Exhibit 99.3

Principal Financial Officer TARP Certification Pursuant to

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, as amended

I, T. Allen Liles, certify, based on my knowledge, that:



| | 1. | The compensation committee of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. has discussed, reviewed, and evaluated with senior risk officers at least every six months during the period
beginning on September 14, 2009, and ending December 31, 2009, senior executive officer (SEO) compensation plans and employee compensation plans and the risks these plans pose to Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc.;
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| | 2. | The compensation committee of Carolina Bank Holdings, 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 Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc., and during that same applicable period has identified any features of the employee compensation plans that pose risks to Carolina Bank
Holdings, Inc. and has limited those features to ensure that Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. is not unnecessarily exposed to risks;
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| | 3. | 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 Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. to enhance the compensation of an employee and has limited any such features;
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| | 4. | The compensation committee of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. will certify to the reviews of the SEO compensation plans and employee compensation plans required under
(i) and (iii) above;
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| | 5. | The compensation committee of Carolina Bank Holdings, 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 Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc.; (B) Employee compensation plans that
unnecessarily expose Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. to risks; and (C) Employee compensation plans that could encourage the manipulation of reported earnings of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. to enhance the compensation of an employee;
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| | 6. | Carolina Bank Holdings, 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;
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| | 7. | Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. has prohibited any golden parachute payment, as defined in the regulations and guidance established under section 111 of EESA, to an SEO or
any of the next five most highly compensated employees during the period beginning on June 15, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009;
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| | 8. | Carolina Bank Holdings, 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 June 15, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009.
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| | 9. | The board of directors of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. has established an excessive or luxury expenditures policy, as defined in the regulations and guidance
established under section 111 of EESA, by September 14, 2009; this policy has been provided to Treasury and its primary regulatory agency; Carolina Bank Holdings, 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;
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| | 10. | Carolina Bank Holdings, 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 June 15, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009;
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| | 11. | Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. will disclose the amount, nature, and justification for the offering during the period beginning June 15, 2009 and ending with the
last day of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc.s fiscal year containing the 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);
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| | 12. | Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. will disclose whether Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc., the board of directors of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc., or the compensation committee
of Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. has engaged during the period beginning June 15, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009, a compensation consultant; and the services the compensation consultant or any affiliate of the compensation consultant
provided during this period;
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| | 13. | Carolina Bank Holdings, 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 June 15, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009;
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| | 14. | Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. has substantially complied with all other requirements related to employee compensation that are provided in the agreement between Carolina
Bank Holdings, Inc. and Treasury, including any amendments;
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| | 15. | Carolina Bank Holdings, 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
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| | 16. | 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.
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|Date: March 24, 2010 |  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ T. Allen Liles                                  
|                     |  |  |  |     |  | T. Allen Liles                                      
|                     |  |  |  |     |  | Secretary, Treasurer and                            
|                     |  |  |  |     |  | Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer