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VICTORY STATE BANK 2000 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN

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Title: VICTORY STATE BANK 2000 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/26/2008

VICTORY STATE BANK 2000 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN, Parties: vsb bancorp inc
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                                                                    Exhibit 10.2


                               VICTORY STATE BANK
                        2000 INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION PLAN


1.    PURPOSE
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      The purpose of the Victory State Bank (the "Bank") 2000 Incentive Stock
Option Plan (the "Plan") is to advance the interests of the Bank and its
shareholders by providing those key employees of the Bank and its affiliates,
upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the successful conduct of the
business of the Bank and its affiliates largely depends, with additional
incentive to perform in a superior manner. A purpose of the Plan is also to
attract people of experience and ability to the service of the Bank and its
affiliates.

2.    DEFINITIONS
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     (a)   "Affiliate" means (i) a member of a controlled group of corporations
of which the Bank is a member or (ii) an unincorporated trade or business which
is under common control with the Bank as determined in accordance with Section
414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") and the
regulations issued thereunder. For purposes hereof, a "controlled group of
corporations" shall mean a controlled group of corporations as defined in
Section 1563(a) of the Code determined without regard to Section 1563(a)(4) and
(e)(3)(C).

     (b)   "Award" means a grant of Incentive Stock Options under the provisions
of this Plan.

     (c)   "Board of Directors" or "Board" means the board of directors of the
Bank.

      (d)   "Change in Control" of the Bank, for purposes of this Plan, means an
event of a nature that: (i) would be required to be reported in response to Item
1 of the current report on Form F-3, as in effect on the date hereof, pursuant
to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"); or
(ii) results in a Change in Control of the Bank within the meaning of the Change
in Bank Control Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (the "FDIC") at 12 C.F.R. ss.303, as in effect on
the date hereof; or (iii) results in a transaction requiring prior approval of
the Federal Reserve Board ("FRB"), under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956
and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the FRB at 12 C.F.R. ss.225.11, as
in effect on the date hereof or (iv) without limitation, such a Change in
Control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as (A) any "person" (as
the term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes
the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Bank representing 20% or more of
the Bank's outstanding securities or (B) individuals who constitute the Board on
the date hereof (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
least a majority thereof, provided that any person becoming a director
subsequent to the date hereof whose election was approved by a vote of a
majority of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose nomination
for election by the Bank's stockholders was approved by the Incumbent Board,
shall be, for purposes of this clause (B), considered as though he or she were a
member of the Incumbent Board; or (C) a plan of reorganization, merger,
consolidation, sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Bank or
similar transaction occurs in which the Bank is not the resulting entity; or (D)
a proxy statement shall be distributed soliciting proxies from shareholders of
the Bank, by someone other than the current management of the Bank, seeking
stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or consolidation of the
Bank or similar transaction with one or more corporations as a result of which
the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject to the plan or
transaction are exchanged for or converted into cash or property or securities
not issued by the Bank; or (E) a tender offer is made for 20% or more of the
voting securities of the Bank.

     (e)   "Committee" means a committee consisting of those members of the
Incentive Stock Option Committee of the Bank who are non-employee members of the
Board of Directors, all of whom are "disinterested directors" as such term is
defined under Rules 16b-3 under the Exchange Act, as promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

     (f)   "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Bank, par value, $5.00
per share.


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     (g)   "Date of Grant" means the date an Award granted by the Committee is
effective pursuant to the terms hereof.

     (h)   "Disability" means disability as defined in the Bank's long term
disability plan, or if not so defined, disability shall mean the permanent and
total inability by reason of mental or physical infirmity, or both, of an
employee to perform the work customarily assigned to him or her. Additionally, a
medical doctor selected or approved by the Board of Directors must advise the
Committee that it is either not possible to determine when such Disability will
terminate or that it appears probable that such Disability will be permanent
during the remainder of said Participant's lifetime.

