VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES INC
S-8, 1999-08-05
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 1999
                                                Registration No. 333__________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                       VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
   (exact name of registrant as specified in its certificate of incorporation)

VIRGINIA                                  6305                   54-1913168
(state or other jurisdiction of     (Primary Standard          (IRS Employer
incorporation or organization)   Classification Code Number) Identification No.)

                                400 GEORGE STREET
                         FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA 22404
                                 (540) 899-5500
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

        VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC. 1999 STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)
                   -------------------------------------------

                                          COPIES TO:
SAMUEL C. HARDING                         LORI M. BERESFORD, ESQUIRE
PRESIDENT                                 SUZANNE A. WALKER, ESQUIRE
VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.         MULDOON, MURPHY & FAUCETTE LLP
400 GEORGE STREET                         5101 WISCONSIN AVENUE, N.W.
FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA 22404            WASHINGTON, DC  20016
(540) 899-5500                            (202) 362-0840
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)

         APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As
    soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

 If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
  delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
                      1933, check the following box. / X /

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   Title of each Class of      Amount to be  Proposed Purchase   Estimated Aggregate   Registration
Securities to be Registered   Registered(1)   Price Per Share      Offering Price          Fee
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   <S>                          <C>             <C>                  <C>                  <C>
    Common Stock                1,140,480
   $.01 par Value               Shares (2)      $15.53 (3)           $17,711,654          $4,924
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    Common Stock                 456,192
   $.01 par Value               Shares (4)      $16.375(5)           $ 7,470,144          $2,077
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(1) Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
    necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to
    the Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (the
    "Plan") as the result of a stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment
    of the outstanding Common Stock of Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.
    pursuant to 17 C.F.R. Section 230.416(a).
(2) Represents the total number of shares currently reserved or available for
    issuance as options pursuant to the Plan.
(3) Exercise price of $15.3125 per share at which options for 912,386 shares
    under the Plan have been granted to date and by $16.375 the market value of
    the Common Stock on August 2, 1999 as determined by the closing price on
    the Nasdaq Stock Market as reported in the Wall Street Journal, for 228,094
    shares for which options have not yet been granted under the Plan.
(4) Represents the total number of shares currently reserved or available for
    issuance as stock awards under the Plan.
(5) The market value of the common stock on August 2, 1999 at which the 456,192
    shares may be purchased to satisfy awards under the Plan.

THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE
"SECURITIES ACT") AND 17 C.F.R. SECTION 230.462.

Number of Pages 32
Exhibit Index begins on Page 9




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VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.

PART I     INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS

ITEMS 1 & 2. The documents containing the information for the Virginia Capital
Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") 1999 Stock-Based Incentive
Plan (the "Plan") required by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent
or given to the participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such
document is not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
either as a part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus
supplement pursuant to Rule 424 in reliance on Rule 428.

PART II   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.  INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

      The following documents filed or to be filed with the SEC are incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:

      (a) The Form 10-K filed by the Registrant (File No. 0-25031) with the SEC
on March 31, 1999, which includes the consolidated balance sheet of Virginia
Capital Bancshares, Inc. and subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and
the related consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders' equity,
and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
1998, together with the related notes and the report of Cherry, Bekaert &
Holland LLP, independent certified public accountants.

      (b) The Form 10-Q report filed by the Registrant for the fiscal quarter
ended March 31, 1999 (File No.000-25031), filed with the SEC on May 17, 1999.

      (c) The Form 8-K report filed by the Registrant on March 30, 1999 (File
No.000-25031) announcing a change in accountants from Cherry, Bekaert & Holland
L.L.P. to KPMG LLP.

      (d) The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's
Form 8-A (File No. 000-25031), as filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 12(g)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 12b-15
promulgated thereunder, on November 4, 1998 as incorporated by reference from
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC File No. 333-63309).

      (e) All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) and
(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold.

       ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT, OR IN A DOCUMENT
INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE HEREIN, SHALL BE DEEMED
TO BE MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED FOR PURPOSES OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO THE
EXTENT THAT A STATEMENT CONTAINED HEREIN, OR IN ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENTLY FILED
DOCUMENT WHICH ALSO IS INCORPORATED OR DEEMED TO BE INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
HEREIN, MODIFIES OR SUPERSEDES SUCH STATEMENT. ANY SUCH STATEMENT SO MODIFIED OR
SUPERSEDED SHALL NOT BE DEEMED, EXCEPT AS SO MODIFIED OR SUPERSEDED, TO
CONSTITUTE A PART OF THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT.



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ITEM 4.  DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

      The common stock to be offered pursuant to the Plan has been registered
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. Accordingly, a description of the
common stock is not required herein.

ITEM 6.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

      TENTH:

A. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by
reason of the fact that he or she is or was a Director or an Officer of the
Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
Director, Officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an
employee benefit plan (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such
proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, Officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, Officer,
employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to
the fullest extent authorized by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act., as the
same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment,
only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide
broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to
provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties
and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such
indemnitee in connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided
in Section C hereof with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only
if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of
the Corporation.

B. The right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article TENTH
shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter
an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee
in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity
in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without
limitation, services to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an "undertaking"), by
or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication") that such
indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this
Section or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of
expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article TENTH shall be contract
rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a
Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the
indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.

C. If a claim under Section A or B of this Article TENTH is not paid in full by
the Corporation within sixty days after a written claim has been received by the
Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in
which case the applicable period shall be twenty days, the indemnitee may at any
time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount
of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit
brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the
terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid also the
expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the
indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit
brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it
shall be a defense that, and


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(ii) in any suit by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
pursuant to the terms of an undertaking the Corporation shall be entitled to
recover such expenses upon a final adjudication that, the indemnitee has not met
any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the Virginia Stock
Corporation Act. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a
determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the
indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the indemnitee has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Virginia Stock Corporation Act,
nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of
Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the indemnitee
has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that
the indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of
such a suit brought by the indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit
brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an
advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an
advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of
proving that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such
advancement of expenses, under this Article TENTH or otherwise shall be on the
Corporation.

D. The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in
this Article TENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person
may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation's Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested
Directors or otherwise.

E. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and
any Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or subsidiary or
Affiliate or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.

F. The Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board
of Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
to any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Article TENTH with respect to the indemnification and
advancement of expenses of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.

ELEVENTH:
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A Director of this Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
Director, except for liability: (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of
loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholder; (ii) for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law; (iii) under Section 13.1-692 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act; or (iv)
for any transaction from which the Director derived an improper personal
benefit. If the Virginia Stock Corporation Act is amended to authorize corporate
action further elimination or limiting the personal liability of Directors, then
the liability of a Director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to
the fullest extent permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as so
amended.

      Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders
of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a
Director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.


ITEM 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

      Not applicable.


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ITEM 8.   LIST OF EXHIBITS.

      The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (numbering corresponds generally to
Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

      4       Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock-Based Incentive Plan.

      5       Opinion of Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette LLP as to the legality of
              the Common Stock to be issued.

      23.0    Consent of Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette LLP (contained in the
              opinion included in Exhibit 5).

      23.1    Consent of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.

      24      Power of Attorney is located on the signature pages.
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ITEM 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

      The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
            a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

            (i)   To include any Prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
                  Securities Act of 1933;

            (ii)  To reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising after
                  the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
                  recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
                  or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                  information set forth in the Registration Statement; and

            (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
                  of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
                  Statement or any material change to such information in the
                  Registration Statement

            unless the information required by (i) and (ii) is contained in
            periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
            15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into
            this Registration Statement;

      (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
            Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
            deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
            offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
            shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
            any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
            termination of the Offering.


      The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
directors, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.




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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Virginia Capital
Bancshares, Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Fredericksburg, State of Virginia, on August 4,
1999.

                                          VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.



                                    By:   /s/ Samuel C. Harding, Jr.
                                          ------------------------------
                                          Samuel C. Harding, Jr.
                                          President

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below (other than Mr. Harding) constitutes and appoints Samuel C. Harding, Jr.
and Mr. Harding hereby constitutes and appoints Peggy J. Newman, as the true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him (or her) and in his (or her) name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, respectively, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and things requisite
and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.


    Name                      Title                                Date
    ----                      -----                                ----


/s/ Samuel C. Harding, Jr.    President and Director             August 4, 1999
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Samuel C. Harding, Jr.




/s/ Peggy J. Newman           Executive Vice President,          August 4, 1999
- --------------------------    Secretary, Treasurer and Director
Peggy J. Newman               (principal accounting and
                               financial officer


/s/ O'Conor Ashby             Director                           August 4, 1999
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O'Conor Ashby



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/s/ Charles S. Rowe            Director                          August 4, 1999
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Charles S. Rowe


/s/ H. Smith McKann            Chairman of the Board             August 4, 1999
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H. Smith McKann


/s/ DuVal Q. Hicks, Jr.        Director                          August 4, 1999
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DuVal Q. Hicks, Jr.



/s/ Ernest N. Donohoe Jr.      Director                          August 4, 1999
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Ernest N. Donahoe, Jr.



/s/ William M. Anderson        Director                          August 4, 1999
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William M. Anderson, Jr.



/s/ Ronald G. Beck             Director                          August 4, 1999
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Ronald G. Beck



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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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                                                                                       Sequentially
                                                                                         Numbered
                                                                                           Page
 Exhibit No.     Description                 Method of Filing                            Location
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    <S>          <C>                         <C>                                            <C>
      4          Virginia Capital            Filed herewith.                                12
                 Bancshares, Inc. 1999
                 Stock Based Incentive
                 Program

      5          Opinion of Muldoon,         Filed herewith.                                28
                 Murphy & Faucette
                 LLP

    23.0         Consent of Muldoon,         Contained in Exhibit 5.                        --
                 Murphy & Faucette
                 LLP

    23.1         Accountants Consent         Filed herewith.                                32

     24          Power of Attorney           Located on the signature page.                 --

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                                   EXHIBIT 4.0
        VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC. 1999 STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN





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                        VIRGINIA CAPITAL BANCSHARES, INC.
                         1999 STOCK-BASED INCENTIVE PLAN

1.    DEFINITIONS.
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      (a) "Affiliate" means any "parent corporation" or "subsidiary corporation"
of the Holding Company, as such terms are defined in Sections 424(e) and 424(f)
of the Code.

      (b) "Award" means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of
Non-Statutory Stock Options, Incentive Stock Options and Stock Awards.

      (c) "Award Agreement" means an agreement evidencing and setting forth the
terms of an Award.

      (d)  "Bank" means Fredericksburg Savings Bank

      (e) "Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Holding
Company.

      (f) "Change in Control" of the Holding Company or the Bank shall mean an
event of a nature that: (i) would be required to be reported in response to Item
1(a) of the current report on Form 8-K, as in effect on the date hereof,
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act"); or (ii) results in a Change in Control of the Bank or the
Holding Company within the meaning of the Home Owners' Loan Act of 1933, as
amended, the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and the Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Office of Thrift Supervision (or its predecessor agency), as
in effect on the date hereof (provided, that in applying the definition of
change in control as set forth under the rules and regulations of the OTS, the
Board shall substitute its judgment for that of the OTS); or (iii) 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 voting securities of the
Bank or the Holding Company representing 20% or more of the Bank's or the
Holding Company's outstanding voting securities or right to acquire such
securities except for any voting securities of the Bank purchased by the Holding
Company and any voting securities purchased by any employee benefit plan of the
Holding Company or its Subsidiaries, 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 at least
three-quarters of the directors comprising the Incumbent Board, or whose
nomination for election by the Company's stockholders was approved by a
Nominating Committee solely composed of members which are Incumbent Board
members, shall be, for purposes of this clause (B), considered as though he 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 the
Holding Company or similar transaction occurs or is effectuated in which the
Bank or Holding Company is not the resulting entity; provided, however, that
such an event listed above will be deemed to have occurred or to have been
effectuated upon the receipt of all required federal regulatory approvals not
including the lapse of any statutory waiting periods, or (D) a proxy statement
has been distributed soliciting proxies from stockholders of the Holding
Company, by someone other than the current management of the Holding Company,
seeking stockholder approval of a plan of reorganization, merger or
consolidation of the Holding Company or Bank with one or more corporations as a
result of which the outstanding shares of the class of securities then subject
to such plan or transaction are exchanged for or converted into cash or property
or securities not issued by the Bank or the Holding Company shall be
distributed, or (E) a tender offer is made for 20% or more of the voting
securities of the Bank or Holding Company then outstanding.

      (g) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      (h) "Committee" means the committee designated by the Board of Directors,
pursuant to Section 2 of the Plan, to administer the Plan.

      (i)"Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Holding Company, par
value, $.01 per share.



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      (j) "Date of Grant" means the effective date of an Award.

      (k) "Disability" means any mental or physical condition with respect to
which the Participant qualifies for and receives benefits for under a long-term
disability plan of the Holding Company or an Affiliate, or in the absence of
such a long-term disability plan or coverage under such a plan, "Disability"
shall mean a physical or mental condition which, in the sole discretion of the
Committee, is reasonably expected to be of indefinite duration and to
substantially prevent the Participant from fulfilling his duties or
responsibilities to the Holding Company or an Affiliate.

