AMENDMENT
      TO CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT

     

    THIS
      AMENDMENT TO CHANGE IN CONTROL AGREEMENT
      (hereinafter "Amendment") dated as of December 3, 2007, by and among UNION
      CENTER NATIONAL BANK, a bank chartered under the laws of Congress (hereinafter
      the "Bank"), CENTER BANCORP, INC., a New Jersey corporation that owns all of
      the
      capital stock of the Bank (hereinafter "Bancorp") and CHRISTOPHER M. GOREY
      (hereinafter "Employee"),

    


    WHEREAS,
      Bancorp, the Bank and the Employee entered into a Change in Control Agreement
      effective January 1, 2007 that set forth the terms and conditions of Employee's
      employment with the Bank and Bancorp in the event the Bank or Bancorp received
      any proposal from a third party concerning the possible acquisition of the
      equity securities or assets of the Bank or Bancorp (hereinafter the "January
      2007 Change of Control Agreement"); and

    


    WHEREAS,
      pursuant to this Amendment the parties wish to amend the January 2007 Change
      of
      Control Agreement; 

    


    NOW,
      THEREFORE,
      in
      consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, and the Employee's
      continued employment with the Bank and Bancorp, the parties hereby agree as
      follows:

    


    1. Paragraph
      2 of the January 2007 Change in Control Agreement is hereby modified and shall
      henceforth provide:

     

    Term
      of Agreement:
      The Term
      of the January 2007 Change in Control Agreement shall be three (3) years,
      effective as of January 1, 2007 and terminating December 31, 2009. The term
      of
      the January 2007 Change in Control Agreement shall not automatically renew
      or be
      automatically extended beyond December 31, 2009. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
      if a "Change in Control Event" (as defined in the January 2007 Change in Control
      Agreement) occurs at any time prior to December 31, 2009, then the term of
      the
      Agreement shall automatically be extended for a period of one (1)
      year
      from the
      date of such Change in Control Event. 

     

    2. Except
      as
      amended and modified hereinafter, the parties hereto agree that the terms and
      conditions of the January 2007 Change in Control Agreement remain in force
      and
      effect and binding on the parties thereto. 

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF,
      the
      Bank and Bancorp each have, by their appropriate officers, signed and affixed
      their respective seal and Employee has signed and sealed this
      Agreement.

    


    
      	 	
              UNION
                CENTER NATIONAL BANK

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              By: 

            	
              /s/
                Anthony C. Weagley

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	
              CENTER
                BANCORP, INC.

            
	 	 	 
	 	
              By:

            	
              /s/
                Anthony C. Weagley

            
	 	 	 
	 	 	
              /s/
                Christopher M. Gorey

            
	 	 	
              Christopher
                M. Gorey