(xi) The Company will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering duringthe period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipientand Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal yearcontaining that date of any perquisites, as defined in the regulations and guidance establishedunder Section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceed $25,000 for each employee subject to the bonuspayment limitations identified in paragraph (vii);     (xii) The Company will disclose whether the Company, the board of directors of the Company, orthe compensation committee of the Company has engaged during the period beginning on the later ofthe closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 andending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date, a compensationconsultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensationconsultant provided during this period;     (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 following employees are the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensatedemployees for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year, with thenon-SEOs ranked in order of level of annual compensation starting with the greatest amount; **[**LouisE. Prezeau, President and CEO and the most highly-compensated employee, Stanley M. Weeks, ExecutiveVice President, Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Raul L.Oseguera, Senior Vice President MIS, all employed by City National Bank of New Jersey, 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 17, 2010 /s/ Louis E. Prezeau   Louis E. Prezeau, President and Chief Executive Officer      

 
**Exhibit (99)****TARP Certification**I, Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of City NationalBancshares Corporation, 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 the period beginning on the later of the closing date of theagreement 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, senior executive officer (SEO) compensationplans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to the Company;     (ii) The compensation committee of the Company has identified and limited during the periodbeginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasuryor June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing thatdate, the features in the SEO compensation plans that could lead SEOs to take unnecessary andexcessive risks that could threaten the value of the Company and identified any features in theemployee compensation plans that pose risks to the Company and limited those features to ensurethat the Company is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;     (iii) The compensation committee has reviewed at least every six months during the periodbeginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasuryor June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing thatdate, the terms of each employee compensation plan and identified the features in the plan thatcould encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of the Company to enhance the compensation ofan employee and has limited those features;     (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), of the SEOS and twenty next most highlycompensated employees be subject to a recovery or “clawback” provisions during any part of the mostrecently 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 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;     (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 the periodbeginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasuryor June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing thatdate;     (ix) The board of directors of the Company has established an excessive or luxury expenditurespolicy, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, hasprovide this policy to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency, and the Company and itsemployees have complied with this policy during the period beginning on the later of the closingdate of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury of June 15, 2009 and ending with thelast day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date, and that any expenses requiringapproval of the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an SEO, or an executiveofficer with a similar level of responsibility, were properly approved;     (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 the period beginning on thelater of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date;     (xi) The Company will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering duringthe period beginning on the later of the closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipientand Treasury or June 15, 2009 and ending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal yearcontaining that date of any perquisites, as defined in the regulations and guidance establishedunder Section 111 of EESA, whose total value exceed $25,000 for each employee subject to the bonuspayment limitations identified in paragraph (vii);     (xii) The Company will disclose whether the Company, the board of directors of the Company, orthe compensation committee of the Company has engaged during the period beginning on the later ofthe closing date of the agreement between the TARP recipient and Treasury or June 15, 2009 andending with the last day of the TARP recipient’s fiscal year containing that date, a compensationconsultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensationconsultant provided during this period;     (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 following employees are the SEOs and the twenty next most highly compensatedemployees for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year, with thenon-SEOs ranked in order of level of annual compensation starting with the greatest amount; LouisE. Prezeau, President and CEO and the most highly-compensated employee, Stanley M. Weeks, ExecutiveVice President, Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Raul L.Oseguera, Senior Vice President MIS, all employed by City National Bank of New Jersey, 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 17, 2010 /s/ Edward R. Wright   Edward R. Wright, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer