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Exhibit 10.34

 THIRD
  PARTY
  PLEDGE
  AND
  SECURITY
  AGREEMENT 

            This
  THIRD PARTY
  PLEDGE AND
  SECURITY AGREEMENT
  (this “Pledge
  Agreement”), dated as of October 1, 2004,
  is made by GBC KANSAS,
  INC., a Kansas corporation
  (“Pledgor”),
  for the benefit of BANK
  ONE, NA,
  a national banking association with its principal place of business at 120 South
  LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (“Bank”),
  and is joined in by GOLD BANC
  CORPORATION, INC.,
  a Kansas corporation (the “Company”).
   

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  E C
  I T
  A L
  S:
   

           A.
  Gold Banc Corporation, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (“Borrower”)
  is an employee stock ownership plan as such term is defined under Sections 401(a)
  and 4975(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
  and Section 407(d)(6) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
  as amended (“ERISA”), established
  by the Company for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its direct
  and indirect subsidiaries.  

           B.
  Borrower has obtained financial accommodation from Bank pursuant to that certain
  Loan Agreement dated of even date herewith (the “Loan
  Agreement”) between Borrower and Bank. 

           C.
  It is a condition to the making by Bank to Borrower of the financial accommodation
  described in the Loan Agreement that Pledgor and the Company shall have executed
  and delivered to Bank a guarantee in the form attached as an exhibit to the
  Loan Agreement (the “Guarantee”),
  and further, that Pledgor secure payment of all of its obligations to Bank under
  the Guarantee by pledging to Bank 100% of the capital stock of Gold Bank, a
  Kansas state bank with its main office located in Leawood, Kansas (“Gold
  Bank-Kansas”).  

           D.
  Pledgor will obtain benefits as a result of the financial accommodation made
  to Borrower and, accordingly, desires to execute and deliver this Pledge Agreement
  to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph.  

           NOW,
  THEREFORE, to
  induce Bank to advance funds to Borrower as described in the Loan Agreement,
  and in consideration of the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and
  agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable consideration,
  the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
  agree as follows:  

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  G R
  E E
  M E
  N T:
   

           Section
  1. Grant of Security
  Interest; Release of Collateral. To
  secure the Obligations (as defined below) and subject to the immediately following
  sentence, Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to Bank a security interest in and
  hereby transfers and delivers to Bank the following property and documents:
  (a) all of the shares of capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas owned by Pledgor;
  (b) any and all shares of the capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas that Pledgor
  subsequently acquires, directly or indirectly; (c) any and all other shares
  of capital stock hereinafter issued to Pledgor by Gold Bank-Kansas, including
  all substitutions of, and additions to, such stock; (d) certificates representing
  the shares of capital stock described in (a),  

 (b) and (c) above; (e) duly executed and
  undated, irrevocable stock powers for the capital stock described in (a), (b)
  and (c) above, in form and content satisfactory to Bank, and all requisite federal
  and state stock transfer tax stamps, if any (the items described in (a), (b)
  and (c) above may collectively be referred to as the “Pledged
  Stock”); (f) all income and profits thereof,
  all distributions thereon, all other proceeds thereof and all rights, benefits
  and privileges pertaining to or arising from the Pledged Stock; and (g) such
  other collateral that may be provided after the date hereof to secure the Obligations.
  All property at any time pledged with Bank hereunder or in which Bank is granted
  a security interest hereunder (whether described herein or not), and subject
  to the provisions of Section 3
  below, all income therefrom and proceeds thereof, may be referred to collectively
  as the “GBC Pledged Security.”
   

            Section
  2. Obligations.
  The obligations secured by this Pledge Agreement are the following (referred
  to collectively as the “Obligations”):
   

                      (a)
  all indebtedness, obligations, duties, and agreements of Pledgor contained in
  (including, but not limited to, the payment of all indebtedness of Pledgor in
  respect of) the Guarantee;  

                      (b)
  all sums advanced by, or on behalf of, Bank in connection with, or relating
  to, the Guaranty including, but not limited to, any and all sums advanced to
  preserve the GBC Pledged Security, or to perfect Bank’s security interest
  in the GBC Pledged Security;  

                      (c)
  in the event of any proceeding to enforce the satisfaction of the Obligations,
  or any of them, or to preserve and protect its rights under the Guaranty or
  any other agreement, document or instrument relating to the transactions contemplated
  in the Guaranty, the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for
  sale, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on the GBC Pledged Security,
  or of any exercise by Bank of its rights, together with reasonable attorneys’
  fees, expenses and court costs; and  

                      (d)
  any indebtedness, obligation, duty, or liability of Pledgor to Bank, whether
  direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter
  existing, however created or arising and however evidenced. 

            Section
  3. Additional
  Terms.  

                      (a)
  Pledgor agrees that Bank shall have full and irrevocable right, power and authority,
  to collect, withdraw or receipt for all amounts due or to become due and payable
  upon, in connection with, or relating to, the GBC Pledged Security, to execute
  any withdrawal receipts respecting the GBC Pledged Security and to endorse the
  name of Pledgor on any or all documents, instruments or commercial paper given
  in payment thereof, and at Bank’s discretion to take any other action,
  including, but not limited to, the transfer of any GBC Pledged Security into
  Bank’s own name or the name of any nominee for Bank, which Bank may reasonably
  deem necessary or appropriate to preserve or protect Bank’s interest in
  any of the GBC Pledged Security.  

