(xiii)  The Company has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulationsand guidance established under Section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highlycompensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreementbetween the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARPrecipient’s fiscal year containing that date;       (xiv)  The Company has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employeecompensation that are provided in the agreement between the Company and Treasury, including anyamendments;       (xv)  The Company has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs and thetwenty next most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year, with the non-SEOs rankedin descending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, title and employer of eachSEO and most highly compensated employee identified; and       (xvi)  I understand that a knowing and willful false or fraudulent statement made in connectionwith this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both (See, for example, 18 USC1001).        Date: May 27, 2011  /s/Preston D. Pinkett    Preston D. Pinkett, President and Chief Executive Officer       **Exhibit (99)****TARP Certification**I, Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of City National BancsharesCorporation, certify based on my knowledge, that:       (i)  The compensation committee of City National Bancshares Corporation and its subsidiaries(collectively, the “Company”) has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers atleast every six months during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARPperiod senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and therisks these plans pose to the Company;       (ii)  The compensation committee of the Company has identified and limited during any part ofthe most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period any features of the SEO compensationplans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks that could threaten the value ofthe Company and has identified any features in the employee compensation plans that pose risks tothe Company and has limited those features to ensure that the Company is not unnecessarily exposedto risks;       (iii)  The compensation committee has reviewed at least every six months during any part of themost recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period the terms of each employee compensationplan and identified any features of the plan that could encourage the manipulation of reportedearnings of the Company to enhance the compensation of an employee and has limited any suchfeatures;       (iv)  The compensation committee of the Company will certify to the reviews of the SEOcompensation plans and employee compensation plans required under (i) and (iii) above;       (v)  The compensation committee of the Company will provide a narrative description of how itlimited during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that included a TARP period thefeatures in              (A)  SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary and excessive risks thatcould threaten the value of the Company;              (B)  Employee compensation plans that unnecessarily expose the Company to risks; and              (C)  Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings ofthe Company to enhance the compensation of an employee;       (vi)  The Company has required that bonus payments, as defined in the regulations and guidanceestablished under Section 111 of EESA (bonus payments), to SEOS or any of the next twenty mosthighly compensated employees be subject to a recovery or “clawback” provisions during any part ofthe most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period if the bonus payments were based onmaterially inaccurate financial statements or any other materially inaccurate performance metriccriteria;       (vii)  The Company has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulationsand guidance established under Section 111 of EESA, to a SEO or any of the next five most highlycompensated employees during any part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARPperiod;
 

 
       (viii)  The Company has limited bonus payments to its applicable employees in accordance withSection 111 of EESA and the regulations and guidance established thereunder during any part of themost recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period;       (ix)  The Company and its employees have complied with the excessive or luxury expenditurespolicy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under Section 111 of EESA, duringany part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period and any expenses that,pursuant to the policy, required approval of the board of directors, a committee of the board ofdirectors, an SEO, or an executive officer with a similar level of responsibility, were properlyapproved;       (x)  The Company will permit a non-binding shareholder resolution in compliance with anyapplicable federal securities rules and regulations on the disclosures provided under the federalsecurities laws related to SEO compensation paid or accrued during any part of the most recentlycompleted fiscal year that was a TARP period;       (xi)  The Company will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering duringany part of the most recently completed fiscal year that was a TARP period of any perquisites, asdefined in the regulations and guidance established under Section 111 of EESA, whose total valueexceeds $25,000 for any employee who is subject to the bonus payment limitations identified inparagraph (viii);       (xii)  The Company will disclose whether the Company, the board of directors of the Company, orthe compensation committee of the Company has engaged during any part of the most recentlycompleted fiscal year that was a TARP period a compensation consultant; and the services thecompensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant provided during thisperiod;       (xiii)  The Company has prohibited the payment of any gross-ups, as defined in the regulationsand guidance established under Section 111 of EESA, to the SEOs and the next twenty most highlycompensated employees during the period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreementbetween the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARPrecipient’s fiscal year containing that date;       (xiv)  The Company has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employeecompensation that are provided in the agreement between the Company and Treasury, including anyamendments;             (xv)   The Company has submitted to Treasury a complete and accurate list of the SEOs andthe twenty next most highly compensated employees for the current fiscal year, with thenon-SEOs ranked in descending order of level of annual compensation, and with the name, titleand 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 connectionwith this certification may be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both (See, for example, 18 USC1001).        Date: May 27, 2011  /s/ Edward R. Wright    Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer