Exhibit 99.1

TARP FIRST FISCAL YEAR-END CERTIFICATION

UST Sequence
Number 250

I, Joe A. Shearin, certify, based on my knowledge, that:

(i) The compensation committee of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at
least every six months during the period beginning on the later of September 14, 2009, or ninety days after the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury and ending with the last day of the TARP recipients
fiscal year containing that date (the applicable period), the senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and the employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc.;

(ii) The compensation committee of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has identified and limited during the applicable period any features of
the SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., and during that same applicable period has identified any features of the employee
compensation plans that pose risks to Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. and has limited those features to ensure that Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;

(iii) The compensation committee has reviewed, at least every six months during the applicable period, the terms of each employee
compensation plan and identified any features of the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. to enhance the compensation of an employee, and has limited any such features;

(iv) The compensation committee of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee
compensation plans required under (i) and (iii) above;

(v) The compensation committee of Eastern Virginia
Bankshares, Inc. will provide a narrative description of how it limited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that included a TARP period the features in

(A) SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of Eastern Virginia
Bankshares, Inc.;

(B) Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. to risks; and

(C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Eastern Virginia Bankshares,
Inc. to enhance the compensation of an employee;

(vi) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has required that bonus payments, as
defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), of the SEOs and twenty next most highly compensated employees be subject to a recovery or clawback provision during any part of the most
recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based on materially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metric criteria;

(vii) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established
under section 111 of EESA, to a SEO or any of the next five most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with
the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date;

(viii) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has
limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance with section 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP
recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date;

(ix) The board of directors of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has established an excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of
EESA, by the later of September 14, 2009,



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or ninety days after the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury; this policy has been provided to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency; Eastern Virginia
Bankshares, Inc. and its employees have complied with this policy during the applicable period; and any expenses that, pursuant to this policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an
executive officer with a similar level of responsibility were properly approved;

(x) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. will
permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable federal securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the federal securities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during the period
beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date;

(xi) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering during the period beginning on
the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date of any perquisites, as defined in the regulations
and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceeds $25,000 for any employee who is subject to the bonus payment limitations identified in paragraph (viii);

(xii) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. will disclose whether Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., the board of directors of Eastern Virginia
Bankshares, Inc., or the compensation committee of Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has engaged during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending
with the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date, a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during this period;

(xiii) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established
under section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with
the last day of the TARP recipients fiscal year containing that date;

(xiv) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has
substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. and Treasury, including any amendments;

(xv) Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and the twenty next most highly
compensated employees for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked in descending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, title, and employer of each SEO and most highly
compensated employee identified; and

(xvi) I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in
connection with this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. (See, for example, 18 USC 1001).



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|Date: March 5, 2010 |  |  |  | /s/ Joe A. Shearin         
|                    |  |  |  | Joe A. Shearin             
|                    |  |  |  | Principal Executive Officer