      (l) "Effective Date" means the earlier of the date the Plan is approved by
shareholders or December 23, 1999.

      (m) "Employee" means any person employed by the Holding Company or an
Affiliate. Directors who are employed by the Holding Company or an Affiliate
shall be considered Employees under the Plan.

      (n) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      (o) "Exercise Price" means the price at which a Participant may purchase a
share of Common Stock pursuant to an Option.

      (p) "Fair Market Value" means the market price of Common Stock, determined
by the Committee as follows:

                      (i) If the Common Stock was traded on the date in question
                      on The Nasdaq Stock Market then the Fair Market Value
                      shall be equal to the closing price reported for such
                      date;

                      (ii) If the Common Stock was traded on a stock exchange on
                      the date in question, then the Fair Market Value shall be
                      equal to the closing price reported by the applicable
                      composite transactions report for such date; and

                      (iii) If neither of the foregoing provisions is
                      applicable, then the Fair Market Value shall be determined
                      by the Committee in good faith on such basis as it deems
                      appropriate.

      Whenever possible, the determination of Fair Market Value by the Committee
shall be based on the prices reported in The Wall Street Journal. The
Committee's determination of Fair Market Value shall be conclusive and binding
on all persons.

      (q) "Holding Company" means Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.

      (r) "Incentive Stock Option" means a stock option granted to a
Participant, pursuant to Section 7 of the Plan, that is intended to meet the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

      (s) "Non-Statutory Stock Option" means a stock option granted to a
Participant pursuant to the terms of the Plan but which is not intended to be
and is not identified as an Incentive Stock Option or a stock option granted
under the Plan which is intended to be and is identified as an Incentive Stock
Option but which does not meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code.

      (t) "Option" means an Incentive Stock Option or Non-Statutory Stock
Option.

      (u) "Outside Director" means a member of the board(s) of directors of the
Holding Company or an Affiliate who is not also an Employee of the Holding
Company or an Affiliate.

      (v) "Participant" means any person who holds an outstanding Award.



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      (w) "Performance Award" means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant
to Section 9 of the Plan.

      (x) "Plan" means this Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock-Based
Incentive Plan.

      (y) "Retirement" means retirement from employment with the Holding Company
or an Affiliate in accordance with the then current retirement policies of the
Holding Company or Affiliate, as applicable. "Retirement" with respect to an
Outside Director means the termination of service from the board(s) of directors
of the Holding Company and any Affiliate following written notice to such
board(s) of directors of the Outside Director's intention to retire.

      (z) "Stock Award" means an Award granted to a Participant pursuant to
Section 8 of the Plan.

      (aa) "Termination for Cause" shall mean, in the case of an Outside
Director, removal from the board(s) of directors of the Holding Company and its
Affiliates in accordance with the applicable by-laws of the Holding Company and
its Affiliates or, in the case of an Employee, as defined under any employment
agreement with the Holding Company or an Affiliate; provided, however, that if
no employment agreement exists with respect to the Employee, Termination for
Cause shall mean termination of employment because of a material loss to the
Holding Company or an Affiliate, as determined by and in the sole discretion of
the Board of Directors or its designee(s).

      (bb) "Trust" means a trust established by the Board of Directors in
connection with this Plan to hold Common Stock or other property for the
purposes set forth in the Plan.

      (cc) "Trustee" means any person or entity approved by the Board of
Directors or its designee(s) to hold any of the Trust assets.

2.    ADMINISTRATION.
      --------------

      (a) The Committee shall administer the Plan. The Committee shall consist
of two or more disinterested directors of the Holding Company, who shall be
appointed by the Board of Directors. A member of the Board of Directors shall be
deemed to be "disinterested" only if he satisfies (i) such requirements as the
Securities and Exchange Commission may establish for non-employee directors
administering plans intended to qualify for exemption under Rule 16b-3 (or its
successor) under the Exchange Act and (ii) such requirements as the Internal
Revenue Service may establish for outside directors acting under plans intended
to qualify for exemption under Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. The Board of
Directors may also appoint one or more separate committees of the Board of
Directors, each composed of one or more directors of the Holding Company or an
Affiliate who need not be disinterested and who may grant Awards and administer
the Plan with respect to Employees and Outside Directors who are not considered
officers or directors of the Holding Company under Section 16 of the Exchange
Act or for whom Awards are not intended to satisfy the provisions of Section
162(m) of the Code.

      (b) The Committee shall (i) select the Employees and Outside Directors who
are to receive Awards under the Plan, (ii) determine the type, number, vesting
requirements and other features and conditions of such Awards, (iii) interpret
the Plan and Award Agreements in all respects and (iv) make all other decisions
relating to the operation of the Plan. The Committee may adopt such rules or
guidelines as it deems appropriate to implement the Plan. The Committee's
determinations under the Plan shall be final and binding on all persons.

      (c) Each Award shall be evidenced by a written agreement ("Award
Agreement") containing such provisions as may be required by the Plan and
otherwise approved by the Committee. Each Award Agreement shall constitute a
binding contract between the Holding Company or an Affiliate and the
Participant, and every Participant, upon acceptance of an Award Agreement, shall
be bound by the terms and restrictions of the Plan and the Award Agreement. The
terms of each Award Agreement shall be in accordance with the Plan, but each
Award Agreement may include any additional provisions and restrictions
determined by the Committee, in its discretion, provided that such additional
provisions and restrictions are not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan. In
particular and at a minimum, the Committee shall set forth in each Award
Agreement: (i) the type of Award granted; (ii) the Exercise



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Price of any Option; (iii) the number of shares subject to the Award; (iv) the
expiration date of the Award; (v) the manner, time, and rate (cumulative or
otherwise) of exercise or vesting of such Award; and (vi) the restrictions, if
any, placed upon such Award, or upon shares which may be issued upon exercise of
such Award. The Chairman of the Committee and such other directors and officers
as shall be designated by the Committee is hereby authorized to execute Award
Agreements on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate and to cause them to be
delivered to the recipients of Awards.

      (d) The Committee may delegate all authority for: (i) the determination of
forms of payment to be made by or received by the Plan and (ii) the execution of
any Award Agreement. The Committee may rely on the descriptions,
representations, reports and estimates provided to it by the management of the
Holding Company or an Affiliate for determinations to be made pursuant to the
Plan, including the satisfaction of any conditions of a Performance Award.
However, only the Committee or a portion of the Committee may certify the
attainment of any conditions of a Performance Award intended to satisfy the
requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code.

3.    TYPES OF AWARDS.
      ---------------

      The following Awards may be granted under the Plan:

      (a) Non-Statutory Stock Options.
      (b) Incentive Stock Options.
      (c) Stock Awards.

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

      Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14 of the Plan, the maximum
number of shares reserved for Awards under the Plan is 1,596,672, which number
shall not exceed 14% of the shares of the Common Stock determined immediately as
of the Effective Date. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 14 of the
Plan, the maximum number of shares reserved hereby for purchase pursuant to the
exercise of Options granted under the Plan is 1,140,480 which number shall not
exceed 10% of the shares of Common Stock as of the Effective Date. The maximum
number of the shares reserved for Stock Awards is 456,192 which number shall not
exceed 4% of the shares of Common Stock as of the Effective Date. The shares of
Common Stock issued under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares
or authorized shares previously issued and acquired or reacquired by the Trustee
or the Holding Company, respectively. To the extent that Options and Stock
Awards are granted under the Plan, the shares underlying such Awards will be
unavailable for any other use including future grants under the Plan except
that, to the extent that Stock Awards or Options terminate, expire or are
forfeited without having vested or without having been exercised, new Awards may
be made with respect to these shares.

5.    ELIGIBILITY.
      -----------

      Subject to the terms of the Plan, all Employees and Outside Directors
shall be eligible to receive Awards under the Plan. In addition, the Committee
may grant eligibility to consultants and advisors of the Holding Company or an
Affiliate, as it sees fit.

6.    NON-STATUTORY STOCK OPTIONS.
      ---------------------------

      The Committee may, subject to the limitations of this Plan and the
availability of shares of Common Stock reserved but not previously awarded under
the Plan, grant Non-Statutory Stock Options to eligible individuals upon such
terms and conditions as it may determine to the extent such terms and conditions
are consistent with the following provisions:

      (a) Exercise Price. The Committee shall determine the Exercise Price of
          --------------
each Non-Statutory Stock Option. However, the Exercise Price shall not be less
than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant.



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      (b) Terms of Non-statutory Stock Options. The Committee shall determine
          ------------------------------------
the term during which a Participant may exercise a Non-Statutory Stock Option,
but in no event may a Participant exercise a Non-Statutory Stock Option, in
whole or in part, more than ten (10) years from the Date of Grant. The Committee
shall also determine the date on which each Non-Statutory Stock Option, or any
part thereof, first becomes exercisable and any terms or conditions a
Participant must satisfy in order to exercise each Non-Statutory Stock Option.
The shares of Common Stock underlying each Non-Statutory Stock Option may be
purchased in whole or in part by the Participant at any time during the term of
such Non-Statutory Stock Option, or any portion thereof, once the Non-Statutory
Stock Option becomes exercisable.

      (c) Non-Transferability. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee in
          -------------------
accordance with this Section 6(c), a Participant may not transfer, assign,
hypothecate, or dispose of in any manner, other than by will or the laws of
intestate succession, a Non-Statutory Stock Option. The Committee may, however,
in its sole discretion, permit transferability or assignment of a Non-Statutory
Stock Option if such transfer or assignment is, in its sole determination, for
valid estate planning purposes and such transfer or assignment is permitted
under the Code and Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act. For purposes of this
Section 6(c), a transfer for valid estate planning purposes includes, but is not
limited to: (a) a transfer to a revocable intervivos trust as to which the
Participant is both the settlor and trustee, (b) a transfer for no consideration
to: (i) any member of the Participant's Immediate Family, (ii) any trust solely
for the benefit of members of the Participant's Immediate Family, (iii) any
partnership whose only partners are members of the Participant's Immediate
Family, and (iv) any limited liability corporation or corporate entity whose
only members or equity owners are members of the Participant's Immediate Family,
or (c) a transfer to the Fredericksburg Savings Charitable Foundation. For
purposes of this Section 6(c), "Immediate Family" includes, but is not
necessarily limited to, a Participant's parents, grandparents, spouse, children,
grandchildren, siblings (including half bothers and sisters), and individuals
who are family members by adoption. Nothing contained in this Section 6(c) shall
be construed to require the Committee to give its approval to any transfer or
assignment of any Non- Statutory Stock Option or portion thereof, and approval
to transfer or assign any Non-Statutory Stock Option or portion thereof does not
mean that such approval will be given with respect to any other Non-Statutory
Stock Option or portion thereof. The transferee or assignee of any Non-Statutory
Stock Option shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions applicable to
such Non-Statutory Stock Option immediately prior to the transfer or assignment
and shall be subject to any other conditions proscribed by the Committee with
respect to such Non-Statutory Stock Option.

      (d) Termination of Employment or Service (General). Unless otherwise
          ----------------------------------------------
determined by the Committee, upon the termination of a Participant's employment
or other service for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death, a
Change in Control, or Termination for Cause, the Participant may exercise only
those Non-Statutory Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the
Participant at the date of such termination and only for a period of three (3)
months following the date of such termination.

      (e) Termination of Employment or Service (Retirement). In the event of a
          -------------------------------------------------
Participant's Retirement, the Participant may exercise only those Non-Statutory
Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the Participant at the date
of Retirement and only for a period of one (1) year following the date of
Retirement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the Participant's Retirement, the
Committee, in its discretion, may determine that all Non-Statutory Stock Options
that were not exercisable by the Participant as of such date shall continue to
become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Award Agreement if the
Participant is immediately engaged by the Holding Company or an Affiliate as a
consultant or advisor or continues to serve the Holding Company or an Affiliate
as a director, advisory director, or director emeritus.

      (f) Termination of Employment or Service (Disability or death). Unless
          ----------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of the termination of a
Participant's employment or other service due to Disability or death, all
Non-Statutory Stock Options held by such Participant shall immediately become
exercisable and remain exercisable for a period one (1) year following the date
of such termination.

      (g) Termination of Employment or Service (Change in Control). Unless
          --------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of the termination of a
Participant's employment or service due to a Change in Control, whether such
termination is actual, constructive, or otherwise, the Participant may exercise
only those Non-Statutory



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Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the Participant at the date
of such termination and only for a period of one (1) year following the date of
such termination.

      (h) Termination of Employment or Service (Termination for Cause). Unless
          ------------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a Participant's
Termination for Cause, all rights with respect to the Participant's Non-
Statutory Stock Options shall expire immediately upon the effective date of such
Termination for Cause.

      (i) Payment. Payment due to a Participant upon the exercise of a
          -------
Non-Statutory Stock Option shall be made in the form of shares of Common Stock.

      (j) Maximum Individual Award. No individual Employee shall be granted an
          ------------------------
amount of Non-Statutory Stock Options which exceeds 25% of all Options eligible
to be granted under the Plan within any 60-month period.