                      (b)
  Unless a Default shall have occurred, Pledgor shall be entitled to vote any
  and all shares of the Pledged Stock and to give consents, waivers and ratifications
  in respect thereof, provided that no vote shall be cast, no consent, waiver
  or ratification shall be given and  

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 no action shall be taken by Pledgor that
  would violate or be inconsistent with any of the terms of the Loan Agreement,
  the Note or this Pledge Agreement, or that would have the effect of impairing
  the position or interests of Pledgor or any holder of the Note. All such rights
  of Pledgor to vote and to give consents, waivers and ratifications shall cease
  upon the occurrence of a Default and thereafter only Bank (or its nominees)
  shall be entitled to exercise all such rights.  

                      (c)
  Unless a Default shall have occurred, all dividends and other distributions
  payable in respect of the GBC Pledged Security shall be paid to Pledgor. Upon
  the occurrence of a Default, all such dividends and other distributions and
  payments shall be paid only to Bank (or its nominees). After a Default shall
  have occurred, all such amounts paid in respect of the GBC Pledged Security
  shall, until paid or delivered to Bank, be held in trust for the benefit of
  Bank as additional GBC Pledged Security to secure the Obligations. 

            Section
  4. Representations
  and Warranties. Pledgor further represents
  and warrants, as of the date hereof, that:  

                      (a)
  Each of Pledgor and its Subsidiaries: (i) is a duly organized and validly existing
  corporation or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
  incorporation; (ii) has all requisite power and authority, corporate or otherwise,
  to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as now
  being conducted; (iii) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good
  standing in all states in which it is doing business, except where it is not
  required to qualify or where the failure to so qualify would not have a material
  adverse effect on its business.  

                      (b)
  Pledgor has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform the terms and
  provisions of this Pledge Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action
  to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Pledge Agreement.
  Pledgor has duly executed and delivered this Pledge Agreement, and this Pledge
  Agreement constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in
  accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
  insolvency, reorganization or other laws and subject to general principles of
  equity. No basis presently exists for any claim against Bank under this Pledge
  Agreement or with respect to the enforcement thereof, and this Pledge Agreement
  is subject to no defenses of any kind.  

                      (c)
  Neither the execution, delivery or performance by Pledgor of this Pledge Agreement,
  nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof will: (i) contravene
  any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order, writ, injunction
  or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality; (ii) conflict or be
  inconsistent with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions
  or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
  imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (as defined in
  the Loan Agreement) upon any of the property or assets of Pledgor or any of
  its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
  credit agreement, loan agreement or any other agreement, contract or instrument
  to which Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
  of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject; or (iii) violate
  any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation, charter or bylaws
  of Pledgor or any of its Subsidiaries.  

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                      (d)
  Pledgor is the legal, record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable
  title to, the GBC Pledged Security, subject to no Lien, except the security
  interest created by this Pledge Agreement or otherwise in favor of Bank. 

                      (e)
  The Pledged Stock represents 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock
  of Gold Bank-Kansas.  

                      (f)
  The pledge, assignment and delivery of the GBC Pledged Security pursuant to
  this Pledge Agreement creates a valid first lien and security interest in the
  GBC Pledged Security in favor of Bank, and the proceeds thereof, subject to
  no prior Lien or to any agreement purporting to grant to any third party a security
  interest in the assets of Pledgor which would include any of the GBC Pledged
  Security (except as may exist in favor of Bank).  

                      (g)
  None of the Pledged Stock constitutes margin stock, as defined in Regulation
  U promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

                      (h)
  Except as disclosed in the Loan Agreement, to Pledgor’s Knowledge, no condition,
  circumstance, document, restriction, litigation or proceeding (or threatened
  litigation or proceeding or basis therefor) exists which could adversely affect
  the validity or priority of the Liens granted Bank hereunder, which could materially
  adversely affect the ability of Pledgor to perform the obligations under this
  Pledge Agreement, which would constitute a default hereunder or thereunder or
  which would constitute such a default with the giving of notice or lapse of
  time or both.  

                      (i)
  None of the actions contemplated by this Pledge Agreement are in violation of
  or restricted by any restrictive agreement, stop transfer order, any legend
  appearing on the certificates evidencing any of the GBC Pledged Security consisting
  of stock, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act
  of 1934, as amended, any state blue-sky or securities law or any rule or regulation
  issued under the foregoing acts and laws.  

                      (j)
  The GBC Pledged Security is genuine and in all respects represents what it purports
  to be and all the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued,
  are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of any preemptive
  rights or any agreement by which Gold Bank-Kansas is bound.  

                      (k)
  Pledgor has either previously or simultaneously herewith delivered to Bank the
  certificates for all of the Pledged Stock, together with appropriate stock powers
  therefor executed in blank by Pledgor.  

            Section
  5. Covenants.
  Pledgor further agrees that:  

                      (a)
  Pledgor will not sell, assign, redeem, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose
  of, or grant any option with respect to, the GBC Pledged Security, nor will
  it create, incur or permit to exist any Lien with respect to any of the GBC
  Pledged Security, or any interest therein, or any proceeds thereof, except for
  the security interest provided for by this Pledge Agreement.  

