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     Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 1998
                                                      Registration No. 333-38727
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                         POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM SB-2
                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                               CNB Holdings, Inc.
                 (Name of small business issuer in its charter)
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<S> <C>
               Virginia                                   6021                                54-1663340
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   (State or other jurisdiction of            (Primary Standard Industrial                 (I.R.S. Employer
    incorporation or organization)             Classification Code Number)                Identification No.)


           P.O. Box 1060, 900 Memorial Drive, Pulaski, Virginia 24301
                                 (540) 944-0831
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          (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)

                                                                                    copy to:
                    WAYNE L. CARPENTER                                       J. SCOTT PERKINS, ESQ.
                    CNB Holdings, Inc.                                      Mays & Valentine, L.L.P.
                    900 Memorial Drive                                       1111 East Main Street
                 Pulaski, Virginia 24301                                    Richmond, Virginia 23218
                      (540) 944-0831                                             (804) 697-1374
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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                                     Part II

Item 27.  Exhibits

         The  following  is  a  list  of  exhibits  included  as  part  of  this
registration  statement  and included  herewith at the end of this  registration
statement.

        Exhibit No.     Description of Exhibit
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            3.1         Amended   and   Restated   Articles   of   Incorporation
                        (incorporated   by  reference  to  Exhibit  3.1  to  the
                        Company's  Registration  Statement No.  33-69326 on Form
                        S-1).

            3.2         By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the
                        Company's  Registration  Statement No.  33-69326 on Form
                        S-1).

            4           Form of Stock Certificate.*

            5           Opinion  of  Mays  &  Valentine,  L.L.P.  regarding  the
                        legality  of  the   securities   being   registered  and
                        consent.*

            10.1        Employment Agreement dated June 21, 1993, by and between
                        Wayne L.  Carpenter  and the  Company  (incorporated  by
                        reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the  Company's  Registration
                        Statement No. 33-69326 on Form S-1).

            10.2        CNB Holdings,  Inc. 1995 Stock Option Plan (incorporated
                        by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Company's  1995 Form
                        10-KSB).

            10.3        Lease  Agreement  dated  August 1, 1997 between the Bank
                        and Odisi Properties, L.L.C.*

            10.4        Agency Agreement between the Davenport & Company LLC and
                        the Company.**

            21          Subsidiaries of CNB Holdings, Inc.*

            23.1        Consent of Larrowe & Company.*

            23.2        Consent of Mays & Valentine, L.L.P. (included as part of
                        Exhibit 5).*

            23.3        Consent of Williams Mullen Christian & Dobbins.*

            24          Powers of Attorney.*

            99.1        Form of Subscription Agreement.*

            99.2        Cover Letter to Shareholders.*

            99.3        Acceleration Request pursuant to Rule 461.*
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         *    Previously filed.
         **   Filed herewith.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         In accordance with the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
the  requirements  for filing on Form SB-2 and  authorized  this  post-effective
amendment  to the  registration  statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, in the County of Pulaski, State of Virginia, on January 28, 1998.

                                     CNB HOLDINGS, INC.



                                     By:     /s/ Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.
                                        -------------------------------------
                                             Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.
                                             President & Chief Executive Officer

         In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration  statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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             Signature                                   Title                                        Date
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<S> <C>
      /s/ Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.                Chairman, President, and Chief Executive       January 28, 1998
- -------------------------------------         Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
        Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.         

       /s/ Wayne L. Carpenter                 Director and Chief Financial and               January 28, 1998
- -------------------------------------         Accounting Officer
         Wayne L. Carpenter          

       */s/ Sybil S. Atkinson                 Director                                       January 28, 1998
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          Sybil S. Atkinson

        */s/ Jack W. Bowling                  Director                                       January 28, 1998
- -------------------------------------
           Jack W. Bowling

        */s/ Jackson M. Bruce                 Director                                       January 28, 1998
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          Jackson M. Bruce

      */s/ Randolph V. Chrisley               Director                                       January 28, 1998
- -------------------------------------
        Randolph V. Chrisley

        */s/ A. Carole Pratt                  Director                                       January 28, 1998
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           A. Carole Pratt

     */s/ David W. Ratcliff, Jr.              Director                                       January 28, 1998
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       David W. Ratcliff, Jr.

       */s/ Nathaniel R. Tuck                 Director                                       January 28, 1998
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          Nathaniel R. Tuck

       */s/ James L. Webb, Jr.                Director                                       January 28, 1998
- -------------------------------------
         James L. Webb, Jr.

         */s/ J. David Wine                   Director                                       January 28, 1998
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            J. David Wine

*By:     /s/ Wayne L. Carpenter
    ---------------------------------
         Wayne L. Carpenter
          Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>

                                 330,000 SHARES

                               CNB HOLDINGS, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK



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                                AGENCY AGREEMENT
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DAVENPORT & COMPANY LLC
One James Center
P.O. Box 85678
Richmond, Virginia 23285-5678

                                December 11, 1998

Dear Sirs:

         CNB Holdings,  Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "Company"),  proposes,
subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to engage Davenport & Company
LLC (the  "Placement  Agent" or "you") to advise the Company in the structure of
an offering of the Company's  common stock (the "Common Stock") and, as agent of
the Company, to assist in the sale on a best efforts basis of (i) 330,000 shares
of the Common  Stock,  $5.00 par value per share,  and,  at the  election of the
Company,  up to 50,000  additional  shares  of the  Common  Stock  (collectively
referred to herein as the  "Shares"),  less (ii) any Shares that are  subscribed
for prior to January 10, 1998,  by  shareholders  of record on December 10, 1997
(the "Present Shareholders").