     (i)   "Fair Market Value" means, when used in connection with the Common
Stock on a certain date: (i) if the bid and asked price of the Common Stock is
reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
System (as published by the Wall Street Journal, if published) on such date or
if the Common Stock was not traded on such date, on the next preceding day on
which the Common Stock was traded thereon or the last previous date on which a
sale is reported, or (ii) if the bid and asked price of the Common Stock is not
so reported, but the Common Stock is traded in the over-the-counter market, the
mean of the highest bid price and the lowest asked price for the Common Stock on
the date of grant as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Inc. or any
successor organization, or (iii) if a realistic and fair market value of such
shares is not readily determinable, an estimation of the fair market value made
by taking into consideration the market value of the shares of comparable
financial institutions and the trend of the Bank's earnings.

     (j)   "Incentive Stock Option" means an Option granted by the Committee to a
Participant.

     (k)   "Non-Statutory Stock Option" means an Option granted by the Committee
to a Participant and which is not deemed to be an Incentive Stock Option.

     (l)   "Option" means Award granted under Section 6.

     (m)   "Participant" means an employee of the Bank or its Affiliates chosen
by the Committee to participate in the Plan.

     (n)   "Plan Year(s)" means a calendar year or years commencing on or after
January 1, 2000.

     (o)   "Retirement" means termination of employment, which constitutes
retirement under any tax qualified plan maintained by the Bank.

     (p)   "Termination for Cause" means the termination upon an intentional
failure to perform stated duties, personal dishonesty which results in loss to
the Bank or one of its Affiliates or willful violation of any law, rule or
regulation (other than traffic violations or similar offenses) or final
cease-and-desist order which results in substantial loss to the Bank or one of
its Affiliates.

3.    ADMINISTRATION
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     The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee is
authorized, subject to the provisions of the Plan, to establish and amend such
rules and regulations as it deems necessary for the proper administration of the
Plan and to make whatever determinations and interpretations in connection with
the Plan it deems necessary or advisable. All determinations and interpretations
made by the Committee shall be binding and conclusive on all Participants in the
Plan and on their legal representatives and beneficiaries.

4.    STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN
     -------------------------

     Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 10, the maximum number of
shares reserved for purchase pursuant to the exercise of options granted under
the Plan is 21,000 shares of Common Stock of the Bank, par value $5.00 per
share.


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5.    ELIGIBILITY
     -----------

     Key officers and other key employees of the Bank or its Affiliates, as
determined by the Committee, shall be eligible to receive Incentive Stock
Options under the Plan. Directors who are not both employees and officers of the
Bank or its Affiliates shall not be eligible to receive Awards under the Plan.

6.    INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS
     -----------------------

     Grant of Options
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     The Committee may, from time to time, grant Incentive Stock Options to
eligible employees. Incentive Stock Options granted pursuant to the Plan shall
be subject to the following terms and conditions:

     (a)   Price. The purchase price per share of Common Stock deliverable upon
the exercise of each incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 100% of the
Fair Market Value of the Bank's Common Stock on the Date of Grant. However, if a
Participant owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting
power of all classes of Common Stock of the Bank, the purchase price per share
of Common Stock deliverable upon the exercise of each Incentive Stock Option
shall not be less than 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Bank's Common Stock
on the Date of Grant. Shares may be purchased only upon payment of the full
purchase price in cash.

     (b)   Amounts of Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted to any
eligible employee in such amounts as determined by the Committee. The aggregate
Fair Market Value (determined as of the time the option is granted) of the
Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted are
exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year
(under all plans of the Participant's employer corporation and its parent and
subsidiary corporations) shall not exceed $100,000.00. The provisions of this
Section 6(b) shall be construed and applied in accordance with Section 422(d) of
the Code and the regulations, if any, promulgated thereunder. To the extent an
award under this Section 6 exceeds this $100,000.00 limit, the portion of the
award in excess of such limit shall be deemed a Non-statutory Stock  


 
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