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          (b) Pledgor
  will at all times defend Bank’s right, title and security interest in and
  to the GBC Pledged Security and the proceeds thereof against any and all claims
  and demands of any person adverse to the claims of Bank.

                    (c) Pledgor
  shall deliver to Bank all the certificates for all the shares of the capital
  stock of Gold Bank-Kansas that Pledgor may now own directly or indirectly or
  may at any time hereafter acquire.

                    (d) Pledgor
  will take such action and execute such documents as Bank may from time to time
  request relating to the GBC Pledged Security or the proceeds thereof, including,
  but not limited to, the filing of UCC-1 financing statements, in form reasonably
  satisfactory to Bank and its counsel, with the Secretaries of State of any State
  reasonably requested by Bank, in favor of Bank with respect to the GBC Pledged
  Security and the proceeds thereof.

                    (e) Pledgor
  shall pay any fees, assessments, charges or taxes arising with respect to the
  GBC Pledged Security, including, but not limited to, the Obligations described
  in Section 2(c) and
  Section 2(d), above.
  In case of failure by Pledgor to pay any such fees, assessments, charges or
  taxes, Bank shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to pay such fees,
  assessments, charges or taxes, as the case may be, and, in that event, the cost
  thereof shall be payable by Pledgor to Bank immediately upon demand together
  with interest at the applicable rate set forth in the Note from the date of
  disbursement by Bank to the date of payment by Pledgor.

          Section
  6. Default.
  Pledgor shall be in default under this Pledge
  Agreement upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following events or
  conditions (each a “Default”):

                     (a) any
  “Default” under the terms of and as defined in the Loan Agreement;

                    (b) nonpayment
  of any of the Obligations when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise; and

                    (c) the
  claim or creation of any Lien upon any of the GBC Pledged Security or the making
  of any levy, judicial seizure, or attachment thereof or thereon.

          Section
  7. Rights of Parties upon Default.

                     (a) In
  the event of the occurrence of a Default, in addition to all the rights, powers
  and remedies Bank shall be entitled to exercise, whether vested in Bank by the
  terms of this Pledge Agreement, the Loan Agreement or the Note, or by law, equity
  or statute (including, but not limited to, Article 9 of the Illinois Uniform
  Commercial Code) or otherwise, for the protection and enforcement of its rights
  in respect of the GBC Pledged Security, Bank shall be entitled to, without limitation
  (but is under no obligation to Pledgor so to do):

                    (i) transfer
  all or any part of the GBC Pledged Security into Bank’s name or the name
  of its nominee or nominees;

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                     (ii)
  after first obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals, vote all or any part
  of the GBC Pledged Security (whether or not transferred into the name of Bank
  or any nominee) and give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect
  of the GBC Pledged Security and otherwise act with respect thereto as though
  it were the outright owner thereof;  

                      (iii)
  at any time or from time to time to sell, assign and deliver, or grant options
  to purchase, all or any part of the GBC Pledged Security, or any interest therein,
  at any public or private sale, without demand of performance, advertisement
  or notice of intention to sell or of the time or place of sale or adjournment
  thereof or to redeem or otherwise (all of which are hereby waived by Pledgor),
  for cash, on credit or for other property, for immediate or future delivery
  without any assumption of credit risk and for such price or prices and on such
  terms as Bank in its absolute discretion may determine, provided
  that unless, in the sole discretion of Bank, any of the GBC Pledged Security
  threatens to decline in value or is or becomes a type sold on a recognized market,
  Bank will give Pledgor reasonable notice of the time and place of any public
  sale thereof, or of the time after which any private sale or other intended
  disposition is to be made, and any GBC Pledged Security remaining after any
  sale or other disposition shall remain subject to the terms of this Pledge Agreement;
  and  

                      (iv)
  collect any and all money due or to become due and enforce in Pledgor’s
  name all rights with respect to the GBC Pledged Security.  

 For purposes of this Section, any requirements
  of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is mailed to Pledgor in accordance
  with the notice requirements set forth in the Loan Agreement, at least ten (10)
  days before the time of the sale or disposition. Any sale of any of the GBC
  Pledged Security conducted in conformity with customary practices of banks,
  insurance companies or other financial institutions disposing of property similar
  to the GBC Pledged Security shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable. 

                      (b)
  Unless prohibited by law, Pledgor agrees to give Bank, any prospective purchaser
  (pursuant to Section 7(a)(iii)
  above) of the GBC Pledged Security and their respective representatives, full
  access to further information (including, but not limited to, records, files,
  correspondence, tax work papers and audit work papers) relating to or concerning
  Pledgor.  

            Section
  8. Remedies Cumulative.
  Each right, power and remedy of Bank provided
  in this Pledge Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or
  by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition
  to every other right, power or remedy provided for in this Pledge Agreement
  or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
  The exercise or partial exercise by Bank of any one or more of such rights,
  powers or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by
  Bank of all such other rights, powers or remedies, and no failure or delay on
  the part of Bank to exercise any such right, power or remedy shall operate as
  a waiver thereof.  

            Section
  9. Waiver of Defenses.
  No renewal or extension of the time of payment
  of the Obligations; no release or surrender of, or failure to perfect or enforce,
  any security interest for the Obligations; no release of any person primarily
  or secondarily liable on the Obligations (including any maker, endorser or guarantor);
  no delay in enforcement of payment of the Obligations; and no delay or omission
  in exercising any right or power with respect to the  

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 Obligations or any security agreement securing
  the Obligations shall affect the rights of Bank in the GBC Pledged Security.
   

            Section
  10. Other Waivers.
  Waiver by Bank of any Default hereunder, or of any breach of the provisions
  of this Pledge Agreement by Pledgor, or any right of Bank hereunder, shall not
  constitute a waiver of any other Default or breach or right, nor the same Default
  or breach or right on a future occasion.  

            Section
  11. Severability.
  Whenever possible, each provision of this Pledge Agreement shall be interpreted
  in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but, if any
  provision of this Pledge Agreement shall be held to be prohibited or invalid
  under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent
  of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such
  provision or the remaining provisions of this Pledge Agreement.  

            Section
  12. Pledgor’s Obligations Absolute.
  The obligations of Pledgor under this Pledge Agreement
  shall be absolute and unconditional and shall remain in full force and effect
  without regard to, and shall not be released, discharged or in any way impaired
  by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation: (a) any amendment
  or modification of either or both of the Notes, this Pledge Agreement, the Loan
  Agreement or any document or instrument provided for herein or therein or related
  thereto, or any assignment, transfer or other disposition of any thereof; (b)
  any waiver, consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under
  or in respect of any such document or instrument or any exercise or non-exercise
  of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect of any such document
  or instrument or this Pledge Agreement; (c) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
  arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceeding with
  respect to Pledgor or any of its properties or creditors; or (d) any limitation
  on Pledgor’s liabilities, obligations, duties, or indebtedness under any
  such instrument or any invalidity or unenforceability, in whole or in part of
  any such document or instrument or any term thereof; whether or not Pledgor
  shall have notice or knowledge of the foregoing.  

            Section
  13. Termination.
  This Pledge Agreement shall terminate upon the
  receipt by Bank of evidence satisfactory to Bank in Bank’s sole and absolute
  discretion of the payment in full of the Obligations. At the time of such termination,
  Bank, at the request and expense of Pledgor, will execute and deliver to Pledgor
  a proper instrument or instruments acknowledging the satisfaction and termination
  of this Pledge Agreement and any necessary documents to release any UCC-1 financing
  statements filed in connection with the GBC Pledged Security, and will duly
  assign, transfer and deliver to Pledgor such of the GBC Pledged Security as
  has not yet theretofore been sold or otherwise applied or released pursuant
  to this Pledge Agreement.  

            Section
  14. Further Assurances.
  Pledgor, at its expense, will duly execute, acknowledge and deliver all such
  instruments and take all such action as Bank from time to time may reasonably
  request in order further to effectuate the purposes of this Pledge Agreement
  and to carry out the terms hereof. Pledgor, at its expense, will at all times
  cause this Pledge Agreement (or a proper notice or statement, in respect hereof)
  to be duly recorded, published and filed and rerecorded, republished and refiled
  in such manner and in such places, if any, and will pay or cause to be paid
  all such recording, filing and other taxes, fees and charges, if any, and 

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 will comply with all such statutes and
  regulations, if any, as may be required by law in order to establish, perfect,
  preserve and protect the rights and security interests of Bank hereunder. 

            Section
  15. Notices.
  All communications provided for or related hereto
  shall be given in accordance with the notice requirements of the Guaranty.

            Section
  16. Amendments.
  Any term of this Pledge Agreement may be amended only with the written consent
  of Pledgor and Bank. Any amendment effected in accordance with this Section
  shall be binding upon the holder of the Note at the time outstanding, each future
  holder of the Note and Pledgor.  

            Section
  17. Assigns.
  This Pledge Agreement and all rights and liabilities
  hereunder and in and to any and all GBC Pledged Security shall inure to the
  benefit of Bank and its successors and assigns, and shall be binding on Pledgor
  and Pledgor’s successors and assigns.  

            Section
  18. Miscellaneous.
  This Pledge Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between
  Bank and Pledgor and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating
  to the subject matter hereof. The headings in this Pledge Agreement are for
  purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning
  hereof. Capitalized terms contained herein and otherwise undefined shall have
  the meanings given them in the Loan Agreement. Pledgor acknowledges that this
  Pledge Agreement is and shall be effective upon execution by Pledgor and delivery
  to and acceptance hereof by Bank, and it shall not be necessary for Bank to
  execute any acceptance hereof or otherwise to signify or express its acceptance
  hereof to Pledgor.  

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      THIS PLEDGE
  AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED
  AT, AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE LOANS REFERENCED
  HEREIN ARE TO BE FUNDED AND REPAID AT, AND THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT IS OTHERWISE
  TO BE PERFORMED AT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
  AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED, IN ACCORDANCE
  WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO: (i) ITS
  JUDICIALLY OR STATUTORILY PRONOUNCED RULES REGARDING CONFLICT OF LAWS OR CHOICE
  OF LAW; (ii) WHERE ANY OTHER AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED OR DELIVERED; (iii) WHERE
  ANY PAYMENT OR OTHER PERFORMANCE REQUIRED BY ANY SUCH AGREEMENT IS MADE OR REQUIRED
  TO BE MADE; (iv) WHERE ANY BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF ANY SUCH AGREEMENT OCCURS,
  OR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OTHERWISE ACCRUES; (v) WHERE ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING
  IS INSTITUTED OR PENDING; (vi) THE NATIONALITY, CITIZENSHIP, DOMICILE, PRINCIPAL
  PLACE OF BUSINESS, OR JURISDICTION OR ORGANIZATION OR DOMESTICATION OF ANY PARTY;
  (vii) WHETHER THE LAWS OF THE FORUM JURISDICTION OTHERWISE WOULD APPLY THE LAWS
  OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; OR (viii) ANY COMBINATION
  OF THE FOREGOING. AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR NEW VALUE THIS DAY RECEIVED,
  THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY EACH RECOGNIZES THAT THE BANK’S PRINCIPAL OFFICE
  IS LOCATED IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THAT THE BANK MAY BE IRREPARABLY HARMED
  IF REQUIRED TO INSTITUTE OR DEFEND ANY ACTIONS AGAINST THE PLEDGOR OR THE COMPANY
  IN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS OR COOK COUNTY,
  ILLINOIS; THEREFORE, THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY EACH IRREVOCABLY (a) AGREES
  THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT
  AND/OR THE LOANS REFERENCED HEREIN MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF
  ILLINOIS, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS AVAILABLE, AND, OTHERWISE, IN THE CIRCUIT
  COURT OF COOK COUNTY, AT THE BANK’S OPTION; (b) CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION
  OF EACH SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING; (c) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
  WHICH THE PLEDGOR OR THE COMPANY MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH
  SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN EITHER SUCH COURT; AND (d) AGREES TO JOIN THE
  BANK IN ANY PETITION FOR REMOVAL TO EITHER SUCH COURT BROUGHT BY THE BANK. THE
  PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY EACH WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE
  OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT ANY DEFENSE BASED
  ON LACK OF JURISDICTION OR VENUE. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
  RIGHT OF THE BANK TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR AFFECT
  THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE PLEDGOR,
  THE COMPANY, OR ITS RESPECTIVE PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
   

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      THE PLEDGOR
  AND THE COMPANY EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES
  ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING IN ANY
  WAY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS,
  OR ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF THE PLEDGOR, THE COMPANY, OR THE BANK.
  THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY EACH ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN
  THE SIGNING OF THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT
  LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT IT HAS DISCUSSED THIS
  WAIVER WITH SUCH LEGAL COUNSEL. THE PLEDGOR AND THE COMPANY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES
  THAT (a) IT HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER,
  (b) THIS WAIVER HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE PLEDGOR, THE COMPANY, AND THEIR COUNSEL
  AND IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BANK TO ACCEPT THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND
  TO ENTER INTO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND (c) THIS WAIVER SHALL BE EFFECTIVE
  AS TO EACH OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS FULLY INCORPORATED THEREIN. IN THE
  EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT
  TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.  

	GBC KANSAS, INC.	BANK ONE, NA
	By: /s/ Rick J. Tremblay     
                      
                	By: /s/ Doug Gallun        
                      
                    
	      Rick J. Tremblay	      Doug Gallun
	      Vice President	      First Vice President
	 	 
	GOLD BANC CORPORATION, INC.	 
	By: /s/ Rick J. Tremblay     
                      
                	 
	      Rick J. Tremblay	 
	      Executive Vice
      President	 

  

10Exhibit 10.35

GUARANTEE 

            This
  GUARANTEE (this
  “Guarantee”)
  is made as of October 1, 2004, by each of GOLD BANC CORPORATION, INC.,
  a Kansas corporation (“Gold
  Banc”), and GBC KANSAS, INC., a Kansas corporation
  (“GBC,”
  and collectively with Gold Banc, referred to herein as “Guarantor”),
  in favor of BANK ONE, NA, a national banking association with its principal
  place of business at 120 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 (“Bank”).
   

 R
  E C
  I T
  A L
  S:
   

           A.
  Gold Banc Corporation, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust (“Borrower”)
  is an employee stock ownership plan as such term is defined under Sections 401(a)
  and 4975(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
  and Section 407(d)(6) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
  as amended (“ERISA”), established
  by Guarantor for the benefit of its employees and the employees of its direct
  and indirect subsidiaries.  

           B.
  Borrower has obtained financial accommodation from Bank pursuant to that certain
  Loan Agreement dated of even date herewith (the “Loan
  Agreement”) between Borrower and Bank. 

           C.
  It is a condition to the making by Bank to Borrower of the financial accommodation
  described in the Loan Agreement that Guarantor shall have executed and delivered
  to Bank this Guarantee.  

           D.
  Guarantor will obtain benefits as a result of the financial accommodation made
  to Borrower and, accordingly, desires to execute and deliver this Guarantee
  to satisfy the condition described in the preceding paragraph.  

           NOW,
  THEREFORE, to
  induce Bank to extend credit and advance funds to Borrower as described in the
  Loan Agreement, and in consideration of the mutual representations, warranties,
  covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and for other good and valuable
  consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
  the parties hereto agree as follows:  

 A
  G R
  E E
  M E
  N T:
   

            Section
  1. Definitions.
  All defined terms or capitalized terms used in the Loan Agreement shall have
  the same meaning in this Guarantee as in the Loan Agreement, unless said terms
  are defined herein or unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary.
   

            Section
  2. Type of Guarantee; Obligations Covered.
  Gold Banc and GBC, each as primary obligor, and
  not as surety only, jointly and severally hereby irrevocably, unconditionally
  and continually guarantee to Bank prompt payment, performance, discharge, and
  satisfaction, when due, whether by acceleration or otherwise, of the full amount
  of the Borrower’s Liabilities. This Guarantee is a guarantee of payment
  and not collection and the obligations of Gold Banc and GBC under this Guarantee
  are joint and several, shall be unconditional irrespective of any other agreement
  or instrument to which Guarantor is a party and shall remain in full force and
  effect until  

the Guarantee is released or all of Borrower’s Liabilities are satisfied in full. Guarantor expressly waives any requirement that Bank first commence any action or assert any right against Borrower or any other obligor, enforce any right against any of the security securing any of Borrower’s Liabilities, or join Borrower in any action Bank may bring against Guarantor under this Guarantee. 

            Section
  3. Term; Rescinded Payments; No Impairment.
   

                      (a)
  This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect, notwithstanding intervening
  events of any kind, until Borrower’s Liabilities are paid in full. No invalidity,
  irregularity or unenforceability of any or all of Borrower’s Liabilities
  hereby guaranteed, or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute
  a legal or equitable discharge or defense of Guarantor, shall affect, impair,
  or be a defense to this Guarantee, which shall in every respect be construed
  as a primary obligation of Guarantor, and Guarantor waives any and all defenses
  which may be available to Borrower with respect to Borrower’s Liabilities
  and agrees not to assert any such defense hereunder.  

                      (b)
  The obligations guaranteed hereby and payment and other performance hereunder
  shall not be subject to rescission or repayment pursuant to any bankruptcy,
  insolvency, arrangement, reorganization, moratorium, receivership or similar
  proceeding affecting Borrower or Guarantor. If at any time all or any part of
  any payment theretofore applied by Bank to any of Borrower’s Liabilities
  is or must be rescinded or returned by Bank for any reason whatsoever, including,
  without limitation, pursuant to a settlement agreement or compromise effected
  by Bank with a claimant, such Borrower’s Liabilities shall, for the purposes
  of this Guarantee, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or
  returned, be deemed to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application
  by Bank, and this Guarantee shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated,
  as the case may be, as to such Borrower’s Liabilities, all as though such
  application by Bank had not been made and Guarantor agrees to pay such amount
  to Bank upon demand. To the extent permitted by law, this Guarantee shall continue
  to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any amount
  received by Bank is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Bank
  upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization
  of Guarantor or upon the appointment of any receiver, intervenor, conservator,
  trustee or similar official for Guarantor or any substantial part of any Guarantor’s
  assets, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made. 

                      (c)
  The obligations guaranteed hereby and payment and other performance hereunder
  shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from time to
  time of any event, including without limitation, any of the following, whether
  or not such event shall occur with notice to, or the consent of, Guarantor:
   

                                (i)
  any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of Bank in the
  enforcement, assertion or exercise of any right, power or remedy conferred on
  Bank in any of the Loan Documents or this Guarantee; 

                                (ii)
  voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition
  of all or substantially all the assets and liabilities, marshaling of assets
  and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
  bankruptcy, reorganization,  

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 arrangement, adjustment, composition or
  other similar proceedings of or affecting Borrower, Guarantor or any of the
  assets of any of them, or any allegation or contest of the validity of any of
  the Loan Documents in any proceeding;  

                                (iii)
  any waiver of any right, power or remedy or of any default with respect to the
  obligations of any party under any of the Loan Documents;  

                                (iv)
  the lack of the enforceability or validity of any part of the obligations of
  any party under any of the Loan Documents;  

                                (v)
  any change of ownership or control of Borrower or lack of authority of Borrower
  and Guarantor to perform their respective obligations under any of the Loan
  Documents;  

                                (vi)
  any change in or the imposition of any law, decree, regulation or other governmental
  act which does or might impair, delay or in any way affect the validity or enforceability
  of the obligations of Borrower or any of Bank’s other rights under any
  of the Loan Documents;  

                                (vii)
  the existence of any claim, defense, setoff or other rights which Guarantor
  may have at any time against Borrower in connection herewith or with any unrelated
  transaction;  

                                (viii)
  any defense of Borrower; or  

                                (ix)
  any defense of Guarantor with respect to any provision of this Guarantee. 

            Section
  4. Waivers by Guarantor.
  Guarantor hereby expressly waives: (a) notice
  of the acceptance by Bank of this Guarantee; (b) notice of the existence or
  creation or non-payment of all or any of Borrower’s Liabilities; (c) presentment,
  demand, notice of dishonor, protest, notice of protest and all other notices
  whatsoever, either in respect of this Guarantee or any or all of Borrower’s
  Liabilities; (d) all diligence in collection or protection of, or realization
  upon, Borrower’s Liabilities, any obligations hereunder, or any security
  for or guarantee of any of the foregoing; and (e) any requirement on the part
  of Bank to mitigate the damages resulting from the default of Borrower. 

            Section
  5. Bank Indulgences, Forbearance; Consents.
  Bank may, at any time and from time to time, whether
  before or after any discontinuance of this Guarantee, without the consent of
  or notice to Guarantor, except such notice as may be required by applicable
  statute and cannot be waived, without incurring responsibility to Guarantor
  and without impairing or releasing the obligations of Guarantor hereunder, upon
  any terms or conditions, take any or all of the following actions (which may
  or could have the effect of changing the risk hereby undertaken by Guarantor),
  to each of which actions Guarantor hereby consents: (a) change the manner, place
  or terms of payment of any of Borrower’s Liabilities; (b) change, extend
  or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period),
  alter or exchange any of Borrower’s Liabilities; (c) release, settle, subordinate
  or compromise any obligation of Borrower or Guarantor with respect to any of
  Borrower’s Liabilities; (d) grant any indulgence or  

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 forbearance to Borrower, or consent to
  any action or failure to act of Borrower, which, in the absence of Bank’s
  consent, violates or may be deemed to violate any agreements of Borrower with
  respect to any or all of Borrower’s Liabilities; (e) retain or obtain a
  security interest in any property to secure any of Borrower’s Liabilities
  or any obligation hereunder; (f) sell, substitute, exchange, release, surrender,
  realize upon, or otherwise deal with in any manner all or any part of any property
  securing any of Borrower’s Liabilities or any obligation hereunder; (g)
  retain or obtain, or release, the primary or secondary obligations of any obligor
  or obligors, in addition to Guarantor, with respect to any of Borrower’s
  Liabilities; (h) exercise, enforce or assert, or refrain from exercising, enforcing
  or asserting, any right, power or remedy against Borrower or others (including
  Guarantor) under any of the Loan Documents including this Guarantee; (i) apply
  any sums paid or realized to any Borrower’s Liabilities regardless of what
  Borrower’s Liabilities remain unpaid; (j) act or fail to act in any manner
  referred to in this Guarantee which may deprive Guarantor of its right to subrogation
  against Borrower to recover full indemnity for any payments made pursuant to
  this Guarantee; and (k) resort to Guarantor for payment of any of Borrower’s
  Liabilities, whether or not Bank shall have resorted to any property securing
  any of Borrower’s Liabilities or any obligation hereunder or shall have
  proceeded against Borrower or any other obligor primarily or secondarily obligated
  with respect to any of Borrower’s Liabilities.  

            Section
  6. Security.
  Guarantor hereby grants to Bank a lien and security
  interest as security for any and all liabilities, obligations, duties, and indebtedness
  created by this Guarantee (the “Obligations”)
  in any and all property received from any source now or hereafter in the possession
  (all remittances and property to be deemed in the possession of Bank as soon
  as the same are put in transit to it) or custody of Bank for any purpose (including
  safekeeping or pledge of any liability of Guarantor), including the balance
  of any account (whether general or special or for any specific purpose), of
  or for account of Guarantor, or in or as to which Guarantor may have any interest
  or power, including power of hypothecation or disposition, and all claims of
  any description of Guarantor against Bank. As further security for payment of
  the Obligations, Guarantor has granted to Bank a first lien and security interest
  in 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas, all
  as evidenced by a Third Party Pledge and Security Agreement of even date herewith
  executed by Guarantor for the benefit of Bank.  

            Section
  7. Setoff.
  If any liability, obligation, duty, or indebtedness of Guarantor under this
  Guarantee shall become due and owing for any reason, Bank may at its option
  without demand, notice or advertisement, which are hereby expressly waived,
  appropriate and apply any or all present and future credit balances of Guarantor,
  in whatever currencies may be held by Bank and whether held in general or special
  accounts or for any specific purpose, or any other present or future claim of
  Guarantor against Bank toward the payment and extinguishment of the Obligations.

            Section
  8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
  Guarantor makes the following representations, warranties and agreements: 

                      (a)
  Each of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries: (i) is a duly organized and validly
  existing corporation or bank in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
  of its incorporation; (ii) has all requisite power and authority, corporate
  or otherwise, to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business
  as now being conducted; (iii) is duly qualified  

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 as a foreign corporation and in good standing
  in all states in which it is doing business, except where it is not required
  to qualify or where the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse
  effect on its business.  

                      (b)
  The authorized capital stock of Gold Banc consists exclusively of: (i) 50,000,000
  common shares, $1.00 par value per share, of which: (A) 44,567,417 shares were
  duly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable; and (B) 4,774,575
  shares were held by Gold Banc as treasury stock, all as of December 31, 2003;
  and (ii) 50,000,000 preferred shares, no par value per share, none of which
  shares is issued or outstanding. Except as set forth in this paragraph and shares
  subject to employee stock options: (x) there are no unexpired or pending preemptive
  rights with respect to any shares of capital stock of Gold Banc; (y) there are
  no outstanding securities of Gold Banc which are convertible into or exchangeable
  for any shares of Gold Banc’s capital stock; and (z) Gold Banc is not a
  party to any agreement relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any equity
  securities or other securities of Gold Banc. None of the shares of Gold Banc’s
  stock were issued in violation of any federal or state securities laws or any
  other legal requirement. 