1.       Representations and Warranties.

         The Company  represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Placement
Agent that:

         (a) A  registration  statement  in  respect  of the Shares on Form SB-2
(File No. 333- 38727) under the  Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"),
and as a part  thereof a  preliminary  prospectus,  in respect of the Shares has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in the
form heretofore delivered to you; such registration  statement,  as amended, has
been declared  effective by the  Commission;  no other  document with respect to
such registration  statement has heretofore been filed with the Commission;  and
no stop order suspending the  effectiveness of such  registration  statement has
been issued and no proceeding for that purpose has been instituted or threatened
by the Commission  (any  preliminary  prospectus  included in such  registration
statement  or filed with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule 424 of the rules and
regulations  of the  Commission  under  the  Act,  being  hereinafter  called  a
"Preliminary  Prospectus",  the various  parts of such  registration  statement,
including all exhibits thereto,  and including the information  contained in the
form of final prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Act in accordance  with Section 5(a) of this  Agreement and deemed by virtue
of Rule 430A under the Act to be part of the registration  statement at the time
it was declared  effective,  together  with any related  registration  statement
filed with the Commission  for  registration  of a portion of the Shares,  which
registration  statement became effective  pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act,
being herein called  collectively  the  "Registration  Statement," and the final
prospectus,  in the form first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b),  being hereinafter
called the  "Prospectus,"  provided,  that if the Company elects to rely on Rule
434 under the Act, all references to the Prospectus  shall be deemed to include,
without limitation, the form of prospectus and the abbreviated term sheet, taken
together,  provided  to the  Placement  Agent by the Company in reliance on Rule
434);

         (b) No  order  preventing  or  suspending  the  use of any  Preliminary
Prospectus has been issued by the Commission,  and each Preliminary  Prospectus,
at the  time of  filing  thereof,  conformed  in all  material  respects  to the
requirements  of the  Act  and  the  rules  and  regulations  of the  Commission
thereunder,  and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the
statements  therein,  in the light of the  circumstances  under  which they were
made, not misleading;  provided,  however, that this representation and warranty
shall not apply to any  statements  or  omissions  made in reliance  upon and in
conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Placement
Agent for use therein;

         (c) The  Registration  Statement  conforms,  and the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements  thereto do and will conform, in all material respects
to the  requirements  of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder and do not and will not as of the applicable effective date as to the
Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and as of the applicable filing
date as to the  Prospectus  and any amendment or supplement  thereto  contain an
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated  therein or necessary to make the statements  therein not  misleading;
provided,  however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any
statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information
furnished in writing to the Company by the  Placement  Agent  expressly  for use
therein;

         (d)  Except  for  the  Company's  wholly-owned  subsidiary,   Community
National  Bank, a  federally-chartered  national bank (the "Bank"),  the Company
does not own more than 5% of the equity interests of any other business entities
other than shares of publicly-held companies held solely for investment;

         (e) Neither the  Company nor the Bank has  sustained  since the date of
the latest audited financial  statements included in the Prospectus any material
loss or  interference  with its business  from fire,  explosion,  flood or other
calamity,  whether or not  covered by  insurance,  or from any labor  dispute or
court or governmental  action,  order or decree,  otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated  in the  Prospectus;  and, since the  respective  dates as of which
information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has
not been any change in the  outstanding  capital stock or long-term  debt of the
Company or the Bank or any material adverse change, or any development involving
a prospective  material  adverse  change,  in or affecting the general  affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
the  Company or the Bank,  otherwise  than as set forth or  contemplated  in the
Prospectus;

         (f) Each of the Company and the Bank has good and  marketable  title in
fee simple to all real property and good title to all personal property owned by
it, in each case free and clear of all liens,  encumbrances  and defects  except
such as are described in the Prospectus, or such as do not materially affect the
value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be
made of such  property by either the Company or the Bank;  and any real property
and buildings  held under lease by either the Company or the Bank are held by it
under valid,  subsisting and enforceable  leases with such exceptions as are not
material and do not  interfere  with the use made and propose to be made of such
property and buildings by either the Company or the Bank;

         (g) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation  in good  standing  under  the  laws of  Virginia,  with  power  and
authority  (corporate  and other) to own or lease its properties and conduct its
business as described in the Prospectus;  the Bank is duly organized and validly
existing  under United States law and  regulations  promulgated by the Office of
the  Comptroller  of the Currency  ("OCC"),  with power and  authority to own or
lease its  properties  and conduct its business as described in the  Prospectus;
the Company and the Bank do not conduct business in any jurisdiction  other than
the  Commonwealth of Virginia;  the Company is duly registered as a bank holding
company under the Bank Holding  Company Act of 1956,  as amended,  and the rules
and  regulations  promulgated  thereunder;  and each of the Company and the Bank
holds all  material  licenses,  certificates,  authorizations  and permits  from
governmental  authorities necessary for the conduct of its business as described
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;

         (h) The Company has an  authorized  capitalization  as set forth in the
Prospectus;  all of the issued  shares of capital stock of the Company have been
duly and validly  authorized and issued,  are fully paid and  nonassessable  and
conform to the description of the capital stock of the Company  contained in the
Prospectus;  there are no preemptive or other similar rights to subscribe for or
to  purchase  any  securities  of  the  Company;  except  as  described  in  the
Prospectus,  there are no  warrants,  options or other  rights to  purchase  any
securities of the Company;  neither the filing of the Registration Statement nor
the offering or sale of the Shares as  contemplated  by this Agreement give rise
to any rights for or  relating  to the  registration  of any  securities  of the
Company with respect to such filing, offering or sale;

         (i) The Shares have been duly and validly  authorized  and, when issued
and delivered  against  payment  therefor as provided  herein,  will be duly and
validly  issued  and  fully  paid  and  nonassessable  and will  conform  to the
description   of  the  Shares   contained  in  the   Prospectus  as  amended  or
supplemented;

         (j) The  issuance  and sale of the Shares  being issued at the Delivery
Date  (as  hereinafter  defined)  by the  Company  and the  performance  of this
Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the other  transactions  herein
contemplated  will not  conflict  with or result in a breach or violation of any
terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture,  mortgage,
deed of trust,  loan  agreement or other  agreement or  instrument  to which the
Company or the Bank is a party or by which any of the  property or assets of the
Company  or the Bank is bound or to which any of the  property  or assets of the
Company or the Bank is subject,  nor will such action result in any violation of
the  provisions of the Articles of  Incorporation,  as amended,  or By-laws,  as
amended,  of the  Company  or the  Bank or any  statute  or any  order,  rule or
regulation of any court or governmental  agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or the Bank or any of their  properties;  and no consent,  approval,
authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or
governmental  agency or body is required for the issuance and sale of the Shares
or the  consummation  by the Company of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement,  except such consents,  approvals,  authorizations,  registrations or
qualifications  as may be required  under the Act and under state  securities or
Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and  distribution of the Shares by
the Placement Agent;

         (k) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the
Company or the Bank is a party or of which any  property  of the  Company or the
Bank is the subject,  which, if determined adversely to the Company or the Bank,
would  individually or in the aggregate,  have a material  adverse effect on the
consolidated  financial position,  stockholders' equity or results of operations
of the  Company or of the Company and the Bank taken as a whole and, to the best
of the Company's  knowledge,  no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated
by governmental authorities or by others;

         (l) Larrowe,  Cardwell & Company,  L.C.,  which has  certified  certain
financial  statements of the Company,  are  independent  public  accountants  as
required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

         (m) All  employee  benefit  plans (as  defined in  Section  3(3) of the
Employee   Retirement  Income  Security  Act  of  1974,  as  amended  ("ERISA"))
established, maintained or contributed to by the Company or the Bank (except any
such plan for which the principal sponsor or plan  administrator is an affiliate
other than the Company or the Bank)  comply in all  material  respects  with the
requirements  of ERISA and no  employee  pension  benefit  plan (as  defined  in
Section  3(2)  of  ERISA)  has  incurred  or  assumed  an  "accumulated  funding
deficiency"  within  the  meaning  of Section  302 of ERISA or has  incurred  or
assumed any material  liability  (other than for the payment of premiums) to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;

         (n) The consolidated  financial statements of the Company and the Bank,
together with related notes, as set forth in the Registration  Statement present
fairly the consolidated  financial position and the results of operations of the
Company and the Bank at the indicated dates and for the indicated periods;  such
financial  statements have been prepared in accordance  with generally  accepted
accounting  principles,  consistently  applied  throughout the periods presented
except as noted in the accountants' notes thereon, and all adjustments necessary
for a fair  presentation  of results for such  periods  have been made;  and the
selected financial  information  included in the Prospectus  presents fairly the
information  shown therein and has been compiled on a basis  consistent with the
financial statements presented therein;

         (o) The Company and the Bank have timely filed all  necessary  federal,
state and  foreign  income,  franchise  and excise tax returns and have paid all
taxes shown thereon as due, and there is no tax deficiency  that has been or, to
the best  knowledge of the Company,  might be asserted  against the Company that
might have a  material  adverse  effect on the  business,  properties,  business
prospects, condition (financial or otherwise), earnings or results of operations
of the Company, and all tax liabilities are adequately provided for on the books
of the Company and the Bank;

         (p) The  Company  is not in  violation  of any  federal  or state  law,
regulation,  or  treaty  relating  to  the  storage,  handling,  transportation,
treatment or disposal of hazardous  substances (as defined in 42 U.S.C.  Section
9601) or  hazardous  materials  (as  defined  by any  federal  or  state  law or
regulation) or other waste products, which violation may have a material adverse
effect on the  financial  condition or business  operations or properties of the
Company;  the Company has received all permits,  licenses or other  approvals as
may be required of it under applicable federal and state  environmental laws and
regulations  to conduct its  business as described  in the  Prospectus,  and the
Company is in compliance in all material  respects with the terms and conditions
of any such  permit,  license or  approval;  the  Company has not  received  any
notices or claims that it is a responsible  party or a  potentially  responsible
party in  connection  with any claim or notice  asserted  pursuant  to 42 U.S.C.
Section 9601 et seq. or any state  superfund law; and the disposal of all of the
Company's hazardous substances, hazardous materials and other waste products has
been lawful;

         (q) No material  relationship,  direct or indirect,  exists  between or
among the Company or the Bank,  on the one hand,  and the  directors,  officers,
stockholders,  customers  or  suppliers  of the Company or the Bank on the other
hand,  that is required by the Act, or by the rules and  regulations  under such
Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that is not
so described;

         (r)  Neither  the  Company  nor the Bank has taken and  neither of such
entities will take,  directly or indirectly,  any action which is designed to or
which has  constituted or which might  reasonably be expected to cause or result
in  stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to
facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares;

         (s)  Each of the  Company  and  the  Bank  holds  and is  operating  in
compliance,   in  all   material   respects,   with  all   franchises,   grants,
authorizations,  licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates and orders
of any  governmental  or  self-regulatory  body  required for the conduct of its
business as presently  being conducted  ("licenses")  and all licenses are valid
and in full  force  and  effect;  and  each of the  Company  and the  Bank is in
compliance,  in all material respects,  with all laws,  regulations,  orders and
decrees applicable to it;

         (t) Each of the Company and the Bank  maintains  insurance of the types
and in the amounts that are reasonable or required for the business  operated by
it, all of which insurance is in full force and effect;

         (u) This Agreement has been duly authorized,  executed and delivered by
the Company;

         (v) The  Company  maintains a system of  internal  accounting  controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in
accordance   with   management's   general  or  specific   authorization;   (ii)
transactions  are  recorded as  necessary  to permit  preparation  of  financial
statements in conformity with generally  accepted  accounting  principles and to
maintain  accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with  management's  general or specific  authorization;  and (iv) the
recorded   accountability  for  assets  is  compared  with  existing  assets  at
reasonable  intervals  and  appropriate  action  is taken  with  respect  to any
differences;

         (w) There is no document  or  contract  of a  character  required to be
described in the  Registration  Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as an
exhibit  to the  Registration  Statement  which  is not  described  or  filed as
required.  All  such  contracts  to  which  the  Company  or the Bank is a party
constitute  valid and  binding  agreements  of the  Company  or the Bank and are
enforceable  against  the  Company  or the Bank in  accordance  with  the  terms
thereof, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer
or other similar laws  affecting the rights and remedies of creditors  generally
and subject to general  principles of equity,  and except to the extent that any
such contract contains  provisions for indemnification for liabilities under the
Act;

         (x) The Company is in  compliance  in all  material  respects  with all
applicable laws administered by and regulations of the Board of Governors of the
Federal  Reserve System (the "Board of  Governors"),  the failure to comply with
which would have a material adverse effect on the Company taken as a whole; and

         (y)  The  Bank is in  compliance  in all  material  respects  with  all
applicable laws administered by and regulations of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the "FDIC"),  the OCC, and any state bank regulatory authority with
jurisdiction  over the Bank,  the  failure  to comply  with  which  would have a
material adverse effect on the Bank taken as a whole.