7.    INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.
      -----------------------

      The Committee may, subject to the limitations of the Plan and the
availability of shares of Common Stock reserved but unawarded under this Plan,
grant Incentive Stock Options to an Employee upon such terms and conditions as
it may determine to the extent such terms and conditions are consistent with the
following provisions:

      (a) Exercise Price. The Committee shall determine the Exercise Price of
          --------------
each Incentive Stock Option. However, the Exercise Price shall not be less than
100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted, the
Employee owns or is treated as owning, for purposes of Section 422 of the Code,
Common Stock representing more than 10% of the total combined voting securities
of the Holding Company ("10% Owner"), the Exercise Price shall not be less than
110% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Date of Grant.

      (b) Amounts of Incentive Stock Options. To the extent the aggregate Fair
          ----------------------------------
Market Value of shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock
Options that are exercisable for the first time by an Employee during any
calendar year under the Plan and any other stock option plan of the Holding
Company or an Affiliate exceeds $100,000, or such higher value as may be
permitted under Section 422 of the Code, such Options in excess of such limit
shall be treated as Non-Statutory Stock Options. Fair Market Value shall be
determined as of the Date of Grant with respect to each such Incentive Stock
Option.

      (c) Terms of Incentive Stock Options. The Committee shall determine the
          --------------------------------
term during which a Participant may exercise an Incentive Stock Option, but in
no event may a Participant exercise an Incentive Stock Option, in whole or in
part, more than ten (10) years from the Date of Grant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
if at the time an Incentive Stock Option is granted to an Employee who is a 10%
Owner, the Incentive Stock Option granted to such Employee shall not be
exercisable after the expiration of five (5) years from the Date of Grant. The
Committee shall also determine the date on which each Incentive Stock Option, or
any part thereof, first becomes exercisable and any terms or conditions a
Participant must satisfy in order to exercise each Incentive Stock Option. The
shares of Common Stock underlying each Incentive Stock Option may be purchased
in whole or in part at any time during the term of such Incentive Stock Option
after such Option becomes exercisable.

      (d) Non-Transferability. No Incentive Stock Option shall be transferable
          -------------------
except by will or the laws of descent and distribution and is exercisable,
during his lifetime, only by the Employee to whom the Committee grants the
Incentive Stock Option. The designation of a beneficiary does not constitute a
transfer of an Incentive Stock Option.

      (e) Termination of Employment (General). Unless otherwise determined by
          -----------------------------------
the Committee, upon the termination of a Participant's employment or other
service for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death, a Change in
Control, or Termination for Cause, the Participant may exercise only those
Incentive Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the Participant at
the date of such termination and only for a period of three (3) months following
the date of such termination.



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      (f) Termination of Employment (Retirement). In the event of a
          --------------------------------------
Participant's Retirement, the Participant may exercise only those Incentive
Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the Participant at the date
of Retirement and only for a period of one (1) year following the date of
Retirement; PROVIDED HOWEVER, that upon the Participant's Retirement, the
Committee, in its discretion, may determine that all Incentive Stock Options
that were not otherwise exercisable by the Participant as of such date shall
continue to become exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Award
Agreement if the Participant is immediately engaged by the Holding Company or an
Affiliate as a consultant or advisor or continues to serve the Holding Company
or an Affiliate as a director, advisory director, or director emeritus. Any
Option originally designated as an Incentive Stock Option shall be treated as a
Non- Statutory Stock Options to the extent the Participant exercises such Option
more than three (3) months following the Date of the Participant's Retirement.

      (g) Termination of Employment (Disability or Death). Unless otherwise
          -----------------------------------------------
determined by the Committee, in the event of the termination of a Participant's
employment or other service due to Disability or death, all Incentive Stock
Options held by such Participant shall immediately become exercisable and remain
exercisable for a period one (1) year following the date of such termination.

      (h) Termination of Employment (Change in Control). Unless otherwise
          ---------------------------------------------
determined by the Committee, in the event of the termination of a Participant's
employment or service due to a Change in Control, the Participant may exercise
only those Incentive Stock Options that were immediately exercisable by the
Participant at the date of such termination and only for a period of three (3)
months following the date of such termination.

      (i) Termination of Employment (Termination for Cause). Unless otherwise
          -------------------------------------------------
determined by the Committee, in the event of an Employee's Termination for
Cause, all rights under such Employee's Incentive Stock Options shall expire
immediately upon the effective date of such Termination for Cause.

      (j) Payment. Payment due to a Participant upon the exercise of an
          -------
Incentive Stock Option shall be made in the form of shares of Common Stock.

      (k) Maximum Individual Award. No individual Employee shall be granted an
          ------------------------
amount of Incentive Stock Options which exceeds 25% of all Options eligible to
be granted under the Plan within any 60-month period.

      (l) Disqualifying Dispositions. Each Award Agreement with respect to an
          --------------------------
Incentive Stock Option shall require the Participant to notify the Committee of
any disposition of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of
such Option under the circumstances described in Section 421(b) of the Code
(relating to certain disqualifying dispositions), within 10 days of such
disposition.





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8.     STOCK AWARDS.
       ------------

      The Committee may make grants of Stock Awards, which shall consist of the
grant of some number of shares of Common Stock, to a Participant upon such terms
and conditions as it may determine to the extent such terms and conditions are
consistent with the following provisions:

      (a) Grants of the Stock Awards. Stock Awards may only be made in whole
          --------------------------
shares of Common Stock. Stock Awards may only be granted from shares reserved
under the Plan and available for award at the time the Stock Award is made to
the Participant.

      (b) Terms of the Stock Awards. The Committee shall determine the dates on
          -------------------------
which Stock Awards granted to a Participant shall vest and any terms or
conditions which must be satisfied prior to the vesting of any Stock Award or
portion thereof. Any such terms or conditions shall be determined by the
Committee as of the Date of Grant.


      (c) Termination of Employment or Service (General). Unless otherwise
          ----------------------------------------------
determined by the Committee, upon the termination of a Participant's employment
or service for any reason other than Retirement, Disability or death, a Change
in Control, or Termination for Cause, any Stock Awards in which the Participant
has not become vested as of the date of such termination shall be forfeited and
any rights the Participant had to such Stock Awards shall become null and void.

      (d) Termination of Employment or Service (Retirement). In the event of a
          -------------------------------------------------
Participant's Retirement, any Stock Awards in which the Participant has not
become vested as of the date of Retirement shall be forfeited and any rights the
Participant had to such unvested Stock Awards shall become null and void;
PROVIDED HOWEVER, that upon the Participant's Retirement, the Committee, in its
discretion, may determine that all unvested Stock Awards shall continue to vest
in accordance with the Award Agreement if the Participant is immediately engaged
by the Holding Company or an Affiliate as a consultant or advisor or continues
to serve the Holding Company or an Affiliate as a director, advisory director,
or director emeritus.

      (e) Termination of Employment or Service (Disability or death). Unless
          ----------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a termination of the
Participant's service due to Disability or death all unvested Stock Awards held
by such Participant shall immediately vest as of the date of such termination.

