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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                              SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is entered into as of March
29, 2000 by and among Foothill Independent Bancorp, a California corporation
(the "Company"), on the one hand, and each of the following entities or persons
(who shall collectively be referred to herein as the "Basswood Group" and
individually as a "Member" thereof), on the other hand: Basswood Financial
Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ( "Basswood LP"), Basswood
Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company ("Basswood LLC"),
Basswood Capital Management L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company
("BCM"), Whitewood Financial Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
("Whitewood"), Jet I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Jet I"), Basswood
International Fund, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company ("Basswood
International"), 1994 Garden State L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Garden
State"), and Matthew Lindenbaum ("ML") and Bennett Lindenbaum ("BL").

                                R E C I T A L S:
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         WHEREAS the Basswood Group beneficially owns an aggregate of 531,129
shares (the "Shares") of Common Stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"),
of the Company and the Basswood Group Members have filed a Schedule 13D, and
various amendments thereto, with respect to their ownership of such Shares
pursuant to Section 13(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act");

         WHEREAS, the Members of the Basswood Group have represented to the
Company that none of them has any intention (and never had any intention) to
make an acquisition proposal for the Company, or to make a tender offer for
shares of its Common Stock, and, although they solicited proxies for an
opposition candidate at the Company's 1999 Shareholders Meeting, they have no
intention hereafter to solicit proxies for the purpose of electing one or more
directors of the Company or otherwise changing the composition of the Board of
Directors of the Company;

         WHEREAS, the Basswood Group Members are willing to bind themselves
contractually to act in accordance with the above statement of intentions, and,
upon becoming contractually so bound, the parties hereto are desirous of
pursuing a constructive and harmonious relationship between the Company and the
Basswood Group Members, in their capacity as shareholders of the Company.

         WHEREAS the Company on the one hand, and Basswood LP on the other hand,
have pending against each other appeals and a cross-appeal (Appellate Case No.
B133924) in the Second District Court of Appeal of the State of California (the
"Court of Appeal") of certain decisions rendered by the California Superior
Court of the County of Los Angeles, in Case No. BS 056436 (collectively, the
"Litigation"), and Basswood LP and the Company desire to settle the Litigation;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1. Representations and Warranties of the Parties.

                  1.1 Representations of the Basswood Group Members.

                           (a) the Members of the Basswood Group identified on
         Exhibit A hereto "beneficially own" (as hereinafter defined) the Shares
         (as hereinabove defined); and except as otherwise set forth on Exhibit
         A hereto none of the Basswood Group Members nor any of their respective
         Affiliates or Associates (as hereinafter defined) beneficially owns any
         Voting

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         Securities (as hereinafter defined) of the Company or rights or
         interests in any such Voting Securities and no such Member has or is a
         party to any agreements, arrangements or understandings with any Person
         (as hereinafter defined) regarding (i) the acquisition or disposition
         of any of the Shares or any other Voting Securities, (ii) any possible
         shareholder proposal with respect to the Company, (iii) any possible
         solicitation of proxies for any matter, or (iv) any matter or
         transactions prohibited by Section 3 hereof.

                           (b) The statement of intentions of the Basswood Group
         Members contained in the Recitals, by this reference, are incorporated
         herein and made an integral part of this Agreement, and are true and
         correct.

                           (c) Each of the Basswood Group Members which is not a
         natural person represents and warrants on its own behalf that (i) it
         has the corporate, limited liability company or partnership (as
         applicable) power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform
         its obligations under, this Agreement, (ii) the execution and delivery
         of this Agreement by such Member and the consummation by such Member of
         the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
         authorized by such Member, and (iii) this Agreement has been duly
         executed and delivered by such Member and it constitutes such Member's
         valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with
         its terms.

                           (d) Each of the Basswood Group Members who is a
         natural person represents and warrants on his own behalf that he (i)
         has the capacity, right, power and authority to execute and deliver,
         and to perform his obligations under, this Agreement and to consummate
         the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) this Agreement has been
         duly executed and delivered by such Party and constitutes his valid and
         binding obligation, enforceable against him in accordance with its
         terms.

                           (e) Each of the Basswood Group Members represents and
         warrants that neither the execution and delivery of, nor the
         performance by such party of his or its (as the case may be)
         obligations under, this Agreement will result in or constitute a breach
         or violation of any contract, instrument or other agreement, written or
         oral, to which such party is or to which such party's shares of Common
         Stock are subject or bound.

                           (f) Such Member has not assigned any of the Released
         Claims referred to in Section 4.4 below to any Person.

                           (g) If any Basswood Group Member has been appointed
         as the attorney in fact of any other party hereto with the power and
         authority to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf and in the
         name of such other party, that attorney in fact hereby represents and
         warrants that the power of attorney conferring such power and authority
         on him has been validly executed and delivered by and is a binding and
         enforceable obligation of the party that has granted such power of
         attorney and such power of attorney has not been revoked, rescinded or
         modified and is in full force and effect and the execution and delivery
         of this Agreement by such attorney in fact on behalf and in the name of
         the other party that has granted the power of attorney shall be binding
         on and enforceable against such other party.

                  1.2 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
hereby represents and warrants as follows:

                           (a) The Company has the corporate power and authority
         to execute and deliver and to perform its obligations under this
         Agreement;

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                           (b) This Agreement has been duly and validly
         authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a
         valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the
         Company in accordance with its terms;

                           (c) Neither the execution and delivery of, nor the
         performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement
         will result in or constitute a breach or violation of any contract,
         instrument or other agreement, written or oral, to which the Company is
         subject or bound; and

                           (d) The Company has not assigned any of the Released
         Claims referred to in Section 4.4 below to any Person.

         2. Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall be ten (10)
years, commencing on the date hereof and continuing until March 29, 2010 (the
"Term").

         3. Covenants of the Basswood Group Members. Unless otherwise
specifically requested in writing and in advance by the Company (it being
understood and agreed that a Member or Affiliate or Associate of a Member shall
not seek to have the Company or any of the Company's officers, directors,
representatives, trustees, employees, attorneys, advisors, agents, affiliates or
associates make any such request), for a period beginning on the date hereof and
continuing until the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date hereof, each Basswood
Group Member and its Affiliates and Associates shall not, alone or in concert
with others (and none of such Members nor their respective Affiliates or
Associates shall advise, assist or encourage others to), directly or indirectly:

                  3.1 Acquire, or agree to acquire, by purchase or otherwise,
ownership (including, but not limited to, beneficial ownership) of any Common
Stock or other voting securities of the Company (collectively and including
Common Stock, "Voting Securities") that may be outstanding at any time or any
direct or indirect rights (including convertible securities) or options to
acquire such ownership if, as a result of such acquisition, the Basswood Group
Members and its Affiliates and Associates would beneficially own, in the
aggregate, more than 1% of the Company's outstanding Voting Securities (the
"Percentage Limitation").

                  3.2 Make any public announcement with respect to, or submit
any proposal for, or take any action in furtherance of or with respect to, (i)
the acquisition of beneficial ownership of any Voting Securities of the Company
(or direct or indirect rights, including convertible securities, or options to
acquire such beneficial ownership) that would cause the Percentage Limitation to
be exceeded, or (ii) any extraordinary transaction or merger, consolidation,
sale of substantial assets or business combination involving the Company or any
of its Affiliates, whether or not any Persons other than or in addition to
Basswood Group Members and their Affiliates or Associates are involved and
whether or not such proposal might require the making of a public announcement
by the Company.

                  3.3 Make, or in any way participate in, any "solicitation" of
"proxies" or shareholder "consents" (as such terms are defined or used in
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) or become a "participant" in any
"election contest" or other proxy contest (as such terms are defined or used in
Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act), or otherwise to seek votes from holders of
the Company's Voting Securities with respect to any matter, either alone or with
other Persons, or seek to advise or influence any person or entity with respect
to the voting of, any of their Voting Securities on any matters submitted to a
shareholder vote or to a shareholder action by written consent.

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                  3.4 Form, join or in any way participate in a "group" (as such
term is used in Section 13d(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any
securities of the Company or any of its Affiliates or Associates in connection
with any action or matter otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

                  3.5 Initiate, or propose any shareholder proposals for
submission to, a vote or written consent of shareholders with respect to the
Company or any of its Affiliates or propose any person for election to or seek
representation on the Board of Directors of the Company or any of its
Affiliates.

                  3.6 Seek, alone or in concert with others, to call a meeting
of shareholders, the initiation or conduct of a consent solicitation or the
removal of any member of the Board.

                  3.7 Initiate, or assist any other Person, to initiate any
communication with any employee, customer or vendor of the Company or any
subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any subsidiary regarding matters
relating to the Company or any such subsidiary or any of their respective
Affiliates with a view towards interfering with or otherwise adversely affecting
the relationship between the Company, any such Subsidiary or any such Affiliate,
on the one hand, and any such employee, customer or vendor, on the other hand.

                  3.8 Seek in any other manner to control or influence the
management or policies of the Company or any of its Affiliates.

                  3.9 Deposit any Voting Securities in any voting trust or
subject any Voting Securities to any agreement or other arrangement with respect
to the voting of any Voting Securities, except as provided in this Agreement.

                  3.10 Institute, prosecute or pursue against the Company, or
any of the other Company Releasees (as defined in Section 4 below), any demands,
claims, causes or rights of action, suits or other proceedings of any kind or
nature whatsoever ("Claims"), whether brought at law or in equity, in the
Member's own right or derivatively, and whether based on any federal, state or
foreign law or right or cause of action, direct, indirect or representative in
nature, (i) with respect to any action hereafter taken by the Company with the
approval of a majority of the Company's directors that is only properly
assertable derivatively in the right of the Company, or (ii) on behalf of a
class of the Company's security holders.

                  3.11 Make demand for or seek to inspect or copy or use or
disclose any corporate records, or lists of record or beneficial owners of
Voting Securities, of the Company.

                  3.12 Disclose to any third party, or make any filing under the
Exchange Act (including, without limitation, under Section 13(d) thereof)
disclosing, any intention, plan or arrangement inconsistent with the foregoing.

                  3.13 Request the Company, or any of the Company Releasees (as
hereinafter defined), to waive, amend or modify in any material respect any
restrictions contained in this Section 3 (or to waive, amend or modify this
Section 3.13), except that a request may be so made if (i) it is made solely to
the Board of Directors of the Company and is not disclosed to any other Person
and (ii) is not of a nature that it could be required, under applicable laws or
regulations, to be publicly disclosed either by any of the Basswood Group
Members or their Affiliates or Associates, on the one hand, or by the Company,
on the other hand.

                  3.14 Enter into any discussions, negotiations, arrangements,
understandings or agreements with any Person with respect to any of the
foregoing prohibited actions.

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         4. Dismissal of Litigation and Mutual Release.

                  4.1 As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than the
tenth (10th) day following the execution of this Agreement, the Company and each
Member of the Basswood Group that is a party to the Litigation will take all
necessary steps and file all documents to dismiss the Litigation without
prejudice. To that end, such parties shall file with the Court of Appeal a
stipulation and order substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, dismissing
Basswood LP's appeal and Foothill's appeal and cross appeal in the Litigation
and requesting the Court of Appeal to issue its remittitur with an order
instructing the Superior Court to vacate its preemptory writ of mandate issued
June 1, 1999 in Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BS056436 (the "Writ"). If
the Court of Appeal fails to include in its remittitur such an order of
instruction, the parties shall enter into and file, with the Superior Court, a
stipulation and proposed order substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
requesting the Superior Court to issue an order vacating the Writ.

                  4.2 The Basswood Group Members, individually and collectively,
and on behalf of their respective heirs, estates, personal representatives, and
past, present and future directors, officers, partners, managers, successors,
predecessors, subsidiaries, principals, Affiliates, Associates, agents,
representatives, attorneys, advisors and consultants (collectively, the
"Basswood Releasors"), hereby release and forever discharge the Company and its
successors and subsidiaries, and their respective former, present and future
directors, officers, Affiliates, Associates, employees, agents, representatives,
attorneys, advisors and consultants (collectively, the "Company Releasees"),
from any and all "Released Claims" (as defined in Section 4.4 hereof). The
Basswood Group Members further covenant that they shall not assert, bring or
threaten to bring, and shall prevent the other Basswood Group Releasors from
asserting, bringing or threatening to bring, any Claims (as defined in Section
3.10), and shall not assist anyone threatening to make or bring or making or
bringing any Claims against the Company or any of the other Company Releasees,
that if brought by one of the Basswood Group Members or Basswood Group
Releasors, would constitute a Released Claim.

                  4.3 The Company, on its behalf, and on behalf of each of its
successors, predecessors and subsidiaries and the Company's and their respective
past, present and future directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, Associates,
agents, representatives, attorneys, advisors and consultants (the "Company
Releasors"), hereby releases and forever discharges the Basswood Group Members
and their respective successors, Affiliates, Associates, and former, present and
future directors, partners, officers, managers, employees, agents,
representatives, attorneys, advisors and consultants (collectively, the
"Basswood Releasees"), from all of the Released Claims (as hereinafter defined).
The Company further covenants that it shall not assert or bring, and shall
prevent the other Company Releasors from asserting, bringing or threatening to
bring, any Claims and shall not or assist anyone threatening to make or bring or
making or bringing any Claims against any of the Basswood Releasees that, if
brought by the Company, would constitute a Released Claim.

                  4.4 For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Released Claims"
shall mean any and all Claims (as defined in Section 3.10 above) of any kind or
nature whatsoever brought by any party to this Agreement or any party on whose
behalf a release is given under Section 4.2 or Section 4.3 above (a "Releasing
Party"), whether at law or in equity, in the Releasing Party's own right or
derivatively, and whether such Claim is based on any federal, state or foreign
law or right or cause of action, whether such Claim is direct, indirect or
representative in nature, and whether or not such Claims are fixed or
contingent, known or unknown foreseen or unforeseen, which any Releasing Party
hereto has, has had or will or may have by reason of any matter, circumstance,
event, action or omission, cause or any other thing whatsoever, from the
beginning of time to the date of this Agreement, against any other party to this
Agreement (including each and every Claim arising out of or related to the proxy
contest and proxy solicitations conducted in connection with the Company' 1999
Annual Shareholders' Meeting, the