2.       Placement Agent Sale of Shares and Compensation.

         On the basis of the  representations,  warranties and covenants  herein
contained, and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to
issue and sell the Shares through the Placement Agent, as agent for the Company,
to the public and the Placement Agent agrees to use its best efforts to sell the
Shares  as agent  for the  Company,  at the  price  per  share  set forth in the
Prospectus  (the "Public  Offering  Price"),  subject to the  Company's  sale of
Shares by subscription to Present  Shareholders.  The Company reserves the right
to increase, at its sole option prior to the closing of the offering,  the total
number of Shares  offered  to the  public by up to 50,000  Shares.  The  Company
agrees to pay the Placement  Agent a commission  equal to $0.45 per Share of the
Shares sold through the  Placement  Agent in the public  offering  (the "Selling
Commission"),  excluding  shares  subscribed  for  prior to  January  10,  1998,
pursuant to  subscription of Present  Shareholders of the Company,  for which no
commission shall be paid.

         The  Placement  Agent may reject any offer to purchase  the Shares made
through the Placement  Agent in whole or in part, and any such  rejection  shall
not be deemed a breach of the Placement Agent's agreement contained herein.

         The  Placement  Agent has  advised and agrees to continue to advise the
Company on the  structure,  format and manner of  consummation  of the Company's
offering of the Shares to its Present  Shareholders and to the public.  For such
assistance,  the Company  shall pay to the  Placement  Agent an advisory  fee of
$25,000.00 (the "Advisory Fee").

3.       Offering by the Placement Agent.

         Upon  the  authorization  by you  of the  release  of the  Shares,  the
Placement  Agent  proposes  to offer  the  Shares  for sale  upon the  terms and
conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4.       Delivery and Payment.

         An escrow  procedure  shall be  established  which  shall  comply  with
Commission  Rule 5c2-4,  promulgated  under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934
(the "Exchange  Act"),  with Crestar Bank as escrow agent (the "Escrow  Agent").
The Placement  Agent shall transmit all funds  received from  subscribers to the
Escrow Agent by noon of the next business day  following  receipt  thereof.  The
Placement  Agent shall  direct the Escrow  Agent to make payment for Shares sold
hereunder by wire  transfer or certified  or bank  cashier's  check drawn to the
order  of the  Company  in next day  funds.  Such  payment  is to be made at the
offices of CNB Holdings,  Inc., 900 Memorial Drive, Pulaski,  Virginia 24301, at
10:00 a.m.  local time,  on February 10, 1998,  or at such other time,  date and
place as the  Placement  Agent and the Company  shall agree upon,  such time and
date being referred to herein as the "Delivery  Date." The  certificates for the
Shares shall be delivered in such denominations and in such registrations as the
Placement  Agent  requests  in  writing  not later  than the  second  (2nd) full
business  day  prior  to the  Delivery  Date,  and  will be made  available  for
inspection by the Placement Agent at least  twenty-four  (24) hours prior to the
Delivery Date. Such  certificates will be delivered to the Escrow Agent by 12:00
p.m. on the day prior to the Delivery Date,  along with  addressed  labels to be
used to mail the  certificates  to the  purchasers  thereof.  The Company  shall
direct the Escrow Agent to deliver payment of the Advisory Fee (less any portion
thereof  previously paid to the Placement  Agent) and the Selling  Commission to
the Placement  Agent by wire transfer or certified or bank cashier's check drawn
to the order of the Placement Agent in next day funds, to the Placement Agent on
the Delivery Date.

5.       Agreements of the Company.

         The Company agrees with the Placement Agent:

         (a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form reasonably  approved by you and
to file such  Prospectus (or a term sheet as permitted by Rule 434(c))  pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the  Commission's  close of business
on the  second  business  day  following  the  execution  and  delivery  of this
Agreement  or, if  applicable,  such  earlier  time as may be  required  by Rule
430A(a)(3) under the Act; to make no amendment or supplement to the Registration
Statement or  Prospectus  prior to the Delivery  Date which shall be  reasonably
disapproved  by you promptly after  reasonable  notice  thereof;  to advise you,
promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the
Registration  Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any supplement to
the Prospectus or any amended  Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with
copies  thereof;  to file  promptly  all  reports  and any  definitive  proxy or
information  statements  required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
subsequent  to the date of the  Prospectus  and for so long as the delivery of a
Prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to
advise you,  promptly after it receives notice  thereof;  of the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of
any  Preliminary  Prospectus  or  the  Prospectus,  of  the  suspension  of  the
qualification  of the Shares for  offering or sale in any  jurisdiction,  of the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, of any request
by the  Commission  for  the  amending  or  supplementing  of  the  Registration
Statement or Prospectus or for additional  information  and, in the event of the
issuance of any stop order or of any order  preventing or suspending  the use of
any   Preliminary   Prospectus  or  the   Prospectus  or  suspending   any  such
qualification, to use promptly its best efforts to obtain its withdrawal;

         (b)  Promptly  from  time  to  time to  take  such  actions  as you may
reasonably  request  to  qualify  the  Shares  for  offering  and sale under the
securities  laws of such  jurisdictions  as you may  reasonably  request  and to
comply  with such laws so as to permit  the  continuance  of sales and  dealings
therein in such  jurisdictions  for as long as may be  necessary to complete the
distribution  of the Shares,  provided that in connection  therewith the Company
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign  corporation  or to file a general
consent to service of process in any jurisdiction;

         (c) To furnish  the  Placement  Agent with  copies of the  Registration
Statement  and the  Prospectus  in such  quantities as you may from time to time
reasonably  request  during  such  period  following  the  date  hereof  that  a
prospectus  is required to be  delivered in  connection  with offers or sales of
Shares,  and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required during this period and
if at such  time  any  event  shall  have  occurred  as a result  of  which  the
Prospectus as then amended or supplemented  would include an untrue statement of
a material  fact or omit to state any material  fact  necessary in order to make
the statements  therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made when such  Prospectus is delivered,  not  misleading,  or, if for any other
reason it shall be  necessary  during  such  period to amend or  supplement  the
Prospectus  to comply with the Act, to notify you and upon your  request to file
such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to you and to any dealer
in securities as many copies as you may from time to time reasonably  request of
an amended  Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such
statement or omission or effect such compliance;

         (d) As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration
Statement,  to make generally  available to its  stockholders  and to deliver to
you, an earnings  statement of the Company,  conforming with the requirements of
Section  11(a) of the Act and Rule 158  under the Act,  covering  a period of at
least  12  months  beginning  after  the  effective  date  of  the  Registration
Statement;

         (e) For a period  of 180 days from the date of the  Prospectus,  not to
offer,  sell,  contract  to sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of any  shares  of the
Company's Common Stock or securities  exercisable for or convertible into shares
of Common Stock  (other than the Shares or pursuant to employee  stock option or
stockholder  dividend  reinvestment  plans or pursuant  to options,  warrants or
rights  outstanding on the date of this Agreement or pursuant to bona fide gifts
to persons who agree in writing with the donor to be bound by this  restriction)
without your prior written  consent,  which  consent  shall not be  unreasonably
withheld;

         (f)  During a period  of three  years  from the  effective  date of the
Registration  Statement,  to  furnish  to you  copies  of all  reports  or other
communications  (financial or other) furnished to  stockholders,  and deliver to
you (i) as soon as they are  available,  copies  of any  reports  and  financial
statements furnished to or filed with the Board of Governors, the FDIC, the OCC,
the Commission,  any national  securities  exchange or quotation system on which
any class of  securities  of the  Company is listed or  included;  and (ii) such
additional  information  concerning the business and financial  condition of the
Company as you may from time to time reasonably request; and

         (g) To apply  the net  proceeds  from the  sale of the  Shares  for the
purposes set forth in the Prospectus.

6.       Payment of Expenses.

         The Company  covenants and agrees with you that it will pay or cause to
be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company's
counsel and accountants in connection with the  registration of the Shares under
the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation,  printing and
filing  of the  Registration  Statement,  any  Preliminary  Prospectus  and  the
Prospectus  and any  amendments  or  supplements  thereto,  and the  mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to the Placement  Agent and dealers;  (ii) the cost
of printing  or  reproducing  this  agreement,  the Blue Sky Survey,  any dealer
agreements and any other  documents in connection  with the offering,  purchase,
sale and  delivery of the Shares;  (iii) all  expenses  in  connection  with the
qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as
provided in Section 5(b) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Placement Agent in connection with such  qualification and in
connection  with the Blue Sky Survey;  (iv) the filing fees incident to securing
any required review by the National  Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. of
the  terms  of the  sale  of  the  Shares;  (v)  the  cost  of  preparing  stock
certificates;  (vi) the costs or expenses of any  transfer  agent or  registrar;
(vii) all  reasonable  out-of-pocket  fees and expenses of the Placement  Agent,
including the  reasonable  fees and expenses of counsel for the Placement  Agent
related to the  offering  and not  otherwise  specifically  provided for in this
Section;  and (viii) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of
its obligations  hereunder which are not otherwise  specifically provided for in
this Section.

7.       Conditions to Obligations of Placement Agent.

         The obligations of the Placement Agent  hereunder,  as to the Shares to
be delivered at the Delivery Date, shall be subject,  in its discretion,  to the
condition that all  representations  and warranties and other  statements of the
Company are, at and as of such Delivery  Date,  true and correct in all material
respects and the condition that the Company shall have performed in all material
respects all of its obligations hereunder  theretofore to be performed,  and the
following additional conditions:

         (a) The Prospectus  shall have been filed with the Commission  pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the  applicable  time period  prescribed for
such filing by the rules and  regulations  under the Act and in accordance  with
Section 5(a) of this Agreement;  no stop order  suspending the  effectiveness of
the  Registration  Statement  shall have been issued and no proceeding  for that
purpose  shall have been  initiated or  threatened  by the  Commission;  and all
requests for additional  information  on the part of the  Commission  shall have
been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

         (b)  Williams,  Mullen,  Christian  & Dobbins,  P.C.,  counsel  for the
Placement  Agent,  shall have  furnished to you such opinion or opinions,  dated
such  Delivery  Date,  with respect to the  incorporation  of the  Company,  the
validity of the Shares  being issued at such  Delivery  Date,  the  Registration
Statement,  the  Prospectus,  and other  related  matters as you may  reasonably
request,  and such counsel shall have received  such papers and  information  as
they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

         (c) Mays &  Valentine,  L.L.P.,  counsel  for the  Company,  shall have
furnished to you their written  opinion,  dated such Delivery  Date, in form and
substance satisfactory to you to the effect that:

                  (i)  Each  of  the   Company   and  the  Bank  has  been  duly
         incorporated  and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing
         under the laws of the United States and the  Commonwealth  of Virginia,
         respectively,  with  corporate  power and authority to own or lease its
         properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

                  (ii) Each of the Company and the Bank has been duly  qualified
         as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good
         standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases
         properties,   or  conducts  any   business,   so  as  to  require  such
         qualification,  except  where the failure to so qualify will not result
         in a  material  adverse  effect  on the  Company  (such  counsel  being
         entitled  to  rely in  respect  of the  opinion  in  this  clause  upon
         certificates   of   appropriate   governmental   authorities   in  such
         jurisdictions,  opinions of local counsel and, in respect of matters of
         fact, upon certificates of officers of the Company);

                  (iii) The  Company  has an  authorized  capitalization  as set
         forth  in  the  Prospectus  under  the  caption   "Capitalization   and
         Dilution," and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company
         have been duly and validly  authorized  and issued,  are fully paid and
         nonassessable  and  conform to the  description  of the  capital  stock
         contained in the  Prospectus;  there are no preemptive or other similar
         rights to subscribe  for or to purchase any  securities of the Company;
         except as described in the Prospectus, there are no warrants or options
         to  purchase  any  securities  of the  Company;  to the  best  of  such
         counsel's knowledge,  neither the filing of the Registration  Statement
         nor  the  offering  or  sale  of the  Shares  as  contemplated  by this
         Agreement gives rise to any rights for or relating to the  registration
         of any securities of the Company with respect to such filing,  offering
         or  sale;  and  the  form of the  certificates  evidencing  the  Shares
         complies with all formal requirements of Virginia law;

                  (iv) The  Shares  have been duly and  validly  authorized  and
         issued and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be
         fully paid and nonassessable, and the Shares conform to the description
         of the Shares contained in the Prospectus as amended or supplemented;

                  (v)  To  such  counsel's  knowledge,  there  is  no  legal  or
         governmental proceeding pending to which either the Company or the Bank
         is a party or of which any  property  of either the Company or the Bank
         is  the  subject,  other  than  as set  forth  or  contemplated  in the
         Prospectus,  that, if determined  adversely to the Company or the Bank,
         would  individually or in the aggregate have a material  adverse effect
         on  the  financial  position,   stockholders'   equity  or  results  of
         operations of the Company;  and, to such counsel's  knowledge,  no such
         proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental  authorities
         or threatened by others;

                  (vi) The  issuance and sale of the Shares being issued at such
         Delivery Date by the Company and the  performance  of this Agreement by
         the  Company  and  the   consummation  by  the  Company  of  the  other
         transactions  herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a
         breach or  violation  of any terms or  provisions  of; or  constitute a
         default under, any indenture,  mortgage,  deed of trust, loan agreement
         or other  agreement  or  instrument  known to such counsel to which the
         Company is a party or by which the  Company is bound or to which any of
         the property or assets of the Company is subject,  nor will such action
         result  in  any  violation  of  the   provisions  of  the  Articles  of
         Incorporation, as amended, or By-laws, as amended, of the Company or of
         any statute or any order,  rule or regulation  known to such counsel of
         any court or governmental  agency or body having  jurisdiction over the
         Company or any of its properties;

                  (vii) No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration
         or  qualification  of or with any such court or governmental  agency or
         body is required for the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company
         or  the   consummation  by  the  Company  of  the  other   transactions
         contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been obtained under
         the Act and such as may be required under state  securities or Blue Sky
         laws in connection with the purchase and  distribution of the Shares by
         the Placement Agent;

                  (viii) The  Registration  Statement and the Prospectus and any
         further amendments and supplements thereto made by the Company prior to
         such  Delivery Date (other than the  financial  statements  and related
         schedules  and such  other  financial  and  statistical  data  included
         therein as to which such counsel need express no opinion)  comply as to
         form in all material  respects with the requirements of the Act and the
         rules and  regulations  thereunder;  such  counsel does not know of any
         contracts or other documents of a character  required to be filed as an
         exhibit to the  Registration  Statement  or required to be described in
         the  Registration  Statement or the  Prospectus  which are not filed or
         described as required;

                  (ix)  The  descriptions  in  the  Registration  Statement  and
         Prospectus   under  the  captions   "Supervision  and  Regulation"  and
         "Description   of  Capital   Stock"  and  any  further   amendments  or
         supplements thereto,  insofar as such descriptions constitute a summary
         of  documents  referred to therein or matters of law,  are accurate and
         fairly present the information required to be shown;

                  (x)  The  descriptions  in  the  Prospectus  and  any  further
         amendments or supplements  thereto of statutes,  legal and governmental
         proceedings  and contracts and other  documents are accurate and fairly
         present such information in all material respects;

                  (xi) This  Agreement  has been duly  authorized,  executed and
         delivered by the Company.

         Such counsel  shall also  provide a written  opinion to the effect that
such counsel participated in conferences with officers and other representatives
of the Company,  representatives  of the independent  public  accountants of the
Company and  representatives of the Placement Agent at which the contents of the
Registration  Statement and Prospectus were discussed and, although such counsel
is not  passing  upon and  does  not  assume  responsibility  for the  accuracy,
completeness  or  fairness  of the  statements  contained  in  the  Registration
Statement or  Prospectus  (except as and to the extent  stated in  subparagraphs
(iii),  (iv) and (ix) above  with  respect  to  certain  descriptions  contained
therein),  on the  basis  of the  foregoing  (relying  as to  materiality  where
appropriate  upon the  opinions of  officers  and other  representatives  of the
Company)  nothing has come to the  attention of such counsel that causes them to
believe that the  Registration  Statement or any  amendment  thereto at the time
such  Registration  Statement or amendment became effective  contained an untrue
statement of a material  fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements  therein not  misleading,  or
that the Prospectus, at the date of such Prospectus,  and at all times up to and
including the date of such counsel's opinion, contained an untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated  therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need
express no opinion with respect to the  financial  statements  and schedules and
other financial and statistical data included in the  Registration  Statement or
Prospectus).

         Where any of the foregoing opinions refers to the knowledge of counsel,
such counsel may state that their opinion is limited to the actual  knowledge of
attorneys  actively involved in the transactions  contemplated by this agreement
or in the preparation of the opinion letter required by this subsection (c).

         (d) At 10:00 a.m., Richmond time, on the date of this Agreement and the
effective  date of the  most  recently  filed  post-effective  amendment  to the
Registration  Statement  and also at the  Delivery  Date,  Larrowe,  Cardwell  &
Company,  L.C.  shall  have  furnished  to you a letter  or  letters,  dated the
respective date of delivery thereof, in form and substance  satisfactory to you,
containing  statements  and  information  of the  type  ordinarily  included  in
accountants' "comfort letters" to Placement Agents with respect to the financial
statements and certain financial  information  relating to the Company contained
in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus;

         (e) (i) Neither the  Company nor the Bank shall have  sustained,  since
the date of the latest audited financial  statements included in the Prospectus,
any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion,  flood or other
calamity,  whether or not  covered by  insurance,  or from any labor  dispute or
court or governmental  action,  order or decree,  otherwise than as set forth or
contemplated in the Prospectus,  and (ii) since the respective dates as of which
information is given in the  Prospectus  there shall not have been any change in
the  capital  stock  or  lone-term  debt  of  the  Bank  or any  change,  or any
development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the general affairs,
management, financial position, stockholders' equity or results of operations of
either the Company or the Bank  otherwise than as set forth or  contemplated  in
the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or
(ii) is in your  reasonable  judgment  so  material  and  adverse  as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery
of the Shares  being  delivered  at such  Delivery  Date on the terms and in the
manner contemplated by the Prospectus;