      (f) Termination of Employment or Service (Change in Control). Unless
          --------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, in the event of a termination of the
Participant's service due to a Change in Control any Stock Awards in which the
Participant has not become vested as of the date of such termination shall be
forfeited and any rights the Participant had to such unvested Stock Awards shall
become null and void.

      (g) Termination of Employment or Service (Termination for Cause). Unless
          ------------------------------------------------------------
otherwise determined by the Committee, or in the event of the Participant's
Termination for Cause, all Stock Awards in which the Participant had not become
vested as of the effective date of such Termination for Cause shall be forfeited
and any rights such Participant had to such unvested Stock Awards shall become
null and void.

      (h) Maximum Individual Award. No individual Employee shall be granted an
          ------------------------
amount of Stock Awards which exceeds 25% of all Stock Awards eligible to be
granted under the Plan within any 60-month period.

      (i) Issuance of Certificates. Unless otherwise held in Trust and
          ------------------------
registered in the name of the Trustee, reasonably promptly after the Date of
Grant with respect to shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Stock Award, the
Holding Company shall cause to be issued a stock certificate, registered in the
name of the Participant to whom such Stock Award was granted, evidencing such
shares; provided, that the Holding Company shall not cause such a stock
certificate to be issued unless it has received a stock power duly endorsed in
blank with respect to such shares. Each such stock certificate shall bear the
following legend:




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                      "The transferability of this certificate and the shares of
                      stock represented hereby are subject to the restrictions,
                      terms and conditions (including forfeiture provisions and
                      restrictions against transfer) contained in the Virginia
                      Capital Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock-Based Incentive Plan
                      and Award Agreement entered into between the registered
                      owner of such shares and Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.
                      or its Affiliates. A copy of the Plan and Award Agreement
                      is on file in the office of the Corporate Secretary of
                      Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. located at 400 George
                      Street, Fredericksburg, VA 22404

Such legend shall not be removed until the Participant becomes vested in such
shares pursuant to the terms of the Plan and Award Agreement. Each certificate
issued pursuant to this Section 8(i), in connection with a Stock Award, shall be
held by the Holding Company or its Affiliates, unless the Committee determines
otherwise.

      (j) Non-Transferability. Except to the extent permitted by the Code, the
          -------------------
rules promulgated under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any successor
statutes or rules:

                      (i) The recipient of a Stock Award shall not sell,
                      transfer, assign, pledge, or otherwise encumber shares
                      subject to the Stock Award until full vesting of such
                      shares has occurred. For purposes of this section, the
                      separation of beneficial ownership and legal title through
                      the use of any "swap" transaction is deemed to be a
                      prohibited encumbrance.

                      (ii) Unless determined otherwise by the Committee and
                      except in the event of the Participant's death or pursuant
                      to a domestic relations order, a Stock Award is not
                      transferable and may be earned in his lifetime only by the
                      Participant to whom it is granted. Upon the death of a
                      Participant, a Stock Award is transferable by will or the
                      laws of descent and distribution. The designation of a
                      beneficiary shall not constitute a transfer.

                      (iii) If a recipient of a Stock Award is subject to the
                      provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, shares of
                      Common Stock subject to such Stock Award may not, without
                      the written consent of the Committee (which consent may be
                      given in the Award Agreement), be sold or otherwise
                      disposed of within six (6) months following the date of
                      grant of the Stock Award.

      (k) Accrual of Dividends. To the extent Stock Awards are held in Trust and
          --------------------
registered in the name of the Trustee, unless otherwise specified by the Trust
Agreement whenever shares of Common Stock underlying a Stock Award are
distributed to a Participant or beneficiary thereof under the Plan, such
Participant or beneficiary shall also be entitled to receive, with respect to
each such share distributed, a payment equal to any cash dividends and the
number of shares of Common Stock equal to any stock dividends, declared and paid
with respect to a share of the Common Stock if the record date for determining
shareholders entitled to receive such dividends falls between the date the
relevant Stock Award was granted and the date the relevant Stock Award or
installment thereof is issued. There shall also be distributed an appropriate
amount of net earnings, if any, of the Trust with respect to any dividends paid
out on the shares related to the Stock Award.

      (l) Voting of Stock Awards. After a Stock Award has been granted but for
          ----------------------
which the shares covered by such Stock Award have not yet been vested, earned
and distributed to the Participant pursuant to the Plan, the Participant shall
be entitled to vote or to direct the Trustee to vote, as the case may be, such
shares of Common Stock which the



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Stock Award covers subject to the rules and procedures adopted by the Committee
for this purpose and in a manner consistent with the Trust agreement.

      (m) Payment. Payment due to a Participant upon the redemption of a Stock
          -------
Award shall be made in the form of shares of Common Stock.

9.    PERFORMANCE AWARDS.
      ------------------

      (a) The Committee may determine to make any Award under the Plan
contingent upon the satisfaction of any conditions related to the performance of
the Holding Company, an Affiliate of the Participant. Each Performance Award
shall be evidenced in the Award Agreement, which shall set forth the applicable
conditions, the maximum amounts payable and such other terms and conditions as
are applicable to the Performance Award. Unless otherwise determined by the
Committee, each Performance Award shall be granted and administered to comply
with the requirements of Section 162(m) of the Code and subject to the following
provisions:

      (b) Any Performance Award shall be made not later than 90 days after the
start of the period for which the Performance Award relates and shall be made
prior to the completion of 25% of such period. All determinations regarding the
achievement of any applicable conditions will be made by the Committee. The
Committee may not increase during a year the amount of a Performance Award that
would otherwise be payable upon satisfaction of the conditions but may reduce or
eliminate the payments as provided for in the Award Agreement.

      (c) Nothing contained in the Plan will be deemed in any way to limit or
restrict the Committee from making any Award or payment to any person under any
other plan, arrangement or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in
effect.

      (d) A Participant who receives a Performance Award payable in Common Stock
shall have no rights as a shareholder until the Company Stock is issued pursuant
to the terms of the Award Agreement. The Common Stock may be issued without cash
consideration.

      (e) A Participant's interest in a Performance Award may not be sold,
assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered.

      (f) No Award or portion thereof that is subject to the satisfaction of any
condition shall be distributed or considered to be earned or vested until the
Committee certifies in writing that the conditions to which the distribution,
earning or vesting of such Award is subject have been achieved.

10.   DEFERRED PAYMENTS.
      -----------------

      The Committee, in its discretion, may permit a Participant to elect to
defer receipt of all or any part of any cash or stock payment under the Plan, or
the Committee may determine to defer receipt by some or all Participants, of all
or part of any such payment. The Committee shall determine the terms and
conditions of any such deferral, including the period of deferral, the manner of
deferral, and the method for measuring appreciation on deferred amounts until
their payout.

11.    METHOD OF EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.
       -----------------------------

      Subject to any applicable Award Agreement, any Option may be exercised by
the Participant in whole or in part at such time or times, and the Participant
may make payment of the Exercise Price in such form or forms permitted by the
Committee, including, without limitation, payment by delivery of cash, Common
Stock or other consideration (including, where permitted by law and the
Committee, Awards) having a Fair Market Value on the day immediately preceding
the exercise date equal to the total Exercise Price, or by any combination of
cash, shares of Common Stock and other consideration, including exercise by
means of a cashless exercise arrangement with a qualifying broker-dealer, as the
Committee may specify in the applicable Award Agreement.



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12.   RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS.
      ----------------------

      No Participant shall have any rights as a shareholder with respect to any
shares of Common Stock covered by an Option until the date of issuance of a
stock certificate for such Common Stock. Nothing contained herein or in any
Award Agreement confers on any person any right to continue in the employ or
service of the Holding Company or an Affiliate or interferes in any way with the
right of the Holding Company or an Affiliate to terminate a Participant's
services.

13.   DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY.
      --------------------------

      A Participant may, with the consent of the Committee, designate a person
or persons to receive, in the event of death, any Award to which the Participant
would then be entitled. Such designation will be made upon forms supplied by and
delivered to the Holding Company and may be revoked in writing. If a Participant
fails effectively to designate a beneficiary, then the Participant's estate will
be deemed to be the beneficiary.

14.   DILUTION AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS.
      ------------------------------

      In the event of any change in the outstanding shares of Common Stock by
reason of any stock dividend or split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation,
spin-off, reorganization, combination or exchange of shares, or other similar
corporate change, or other increase or decrease in such shares without receipt
or payment of consideration by the Holding Company, or in the event an
extraordinary capital distribution is made, the Committee may make such
adjustments to previously granted Awards, to prevent dilution, diminution, or
enlargement of the rights of the Participant, including any or all of the
following:

      (a)             adjustments in the aggregate number or kind of shares of
                      Common Stock or other securities that may underlie future
                      Awards under the Plan;

      (b)             adjustments in the aggregate number or kind of shares of
                      Common Stock or other securities underlying Awards already
                      made under the Plan;

      (c)             adjustments in the Exercise Price of outstanding Incentive
                      and/or Non-Statutory Stock Options.

No such adjustments may, however, materially change the value of benefits
available to a Participant under a previously granted Award. All Awards under
this Plan shall be binding upon any successors or assigns of the Holding
Company. Notwithstanding the above, in the event of an extraordinary capital
distribution, any adjustment under this Section 14 shall be subject to required
approval by the Office of Thrift Supervision.

15.   TAXES.
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      (a) Whenever under this Plan, cash or shares of Common Stock are to be
delivered upon exercise or payment of an Award or any other event with respect
to rights and benefits hereunder, the Committee shall be entitled to require as
a condition of delivery (i) that the Participant remit an amount sufficient to
satisfy all federal, state, and local withholding tax requirements related
thereto, (ii) that the withholding of such sums come from compensation otherwise
due to the Participant or from any shares of Common Stock due to the Participant
under this Plan or (iii) any combination of the foregoing PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that no amount shall be withheld from any cash payment or shares of Common Stock
relating to an Award which was transferred by the Participant in accordance with
this Plan. Furthermore, Participants may direct the Committee to instruct the
Trustee to sell shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon the payment of an
Award to satisfy tax obligations.

      (b) If any disqualifying disposition described in Section 7(l) is made
with respect to shares of Common Stock acquired under an Incentive Stock Option
granted pursuant to this Plan, or any transfer described in Section 6(c) is
made, or any election described in Section 16 is made, then the person making
such disqualifying disposition, transfer,



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or election shall remit to the Holding Company or its Affiliates an amount
sufficient to satisfy all federal, state, and local withholding taxes thereby
incurred; provided that, in lieu of or in addition to the foregoing, the Holding
Company or its Affiliates shall have the right to withhold such sums from
compensation otherwise due to the Participant, or, except in the case of any
transfer pursuant to Section 6(c), from any shares of Common Stock due to the
Participant under this Plan.

16.   NOTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 83(b).
      --------------------------------

      The Committee may, on the Date of Grant or any later date, prohibit a
Participant from making the election described below. If the Committee has not
prohibited such Participant from making such election, and the Participant
shall, in connection with the exercise of any Option, or the grant of any Stock
Award, make the election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code, such
Participant shall notify the Committee of such election within 10 days of filing
notice of the election with the Internal Revenue Service, in addition to any
filing and notification required pursuant to regulations issued under the
authority of Section 83(b) of the Code.

17.   AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN AND AWARDS.
      --------------------------------

      (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 17, the Board of
Directors may at any time, and from time to time, modify or amend the Plan in
any respect, prospectively or retroactively; provided however, that provisions
governing grants of Incentive Stock Options shall be submitted for shareholder
approval to the extent required by such law, regulation or otherwise. Failure to
ratify or approve amendments or modifications by shareholders shall be effective
only as to the specific amendment or modification requiring such ratification.
Other provisions of this Plan will remain in full force and effect. No such
termination, modification or amendment may adversely affect the rights of a
Participant under an outstanding Award without the written permission of such
Participant.

      (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 17, the Committee
may amend any Award Agreement, prospectively or retroactively; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no such amendment shall adversely affect the rights of any
Participant under an outstanding Award without the written consent of such
Participant.

      (c) In no event shall the Board of Directors amend the Plan or shall the
Committee amend an Award Agreement in any manner that has the effect of:

                      (i) Allowing any Option to be granted with an exercise
                      below the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the
                      Date of Grant.

                      (ii) Allowing the exercise price of any Option previously
                      granted under the Plan to be reduced subsequent to the
                      Date of Award.

      (d) Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or any Award Agreement to the
contrary, if any Award or right under this Plan would, in the opinion of the
Holding Company's accountants, cause a transaction to be ineligible for pooling
of interest accounting that would, but for such Award or right, be eligible for
such accounting treatment, the Committee, at its discretion, may modify, adjust,
eliminate or terminate the Award or right so that pooling of interest accounting
is available.




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18.   EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN.
      ----------------------

      The Plan shall become effective upon approval by the Holding Company's
shareholders in accordance with OTS and Internal Revenue Service ("IRS")
regulations or December 23, 1999, whichever is earlier. The failure to obtain
shareholder approval will not effect the validity of the Plan and any Awards
made under the Plan; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Plan is not approved by
stockholders in accordance with IRS regulations, the Plan shall remain in full
force and effect, and any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall
be deemed to be Non-Statutory Stock Options and any Award intended to comply
with Section 162(m) of the Code shall not comply with Section 162(m) of the
Code.

19.   TERMINATION OF THE PLAN.
      -----------------------

      The right to grant Awards under the Plan will terminate upon the earlier
of: (i) ten (10) years after the Effective Date; (ii) the issuance of a number
of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Options or the
distribution of Stock Awards (is equivalent to the maximum number of shares
reserved under the Plan as set forth in Section 4 hereof. The Board of Directors
has the right to suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, provided that no
such action will, without the consent of a Participant, adversely affect a
Participant's vested rights under a previously granted Award.

20.   APPLICABLE LAW.
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      The Plan will be administered in accordance with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia to the extent not pre-empted by applicable federal law.

21. TREATMENT OF UNVESTED, UNEXERCISED, OR NON-EXERCISABLE AWARDS UPON A CHANGE
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IN CONTROL.
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      In the event of a Change in Control where the Holding Company or the Bank
is not the surviving entity, the Board of Directors of the Holding Company
and/or the Bank, as applicable, shall require that the successor entity take one
of the following actions with respect to all Awards held by Participants at the
date of the Change in Control:

                      (i) Assume the Awards with the same terms and conditions
                      as granted to the Participant under this Plan; or

                      (ii) Replace the Awards with comparable Awards, subject to
                      the same or more favorable terms and conditions as the
                      Award granted to the Participant under this Plan, whereby
                      the Participant will be granted common stock or the option
                      to purchase common stock of the successor entity; or, only
                      if the Committee determines that neither of the
                      alternatives set forth in clauses (i) or (ii) are legally
                      available,

                      (iii) Replace the Awards with a cash payment under an
                      incentive plan, program, or other arrangement of the
                      successor entity that preserves the economic value of the
                      Awards and makes any such cash payment subject to the same
                      vesting or exercisability schedule applicable to such
                      Awards.

      (b) The determination of comparability of Awards offered by a successor
entity under clause (ii) of paragraph (a) above shall be made by the Committee,
and the Committee's determination shall be conclusive and binding.





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22. COMPLIANCE WITH OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION REGULATIONS.
    --------------------------------------------------------

        Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Plan:

      (a)             No Award under the Plan shall be  made  which  would be
                      prohibited by 12 CFR Section 563b.3(g)(4);

      (b)             Unless the Plan is approved by a majority vote of the
                      outstanding shares of the total votes eligible to be cast
                      at a duly called meeting of stockholders to consider the
                      Plan, as required by 12 CFR ss.563b.3(g)(4)(vii), the Plan
                      shall not become effective or implemented prior to one
                      year from the date of the Bank's conversion from mutual to
                      stock form ("Conversion").

      (c)             No Option or Stock Award granted prior to one year from
                      the date of the Bank's Conversion shall become vested or
                      exercisable at a rate in excess of 20% per year of the
                      total number of Stock Awards or Options (whichever may be
                      the case) granted to such Participant, provided, that
                      Awards shall become fully vested or immediately
                      exercisable in the event of a Participant's termination of
                      service due to death or Disability;

      (d)             No Option or Stock Award granted to any individual
                      Employee prior to one year from the date of the Bank's
                      Conversion may exceed 25% of the total amount of Stock
                      Awards or Options (whichever may be the case) which may be
                      granted under the Plan;

      (e)             No Option or Stock Award granted to any individual Outside
                      Director prior to one year from the date of the Bank's
                      Conversion may exceed 5% of the total amount of Stock
                      Awards or Options (whichever may be the case) which may be
                      granted under the Plan; and

      (f)             The aggregate amount of Option or Stock Award granted to
                      all Outside Directors prior to one year from the date of
                      the Bank's Conversion may not exceed 30% of the total
                      amount of Stock Awards or Options (whichever may be the
                      case) which may be granted under the Plan.

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           EXHIBIT 5     OPINION OF MULDOON, MURPHY & FAUCETTE LLP




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                                 August 4, 1999





Board of Directors
Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.
400 George Street
Fredericksburg, Virginia 22404

      Re:  Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. 1999 Stock-Based Incentive Plan
           Registration Statement on Form S-8 for Offer and Sale of
           1,596,672 Additional Shares of Common Stock

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel for Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. (the
"Company") in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, on Form S-8 of 1,595,672 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01
par value (the "Shares"), to be issued under the Virginia Capital Bancshares,
Inc. 1999 Stock-Based Incentive Plan (the "Plan").

      As such counsel, we have made such legal and factual examinations and
inquiries as we deemed advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion. In
our examination, we have assumed and have not verified (i) the genuineness of
all signatures, (ii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals, (iii) the conformity with the originals of all documents supplied to
us as copies, and (iv) the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records
and documents and of all certificates and statements of fact, in each case given
or made available to us by the Company or its subsidiary.

      Based on the foregoing and limited in all respects to Virginia law and the
facts as they exist on the date hereof, it is our opinion that the Shares
reserved under the Plan have been duly authorized and upon the issuance of the
Shares in the manner described in the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable.

       The following provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation
may not be given effect by a court applying Virginia law, but in our opinion the
failure to give effect to such provisions will not affect the duly authorized,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable status of the Common Stock:


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Board of Directors
Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.
August 4, 1999
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      (a) Subsections D.3 and D.6 of Article IV which grant the Board the
      authority to construe and apply the provisions of that Article and
      subsection D.4 of Article IV, to the extent that subsection obligates any
      person to provide the Board the information such subsection authorizes the
      Board to demand, in each case to the extent, if any, that a court applying
      Virginia law were to impose equitable limitations upon such authority; and

      (b) Article NINTH, which authorizes the Board to consider the effect of
      any offer to acquire the Company on constituencies other than stockholders
      in evaluating any such offer.

      This opinion is rendered to you solely for your benefit in connection with
the issuance of the Shares as described above. This opinion may not be relied
upon by any other person or for any other purpose, and it should not be quoted
in whole or in part or otherwise referred to or be filed with or furnished to
any governmental agency (other than the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with the aforementioned Registration Statement on Form S-8 in which
this opinion is contained) or any other person or entity without the prior
written consent of this firm.

      We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to, and the
reference to this firm in, the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8.


                                    Very truly yours,

                                    /s/ Muldoon, Murphy & Faucette LLP
                                    -------------------------------------
                                    MULDOON, MURPHY & FAUCETTE LLP


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            EXHIBIT 23.1     CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS





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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
                         -------------------------------



We consent to the incorporation by reference in this registration statement on
Form S-8 of Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc. of our report dated January 21,
1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Virginia Capital
Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiary as of December 31, 1998 and 1997, and the
related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1998 annual report
on Form 10-K of Virginia Capital Bancshares, Inc.


                                    /s/ Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P

Richmond, Virginia
August 4, 1999


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