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Litigation and the matters and transactions described in the Company's Proxy
Materials dated March 20, 2000 relating to a Special Meeting of Shareholders of
the Company to be held on April 25, 2000 (a copy of which Proxy Materials have
been furnished to the Basswood Group Members). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
however, the Released Claims shall not include and the foregoing releases
contained in this Section 3 shall not extend to or affect Claims, if any, as may
arise out of or relate to the execution, delivery, performance or
non-performance or enforcement of (i) this Agreement, (ii) any confidentiality
agreements heretofore entered into among any of the parties and (iii) a stock
purchase agreement among the parties expected to be entered into concurrently
with or following the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

                  4.5 In entering into the release set forth in this Section 4,
each of the Basswood Releasors and each of the Company Releasors do hereby
mutually waive and relinquish any and all rights which any of them may have
under the provisions of Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of
California, pertaining in any way to the subject matter of the Released Claims.
Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of California reads as follows:

                           "A general release does not extend to claims which
                           the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his
                           favor at the time of executing the release, which if
                           known by him must have materially affected his
                           settlement with the debtor."

                  4.6 Each of the Basswood Releasors and each of the Company
Releasors has been represented by counsel of its or their own choosing in
connection with the releases granted hereby and the waiver of 1542 of the Civil
Code of the State of California, and understands the significance and effects of
such releases and such waiver.

                  4.7 The Company, on the one hand, and each Basswood Group
Member, on the other hand, agrees that it and its respective Affiliates and
Associates will not (and it and its respective Affiliates and Associates will
not advise, assist or encourage others to) institute, prosecute or pursue with
any Federal, state or other governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or
foreign, any of the Released Claims at law or in equity, which either have been
asserted or could have been asserted against the other or against any of the
Released Parties. Nothing in this Section 4.7 shall in any way prohibit or
restrict any party from responding to inquiries, demands, requests or subpoenas
from governmental or regulatory authorities ("Governmental Inquiries");
provided, however, that in the event that the Company, on the one hand, or any
Basswood Group Member, on the other hand, shall receive any Governmental
Inquiries relating to the other, it shall, unless precluded by applicable law in
the reasonable judgment of its outside counsel from doing so, within two
business days of receipt, provide notice of such Governmental Inquiries (and, if
in writing, a copy thereof) to the other party.

                  4.8 Nothing in this Section 4 shall in any way constitute an
agreement by any party hereto to indemnify any other party hereto against any
third party claim or, except as specifically set forth herein, waive, release,
limit or restrict any Claim which any party may have against any Person that is
neither a party to this Agreement nor one of the Releasees of a party hereto.

                  4.9 The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this
Settlement Agreement is entered into as a mutual compromise and settlement which
is not in any respect or for any purpose to be deemed or construed as an
admission or concession of any liability or fault whatsoever on the part of any
of the parties hereto.

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         5. Specific Performance. Each of the Basswood Group Members, on the one
hand, and the Company, on the other hand, hereby acknowledges and agrees that
irreparable injury to the other party or parties (as the case may be) hereto
would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached and
that such injury would not be fully compensible in damages. It is accordingly
agreed that, without limiting any other rights or remedies available to an
aggrieved party hereunder: (a) each party hereto (the "Moving Party") shall be
entitled to temporary, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any
breach or threatened breach of, and to specific enforcement, of the terms
hereof; and (b) the other parties hereto against which such relief is sought
shall not take action, directly or indirectly, in opposition to the Moving Party
seeking such relief on the grounds that any other remedy or relief is available
at law or in equity, and (c) the Moving Party shall not be obligated to post a
bond or other security as a condition to the granting of such relief.

         6. Press Release. Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company shall
issue a press release in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto (the "Joint Press
Release"). None of the parties hereto will make any public statement (including
any statement in any filing with the Commission or any other governmental
agency) regarding this Agreement or any event occurring prior to the date hereof
relating in any way to the subject matter of this Agreement, that is either
contrary to the statements in the Press Release or that is critical of any other
such party or its actions; provided that all such public statements shall be in
compliance with applicable securities laws.

         7. Certain Definitions. As used throughout this Agreement:

                  7.1 the terms "beneficial ownership" and "beneficially owned"
and any variants thereof shall have the meaning given to such terms in Rule
13d-3, as such Rule is currently in effect, under the Exchange Act;

                  7.2 the terms " "Affiliate" and "Associate" shall have the
respective meanings given to such terms in Rule 12b-2, as such Rule is currently
in effect, under the Exchange Act;

                  7.3 the term "Person" shall mean any natural person,
partnership, corporation, group, syndicate, trust, government or agency thereof,
or any other association or entity;

                  7.4 the word "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the
words "without limitation."