         (f) On or after the date hereof  there shall not have  occurred  any of
the following:  (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading of any of the
equity  securities  of the  Company;  (ii) any  United  States  federal or state
statute,  regulation,  rule or order of any court,  legislative  body, agency or
other  governmental  authority  shall have been enacted,  published,  decreed or
promulgated or any proceeding or investigation  shall have been commenced which,
in your reasonable  judgment,  materially and adversely  affects the business or
operations of the Company;  (iii) a suspension or material limitation in trading
in securities  generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the publication of
quotations  on  The  Nasdaq  SmallCap  Market;  (ii)  a  general  moratorium  on
commercial banking activities in New York or Virginia declared by either federal
or New York or  Virginia  authorities;  (iii)  the  outbreak  or  escalation  of
hostilities  involving the United States or the declaration by the United States
of a national  emergency or war if any such event specified in this clause (iii)
would have such a materially  adverse  effect,  in your judgment,  as to make it
impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery
of the Shares  being  delivered  at such  Delivery  Date on the terms and in the
manner contemplated in the Prospectus; or (iv) such a material adverse change in
general economic,  political,  financial or international  conditions  affecting
financial  markets in the United  States  having a  material  adverse  impact on
trading  prices  of  securities  in  general,  as,  in your  judgment,  makes it
inadvisable to proceed with the payment for and delivery of the Shares;

         (g) The  Company  shall  have  furnished  to you  copies of  agreements
between the Company and each of the  executive  officers  and  directors  of the
Company  specified by you, in form and content  satisfactory to you, pursuant to
which such persons  agree not to offer,  sell, or contract to sell, or otherwise
dispose  of;  any  shares  of  Common  Stock  beneficially  owned by them or any
securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock, on or before the
180th day after the date of this Agreement  without your prior written  consent;
and

         (h) The Company  shall have  furnished or caused to be furnished to you
at such Delivery Date  certificates  of officers of the Company  satisfactory to
you as to the  accuracy of the  representations  and  warranties  of the Company
herein at and as of such Delivery Date, as to the  performance by the Company of
all of its  obligations  hereunder to be performed at or prior to such  Delivery
Date, as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (e) of this Section and
as to such other matters as you may reasonably request.

8.       Indemnification and Contribution.

         (a) The Company will  indemnify and hold  harmless the Placement  Agent
against any losses,  claims, damages or liabilities to which the Placement Agent
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,  insofar as such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon an  untrue  statement  or  alleged  untrue  statement  of a  material  fact
contained  in any  Preliminary  Prospectus,  the  Registration  Statement or the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged  omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and will promptly  reimburse the Placement Agent for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating,  preparing to defend
or defending, or appearing as a third party witness in connection with, any such
action or claim; provided,  however, that the Company shall not be liable in any
such case to the extent that any such loss,  claim,  damage or liability  arises
out of or is based upon an untrue  statement  or  alleged  untrue  statement  or
omission  or  alleged   omission  made  in  any  Preliminary   Prospectus,   the
Registration  Statement or  Prospectus  or any such  amendment or  supplement in
reliance  upon and in  conformity  with  written  information  furnished  to the
Company by the Placement Agent expressly for use therein.

         (b) The  Placement  Agent will  indemnify and hold harmless the Company
against any losses, claims,  damages or liabilities,  joint or several, to which
the  Company may become  subject,  under the Act or  otherwise,  insofar as such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out
of or are based  upon an untrue  statement  or  alleged  untrue  statement  of a
material  fact  contained  in  any  Preliminary  Prospectus,   the  Registration
Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out
of or are  based  upon the  omission  or  alleged  omission  to state  therein a
material fact required to be stated  therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that
such  untrue  statement  or alleged  untrue  statement  or  omission  or alleged
omission  was  made in any  Preliminary  Prospectus  or  Prospectus  or any such
amendment  or  supplement  in  reliance  upon  and in  conformity  with  written
information  furnished to the Company by you expressly for use therein; and will
promptly  reimburse  the  Company  for any  legal or other  expenses  reasonably
incurred by the Company in connection with investigating, preparing to defend or
defending,  or appearing as a third party witness in connection  with,  any such
action or claim. The Company  acknowledges  that the statements set forth in the
last  paragraph  of the  cover  page and the  first,  second,  third  and  fifth
paragraphs under the heading "Placement Agent" in the Preliminary Prospectus and
the  Prospectus  constitute  the only  information  furnished  in writing by the
Placement Agent for inclusion in the  Preliminary  Prospectus or the Prospectus,
and the Placement Agent confirms that such statements are correct.

         (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a)
or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
shall,  if a claim in respect  thereof is to be made  against  the  indemnifying
party under such  subsection,  notify the  indemnifying  party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall
not relieve it from any  liability  which it may have to any  indemnified  party
otherwise than under such  subsection.  In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying  party of the
commencement  thereof;  the indemnifying  party shall be entitled to participate
therein  and,  to the  extent  that  it  shall  wish,  jointly  with  any  other
indemnifying  party  similarly  notified,  to assume the defense  thereof;  with
counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party;  provided,  however, that if the
defendants  in any such  action  include  both  the  indemnified  party  and the
indemnifying  party and the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel
that  representation of such indemnified party and the indemnifying party may be
inappropriate under applicable  standards of professional  conduct due to actual
or potential  differing interests between them, the indemnified party or parties
shall have the right to select separate  counsel to defend such action on behalf
of such  indemnified  party or parties.  It is understood that the  indemnifying
party shall,  in connection  with any such action or separate but  substantially
similar or  related  actions in the same  jurisdiction  arising  out of the same
general  allegations or  circumstances,  be liable for the  reasonable  fees and
expenses of only one separate firm of attorneys  together with appropriate local
counsel at any time for all  indemnified  parties  unless such firm of attorneys
shall have reasonably  concluded that one or more indemnified parties has actual
differing  interests with any other  indemnified  party.  Upon receipt of notice
from the  indemnifying  party to such  indemnified  party of its  election so to
appoint counsel to defend such action and approval by the  indemnified  party of
such  counsel,  the  indemnifying  party will not be liable  for any  settlement
entered  into  without its  consent  and will not be liable to such  indemnified
party under this Section 8 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified  party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the
indemnified  party shall have employed  separate  counsel in accordance with the
proviso to the next preceding  sentence,  (ii) the indemnifying  party shall not
have  employed  counsel  reasonably  satisfactory  to the  indemnified  party to
represent  the  indemnified  party  within a  reasonable  time  after  notice of
commencement  of the action or (iii) the  indemnifying  party has authorized the
employment  of  counsel  for  the  indemnified  party  at  the  expense  of  the
indemnifying party; and except that, if clause (i) or (iii) is applicable,  such
liability shall be only in respect of the counsel referred to in such clause (i)
or (iii).  Notwithstanding  the  immediately  preceding  sentence  and the third
preceding sentence,  if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an
indemnifying  party to reimburse the indemnified  party for fees and expenses of
counsel,  the  indemnifying  party  agrees  that  it  shall  be  liable  for any
settlement of any proceeding  effected  without its written  consent if (i) such
settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such  indemnifying
party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such  indemnifying  party shall not have
reimbursed the  indemnified  party in accordance  with such request prior to the
date of such settlement.

         (d)  If  the  indemnification   provided  for  in  this  Section  8  is
unavailable  to or  insufficient  to hold  harmless an  indemnified  party under
subsection  (a) or (b)  above in  respect  of any  losses,  claims,  damages  or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof)  referred to therein,
then each  indemnifying  party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such  indemnified  party  as  a  result  of  such  losses,  claims,  damages  or
liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) in such proportion as
is appropriate to reflect the relative  benefits  received by the Company on the
one hand and the  Placement  Agent on the other from the offering of the Shares.
If; however,  the allocation  provided by the immediately  preceding sentence is
not permitted by applicable law or if the  indemnified  party failed to give the
notice required under subsection (c) above, then each  indemnifying  party shall
contribute  to such  amount  paid or payable by such  indemnified  party in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other in  connection  with the  statements or omissions  which  resulted in such
losses,  claims,  damages or  liabilities  (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable  considerations.  The relative
benefits  received by the Company on the one hand and the Placement Agent on the
other  shall be deemed to be in the same  proportion  as the total net  proceeds
from the offering  (after  deducting the total selling  commissions,  but before
deducting   expenses)  received  by  the  Company  bear  to  the  total  selling
commissions  received by the Placement  Agent,  in each case as set forth in the
table  on the  cover  page  of the  Prospectus.  The  relative  fault  shall  be
determined by reference  to, among other  things,  whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to  information  supplied by the Company on the one hand
or the Placement Agent on the other and the parties' relative intent, knowledge,
access to  information  and  opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or
omission.  The Company and the  Placement  Agent agree that it would not be just
and equitable if  contributions  pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined
by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation  which does not take
into account the equitable  considerations  referred to above in this subsection
(d).  The  amount  paid or payable  by an  indemnified  party as a result of the
losses,  claims,  damages or  liabilities  (or actions or proceedings in respect
thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any
legal  or  other  expenses  reasonably  incurred  by such  indemnified  party in
connection   with   investigating   or  defending  any  such  action  or  claim.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Placement Agent shall
not be  required to  contribute  any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Shares distributed by the Placement Agent to the public
were  offered to the public  exceeds the amount of damages  which the  Placement
Agent has  otherwise  been  required  to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation  (within  the  meaning of  Section  11(f) of the Act) shall be
entitled to  contribution  from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.

         (e) The  obligations  of the Company  under this  Section 8 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend,
upon  the same  terms  and  conditions,  to each  officer  and  director  of the
Placement  Agent and to each person,  if any, who controls the  Placement  Agent
within the meaning of the Act; and the  obligations of the Placement Agent under
this Section 8 shall be in addition to any liability  which the Placement  Agent
may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each
officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the
Company within the meaning of the Act.

9.       Representations and Indemnities to Survive.

         The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and
other  statements of the Company and the Placement  Agent,  as set forth in this
Agreement  or made by or on  behalf  of  them,  respectively,  pursuant  to this
Agreement,  shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination
or cancellation of this Agreement or any  investigation  (or any statement as to
the  results  thereof)  made by or on  behalf  of the  Placement  Agent,  or any
controlling  person of the Placement  Agent,  or the Company,  or any officer or
director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and
payment for the Shares.

10.      Termination and Payment of Expenses.

         If for any reason any Shares are not  delivered  by or on behalf of the
Company as provided  herein,  the Company will reimburse the Placement Agent for
all  out-of-pocket  expenses,  including  fees  and  disbursements  of  counsel,
reasonably  incurred  by the  Placement  Agent in  making  preparations  for the
purchase,  sale and delivery of the Shares not so  delivered,  and shall pay the
Advisory Fee as defined in Section 2 of this  Agreement,  but the Company  shall
then be under no further  liability to the Placement Agent except as provided in
Section 6 and Section 8 hereof.

11.      Notices.

         All statements,  requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in
writing or by telegram if promptly confirmed in writing, and if to the Placement
Agent  shall be  sufficient  in all  respects if  delivered  or sent by reliable
courier,  first class  mail,  telex or  facsimile  transmission  to  Davenport &
Company LLC, One James Center,  P.O. Box 85678,  Richmond,  Virginia 23285- 5678
Attention:  Corporate  Finance  Department;  and  if to  the  Company  shall  be
sufficient in all respects if delivered or sent by reliable courier, first class
mail, telex or facsimile transmission to CNB Holdings, Inc., 900 Memorial Drive,
Pulaski,  Virginia 24301,  Attention:  Wayne L. Carpenter,  President.  Any such
statements,  requests,  notices or  agreements  shall take effect  upon  receipt
thereof.

12.      Successors.

         This  Agreement  shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit
of, the Placement  Agent and the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections
8 and 9 hereof;  the officers  and  directors of the Company and each person who
controls  the Company,  or the  Placement  Agent,  and their  respective  heirs,
executors,  administrators,  successors  and assigns,  and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this agreement.  No purchaser of
any of the shares from the Placement Agent shall be deemed a successor or assign
by reason merely of such purchase.

13.      Time of the Essence.

         Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.

14.      Business Day.

         As used  herein,  the term  "business  day" shall mean any day when the
Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

15.      Applicable Law.

         This  Agreement  shall be construed in accordance  with the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.

16.      Captions.

         The  captions  included  in this  Agreement  are  included  solely  for
convenience of reference and shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement.

17.      Counterparts.

         This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties in any
number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all
such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

18.      Pronouns.

         All  pronouns  used herein  shall be deemed to refer to the  masculine,
feminine or neuter gender as the context requires.


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         If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,  please sign
and return to us two counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you,
this letter and such  acceptance  hereof shall  constitute  a binding  agreement
between us.

Very truly yours,

CNB HOLDINGS, INC.


By:  /s/ Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.
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Name:  Hiawatha Nicely, Jr.
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Title:  Chairman, President, CEO
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Accepted as of the date hereof at Richmond, Virginia:

DAVENPORT & COMPANY LLC


By:  /s/ David A. Wright
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Name: David A. Wright
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Title:  Vice President
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