The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the ag