         8. Miscellaneous.

                  8.1 Successors and Assigns. All the terms and provisions of
this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by, and
shall be binding on, the respective successors and permitted assigns of the
parties hereto; provided that neither the Company, on the one hand, nor any of
the Basswood Members, on the other hand, may assign or otherwise transfer its
rights, duties or other interests hereunder without the prior written consent of
the other party hereto.

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                  8.2 Survival of Representations. All representations,
warranties, covenants, agreements and understandings made by the parties in this
Agreement or pursuant hereto shall survive the date hereof until the Standstill
Termination Date, provided that Section 5 hereof shall survive indefinitely.

                  8.3 Entire Agreement; Amendment. Except for a Stock Purchase
Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and the Basswood Group
Members that own Voting Securities of the Company, this Agreement contains the
entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement and there are no representations, warranties, agreements,
covenants or undertakings that pertain to the subject matter of this Agreement
other than those expressly set forth herein or in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument duly executed by the
parties hereto or their respective successors or permitted assigns.

                  8.4 No Waiver. Any waiver by any party hereto of a breach of
any provision of this Agreement shall not operate as or be construed to be a
waiver of any other breach of such provision or of any breach of any other
provision of this Agreement. The failure of a party hereto to insist upon strict
adherence to any term of this Agreement on one or more occasions shall not be
considered a waiver or deprive that party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

                  8.5 Headings. The captions and section headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not effect in any way
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

                  8.6 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
given on the day when delivered by hand, on the day when sent by telecopy and
confirmed and on the fifth business day after being deposited in the mail
(registered or certified, postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the
respective parties hereto as set forth in Exhibit E hereto.

                  8.7 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California,
without reference to conflicts of law principles. Any action or proceeding
brought with respect to this Agreement or the performance or non-performance by
any party hereto of its obligations under this Agreement shall be brought and
maintained exclusively in the Superior Court of the State of California either
in Riverside, San Bernardino or Los Angeles Counties or in the Federal District
Court the jurisdiction of which includes any of such counties and no party
hereto shall contest the subject matter or personal jurisdiction or the venue of
such court or courts, or assert the defense of forum nonconviens and each party
agrees to accept and not challenge the adequacy of any notice in any such action
or proceeding that is given by means of certified or registered first class
mail.

                  8.8 Attorneys Fees. If any legal action or other proceeding is
brought for the enforcement of this Settlement Agreement, or because of an
alleged dispute, breach or default in connection with any of the provisions of
this Settlement Agreement, the prevailing party or parties shall be entitled to
recover reasonable attorneys' fees and other costs incurred in that action or
proceeding, in addition to any other relief to which it or they may be entitled.

                  8.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counter
parts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but each of which together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

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                  8.10 Severability. If any term, provision covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions,
covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and
effect, unless such actions would substantially impair the material benefits of
any of the parties under the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

                  8.11 Further Assurances. At the request of any party (a
"requesting party") to another party hereto, on or at any time after the date
hereof, such other party shall execute and deliver such instruments and
documents requested by the requesting party in order to evidence or better
effectuate, but not to enlarge, the rights of the requesting party under this
Agreement.

                  8.12 Basswood Group Representative. Each Basswood Group Member
hereby irrevocably appoints Matthew Lindenbaum as such Member's attorney-in-fact
and representative (the "Representative"), to act in such Member's place, stead
and name, to do any and all things and to execute any and all documents and give
and receive any and all notices or instructions in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding any
provision hereof to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to rely upon, as
being binding on each of the Basswood Group Members, any action taken by the
Representative or upon any document, notice, instruction or other writing given
or executed by the Representative, and any such act, document, notice,
instruction or other writing shall bind and shall be strictly enforceable
against each of the Basswood Group Members.

                  8.13 Interpretation. This Agreement is the result of
arms-length bargaining between the parties and no provision of this Agreement or
any ambiguity that may be found therein, shall be construed or interpreted
against a party hereto because such party, or its counsel, was the primary
draftsman of such provision.

                  8.14 Expenses. Each party agrees to bear its or his (as the
case may be) respective costs, expenses and attorneys' fees in connection with
the Litigation and its settlement and dismissal and the negotiation and
preparation of this Settlement Agreement and the performance by such party of
its obligations hereunder.

                  8.15 Joint and Several. The representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements of the Basswood Group Members contained in this
Agreement shall be joint and several.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and delivered, or
caused to be executed and delivered, this Settlement Agreement on the date first
above written.

FOOTHILL INDEPENDENT BANCORP                 BASSWOOD FINANCIAL PARTNERS, L.P.,
 a California corporation
                                             By: Basswood Partners, L.L.C.,
                                                 its General Partner

By:  /s/  DONNA MILTENBER                    By:  /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM
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WHITEWOOD FINANCIAL PARTNERS, L.P.,          BASSWOOD PARTNERS, L.L.C.

By:  /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM                  By:  /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM
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1994 GARDEN STATE L.P.,                      BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.L.C.,

By   /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM                  By:  /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM
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BASSWOOD INTERNATIONAL FUND, INC.,           JET I, L.P.

By: /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM                   By:  /s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM
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/s/ MATTHEW LINDENBAUM                       /s/ BENNETT LINDENBAUM
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Matthew Lindenbaum                           Bennett Lindenbaum

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                                               CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
                                             UNDER 17 C.F.R. SEC. 200.80(b)(4),
                                                           200.83 AND 240.24b-2
                           DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT ("Development Agreement") dated this 22nd day of April,
1999, between Hitachi Digital Media Products Division of Hitachi, Ltd.,  a
Japanese corporation having its principal place of business at 1410 Inada,
Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 312-8505 Japan ("Hitachi"), and Exabyte
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business
at 1685 38th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80301 ("Exabyte").

                           W I T N E S S E T H :
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     WHEREAS, Exabyte desires to have designed and developed an 8mm data
storage device; and

     WHEREAS, Hitachi has previously designed an 8mm deck for video storage
applications; and

     WHEREAS, Hitachi has facilities, equipment and employees which permit it
to undertake the development of the unique components to adapt the existing
deck to a data storage device; and

     WHEREAS, Exabyte and Hitachi are willing to enter into an agreement under
which Hitachi will undertake such design and development for Exabyte;

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained
herein, Exabyte and Hitachi hereby agree as follows:

1.   DEFINITIONS

     1.1  "Base Product" as used herein shall mean Hitachi's existing 8mm TH
Consumer deck system for video storage applications.

     1.2  "Development" as used herein shall mean the design and development
of heads, drum, transformers, reel motor, front load mechanism, and other
components for the conversion of Base Product into Product as set forth in
Exhibit A.

     1.3  "Development Prototypes" as used herein shall mean the prototypes
identified in Exhibit A.

     1.4  "Final Specifications" as used herein shall mean a complete detailed
statement of design of and functions to be performed by the Product, to be
provided pursuant to Section 2.3.

     1.5  "Payment Term" as used herein shall mean the term of payments by
Exabyte to Hitachi as set forth in Exhibit B.

     1.6  "Preliminary Specifications" as used herein shall mean an initial
statement of design and function to be performed by Product as shown in
Exhibit C.

     1.7  "Product" as used herein shall mean the 8mm data storage device
consisting of the Base Product as modified by the development carried out
pursuant to this Development Agreement and as described in and limited by the
Preliminary Specifications until Final Specifications are available at which
time Final Specifications shall apply.

2.   DEVELOPMENT

     2.1  Performance of Tasks.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained
in this Development Agreement, Hitachi hereby agrees to carry out the
Development of the Product in accordance with Exhibit A and to deliver
Development Prototypes in accordance with Section 2.2.

     2.2  Delivery of Development Prototypes.  Hitachi agrees to deliver to
Exabyte Development Prototypes in accordance with the schedule set forth in
Exhibit A.  Exabyte agrees to notify Hitachi within thirty (30) days if, in
Exabyte's reasonable opinion, Development Prototypes fail to meet applicable
specifications.  Failure of Exabyte to so notify Hitachi within such thirty
(30) days shall constitute agreement by Exabyte that such Development Prototype
meets all the pertinent requirements.  Upon receipt by Hitachi of such written
notification that an item delivered does not, in Exabyte's reasonable opinion,
meet the requirements of a Development Prototype, Hitachi shall commence
diligently and in good faith to rectify any specified deficiencies and to
deliver an item as to which such specified deficiencies are corrected.
Exabyte shall give Hitachi access to all test and other evaluation data
generated by or for Exabyte with respect to Exabyte's evaluation of Development
Prototype delivered to Exabyte under this Development Agreement.

     2.3  Specifications.  Exabyte and Hitachi shall act diligently and as
expeditiously as possible in reaching an agreement on Final Specifications.
The Final Specifications shall replace entirely all previous specifications,
including Preliminary Specifications.

3.   PAYMENT

     3.1  Exabyte agrees to pay Hitachi for development of Product in
accordance with this Development Agreement.  Engineering costs (NRE) shall be
paid in quarterly installments in accordance with the Payment Terms set forth
in Exhibit B.  [***] Tooling shall be owned by Exabyte upon payment for such
tooling by Exabyte to Hitachi.

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4.   TERMINATION

     4.1  Termination

          4.1.1  Phase Termination.  Exabyte may terminate this Development
Agreement if Exabyte and Hitachi reasonably conclude that Hitachi is unable
to either (1) deliver a Development Prototype on a timely basis, or (2) in a
timely manner correct a deficiency in accordance with Section 2.2.

          4.1.2  Noticed Termination.  Either party may unilaterally terminate
this Development Agreement at any time by giving written notice of such
termination to the other party provided that Hitachi agrees to provide Exabyte
at least one year advance written notice of any termination by Hitachi that is
not the result of Exabyte's material breach of this Development Agreement
after a reasonable cure period.

          4.1.3  Expiration.  This Development Agreement shall expire under
its normal terms upon satisfactory completion of Development Verification
Testing as set forth in Exhibit A.

     4.2  Rights and Obligations Upon Termination.  Termination shall not
relieve Exabyte from an obligation to make any payments under this Development
Agreement for Development Prototypes which have been accepted by Exabyte.
Upon any termination by Hitachi, Hitachi agrees to deliver to Exabyte all
technical information produced prior to termination relating to Product
including documentation and other tangible manifestation of development,
provided, however, that nothing herein shall provide Exabyte with rights to
Base Product.  The rights and obligations set forth in Sections 5 and 6 shall
survive the termination of this Development Agreement.

5.   INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

     5.1  Inventions and Test Data.  Any design, developments, inventions,
know-how, computer programs or technical information which result from the
Development including, without limitation, the copyright, patent and all other
proprietary rights, including intellectual property rights relating thereto
("Development Rights"), shall be owned by Exabyte subject to the rights of the
parties as set forth below:

          1)  Exabyte and its affiliates shall own and may perpetually use the
Development Rights for any application;

          2)  Hitachi and its affiliates shall be licensed and may perpetually
use the Development Rights on a royalty-free basis for any and all VCR and
Camcorder and image storage applications and for any other applications that
are not primarily directed to data storage;

          3)  Except for the supply of Product to Exabyte as set forth in
Section 7, Hitachi and its affiliates agree not to use or license the
Development Rights on behalf of itself or third parties for data storage
applications without the prior written consent of Exabyte.

          4)  Neither party shall have any rights in any other inventions made
by the other party outside of the Development Agreement including any rights
by Exabyte with respect to Base Product.

          5)  Each party grants to the other party a limited, non-exclusive,
royalty-free license, without the right to sublicense, of all patents and
other proprietary rights owned by such party as is reasonably necessary for
the development of Development Prototypes and Product.  The patents and other
proprietary rights licensed by Hitachi to Exabyte hereunder shall be limited
to those owned by the Hitachi Digital Media Products Division provided,
however Hitachi represents that the Development Prototype and Product shall
not infringe the patent rights or other proprietary rights owned by any other
Hitachi division or affiliates and agrees to hold Exabyte harmless with regard
to any such claim.  Such representation and agreement to hold harmless shall
apply only to the subject matter of this Development Agreement and shall not
apply to any other Exabyte product.

          6)  Hitachi shall report to Exabyte any potentially patentable
developments arising out of the Development and Exabyte shall have the right
of first refusal to obtain, at Exabyte's cost and in its name, patent or other
legal protection for such developments in those countries of Exabyte's choice
and Hitachi shall have the right to obtain, at Hitachi's cost and in its name,
patent or other legal protection for such developments for which Exabyte does
not exercise its rights of first refusal provided that any such protection by
either party shall be subject to a royalty-free license to the other party in
accordance with the terms and understandings of this Section 5.1.

          Exabyte shall inform Hitachi of Exabyte's interest in obtaining
patent protection within two weeks of actual receipt by Exabyte of a
reasonably detailed description of any potentially patentable developments
and failure by Exabyte to inform Hitachi of such interest shall provide
Hitachi the right to obtain patent protection in its own name for such
potentially patentable developments.

          Exabyte agrees to procure patents in its name with assignment to
Hitachi where necessary for Hitachi to obtain patent protection for those
potentially patentable developments for which Exabyte has not exercised its
right of first refusal provided Hitachi shall pay for all costs of patent
procurement and assignment.

          7)  Each party agrees that any transfer of technology by one party
to a third party shall be limited by and subject to the rights of the other
party as established pursuant to this Section 5.

     5.2  Base Product.  Hitachi reserves all rights in any design,
developments, inventions, know how, computer programs or technical information
of Hitachi including, without limitation, the copyright, patent and all other
proprietary rights with respect to the Base Product.

