**Exhibit 99.10**

**FNB UNITED CORP.**

**Certifications Pursuant to Section 111 of**

**the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended**

**Certification of Principal Executive Officer**

I, R. Larry Campbell, certify, based on my knowledge, that: 

(i) The compensationcommittee of FNB United Corp., a North Carolina corporation and registered bank holding company (“FNB United” or the “TARP recipient”), has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six monthsduring 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, senior executiveofficer (SEO) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to FNB United; 

(ii) Thecompensation committee of FNB United has identified and limited 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 TARPrecipient’s fiscal year containing that date, the features in the SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value of FNB United and identified any features in the employeecompensation plans that pose risks to FNB United and limited those features to ensure that FNB United is not unnecessarily exposed to risks; 

(iii) The compensation committee has reviewed at least every six months during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury orJune 15, 2009, and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date, the terms of each employee compensation plan and identified the features in the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reportedearnings of FNB United to enhance the compensation of an employee and has limited those features; 

(iv) The compensationcommittee of FNB United 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 FNB United 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 threatenthe value of FNB United; 

(B) Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose FNB United to risks; and

(C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of FNB United toenhance the compensation of an employee; 

(vi) FNB United has required that bonus payments, as defined in the regulations andguidance established under section 111 of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended (“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 metriccriteria; 

(vii) FNB United has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidanceestablished 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; 

 
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(viii) FNB United has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance withsection 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 ofthe TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date; 

(ix) The board of directors of FNB United has established anexcessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, has provided this policy to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency, and FNB United and its employees have complied withthis policy 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, andthat any expenses requiring 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) FNB United will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with any applicable federal securities rules andregulations 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 orJune 15, 2009, and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date; 

(xi) FNBUnited will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering during the period beginning on the later of the date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009, and ending with the last day of the TARPrecipient’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 each employee subject to the bonus payment limitationsidentified in paragraph (vii); 

(xii) FNB United will disclose whether FNB United, the board of directors of FNB United, orthe compensation committee of FNB United 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 TARPrecipient’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) FNB United has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111of 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 ofthe TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date; 

(xiv) FNB United has substantially complied with all otherrequirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between FNB United and Treasury, including any amendments; 

(xv) The names, titles, and employer of each SEO and of the twenty most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year, with the non-SEOs ranked inorder of level of annual compensation starting with the greatest amount have been provided to Treasury; and 

(xvi) Iunderstand 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). 

 
Date: March 14, 2011 
*/s/ R. LARRY CAMPBELL*
 R. Larry Campbell Principal Executive Officer
 
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