6.   CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-USE

     6.1  Confidentiality.  Hitachi and Exabyte shall receive from the other
party certain components, parts, drawings, data sketches, plans, programs,
specifications, techniques, processes, inventions and other information of a
secret, confidential or proprietary nature relating to development of Product
and marked as "Confidential" (hereinafter collectively referred to as
"Proprietary Information").  Each party shall hold in trust and confidence,
and shall not disclose to any person outside its organization, any Proprietary
Information which is disclosed by one party to the other party under this
Development Agreement.  Proprietary Information disclosed under this
Development Agreement may be used by the receiving party(ies) only for the
purpose for which it was disclosed.  The receiving party(ies) shall disclose
Proprietary Information to persons within its organization only if such
persons are bound to protect the confidentiality of such Proprietary
Information.  The undertaking and obligations of the receiving party(ies)
under this Development Agreement shall not apply to any Proprietary
Information which is disclosed in printed publication available to the public,
is described in a patent anywhere in the world, or is otherwise in the public
domain at the time of disclosure, is generally disclosed to third parties by
the disclosing party without restriction on such third parties, is approved
for release by written authorization of the disclosing party(ies), or is not
designated by the disclosing party(ies) in writing or by the appropriate stamp
or legend to be of a secret, confidential or proprietary nature.  After
termination and/or expiration of the Agreement, the receiving party(ies):
1) will return or certify a destruction of, all tangible Proprietary
Information received from the disclosing party(ies), without retaining any
copy, and;  2) upon return or destruction of such Proprietary Information,
will be free to use the Residuals of such Proprietary Information for any
purpose.  The term Residuals shall mean information in non-tangible form
relating to general engineering know-how.  Any obligation pursuant to this
Section 6.1 shall expire three (3) years after the date of the disclosure of
the subject information.

     6.2  Non-Disclosure of Development Agreement.  Hitachi and Exabyte each
agree not to disclose the existence of the relationship between Exabyte and
Hitachi arising under this Development Agreement or the fact that Hitachi is
performing services for Exabyte without the advance written permission of the
other party.

7.   SUPPLY OF PRODUCT

     The parties contemplate that Hitachi will supply Product to Exabyte
following completion of the Development Agreement.  Exabyte agrees that
Hitachi shall have the first right of refusal with regard to the supply of
Product.  Any such supply of Product shall be subject to separate negotiation
of terms and conditions relating to Product price, quantity, configuration,
and test requirements.  Any obligation on the part of Exabyte to purchase
Product from Hitachi shall be subject to the successful conclusion of a
separate supply agreement.

8.   INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

     Each party represents that it is an independent company that has its own
regular place of business and maintains a set of books and records that
reflect all items of income and expense.  Each party shall operate as an
independent entity and is not, and shall not represent itself to be the agent,
employee, partner, joint venturer of the other party and may not obligate the
other party or otherwise cause the other party to be liable under any contract
or otherwise.

9.   OBLIGATION UPON ESTATE OR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

     The rights and obligations of the parties under this Development
Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties.

10.  SUPERSEDES PRIOR AGREEMENTS

     This Development Agreement supersedes any oral or written agreement
previously executed by Hitachi and Exabyte relating to the subject matter of
this Development Agreement.

11.  CHANGES TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

     This Development Agreement may be amended, terminated or superseded only
by written agreement between Hitachi and Exabyte that expressly amends,
terminates or supersedes this Development Agreement.  The controlling language
of this Development Agreement and any amendments shall be English.

12.  MAINTENANCE OF AGREEMENT

     If one or more provisions of this Development Agreement should be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the remaining provisions
contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

13.  EXPORT CONTROL

     The parties agree not to export or re-export, directly or indirectly,
(i) any technical data received from the other party under this Development
Agreement, or (ii) any product, process or technical data using such received
technical data, to any country to which such export or re-export is restricted
or prohibited by Japanese, U.S. or other relevant laws, without obtaining
prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by
those laws.  This export control clause shall survive any termination or
expiration of the Development Agreement.

14.  ARBITRATION

     All disputes, controversies or differences which may arise between
Exabyte and Hitachi ("Parties") in relation to or in connection with this
Development Agreement shall be settled by amicable negotiation by both
Parties.  If both Parties are unable to settle such disputes, then, such
disputes shall be referred to and finally settled by arbitration under the
Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce
applying the laws of the State of New York, U.S.A.  The arbitration shall be
conducted in English and take place in Japan if it is initiated by Exabyte or
in the U.S.A. if it is initiated by Hitachi.  The award of arbitration shall
bind both Parties.

15.  NOTICES

     All notices, requests and other communications called for by this
Development Agreement shall be deemed to have been given if made in writing
and mailed, postage prepaid, to the following address:

     TO:  Mr. Michio Masuda.                    TO:  Mr. Stephen F. Smith
          General Manager                            Vice President
          Hitachi, Ltd.,                             Exabyte Corporation
          Digital Media Products Division            1685 38th Street
          Video Equipments Operation                 Boulder, Colorado 80301
          1410 Inada, Hitachinaka-shi
          Ibariki-ken, 312 8505 Japan

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party has caused this Development Agreement to
be executed by its duly authorized representative.

HITACHI, LTD.                                   EXABYTE CORPORATION
Digital Media Products Division

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