                      (c)
  The authorized capital stock of GBC consists exclusively of 1,000,000 common
  shares, $1.00 par value per share, of which 1,000 shares were duly issued and
  outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable and owned by Gold Banc. Except as
  set forth in this paragraph: (x) there are no unexpired or pending preemptive
  rights with respect to any shares of capital stock of GBC; (y) there are no
  outstanding securities of GBC which are convertible into or exchangeable for
  any shares of GBC’s capital stock; and (z) GBC is not a party to any agreement
  relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any equity securities or other
  securities of GBC. None of the shares of GBC’s stock were issued in violation
  of any federal or state securities laws or any other legal requirement.

                      (d)
  The authorized capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas consists, and immediately prior
  to the date of any Borrowing will consist, exclusively of 100,000 common shares,
  $100 par value per share, 72,000 of which shares are, and immediately prior
  to the date of any Borrowing, will be, duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding,
  fully paid and nonassessable and owned by GBC (the “Bank
  Shares”). The Bank Shares are and will be
  on the date of any Borrowing freely transferable and are and will be on the
  date of any Borrowing subject to no claim of right except pursuant to the Loan
  Documents. There are no unexpired or pending preemptive rights with respect
  to any shares of capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas. There are no outstanding
  securities of Gold Bank-Kansas which are convertible into or exchangeable for
  any shares of the capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas, and Gold Bank-Kansas is
  not a party to any agreement relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any
  equity securities. 

                      (e)
  Guarantor has the corporate power to execute, deliver and perform the terms
  and provisions of this Guarantee and has taken all necessary corporate action
  to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Guarantee.
  Guarantor has duly executed and delivered this Guarantee, and this Guarantee
  constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance
  with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
  reorganization or other laws and subject to general principles of equity. 

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                      (f)
  Neither the execution, delivery or performance by Guarantor of this Guarantee,
  nor compliance by it with the terms and provisions hereof will: (i) contravene
  any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or any order, writ, injunction
  or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality; (ii) conflict or be
  inconsistent with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions
  or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
  imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (as defined in
  the Loan Agreement) upon any of the property or assets of Guarantor or any of
  its Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
  credit agreement, loan agreement or any other agreement, contract or instrument
  to which Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
  of its property or assets is bound or to which it may be subject; or (iii) violate
  any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation, charter or bylaws
  of Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.  

                      (g)
  No order, consent, approval, license, authorization or validation of, or filing,
  recording or registration with (except as have been obtained or made prior to
  the date of this Guarantee), or exemption by, any governmental or public body
  or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to authorize, or is required
  in connection with: (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guarantee;
  or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Guarantee.
   

                      (h)
  Except as disclosed in the Loan Agreement, there are no actions, suits or proceedings
  pending or, to the Knowledge of Guarantor, threatened that could materially
  and adversely affect the business, operations, property, assets, condition (financial
  or otherwise) or prospects of Guarantor or of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
  taken as a whole.  

                      (i)
  All factual information (taken as a whole) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished
  by or on behalf of Guarantor in writing to Bank (including, without limitation,
  all information contained herein) for purposes of or in connection with this
  Guarantee or any transaction contemplated herein is, and all other such factual
  information (taken as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Guarantor
  in writing to Bank will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the
  date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by
  omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole)
  not misleading at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information
  was provided.  

                      (j)
  Each of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries has filed and will continue to file all
  tax returns required to be filed by it and has paid and will pay all income
  taxes payable by it which have become due pursuant to such tax returns and all
  other taxes and assessments payable by it which have become due, other than
  those not yet delinquent and except for those contested in good faith and for
  which adequate reserves have been established. Each of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
  has paid, or has provided adequate reserves for the payment of, all federal
  and state income taxes applicable for all prior fiscal years and for the current
  fiscal year to the date hereof.  

                      (k)
  Each of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries is and will continue to be in compliance
  with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable
  restrictions imposed by, all Regulatory Authorities in respect of the conduct
  of its business and the ownership of its property (including applicable statutes,
  regulations, orders and restrictions  

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 relating to environmental standards and
  controls), except such noncompliance as would not, in the aggregate, have a
  material adverse effect on the business, operations, property assets, condition
  (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Guarantor or of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries
  taken as a whole.  

                      (l)
  Neither Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company”
  within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. 

                      (m)
  Neither Guarantor nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding company,”
  or a “subsidiary company’’ of a “holding company,”
  or an “affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary
  company” of a “holding company” within the meaning of the Public
  Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended.  

                      (n)
  Each of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries has fulfilled, and will continue to fulfill,
  its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with
  respect to each Plan, as that term is defined below, including Borrower, and
  is, and will continue to be, in compliance in all material respects with the
  currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, and has not incurred
  any liability to any Plan other than for contributions arising in the normal
  course of business. “Plan”
  shall mean an employee benefit or other plan (x) established or maintained by
  Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or a multiemployer plan, as defined in
  Section 3(37) of ERISA, to which contributions have been made by Guarantor or
  any of its Subsidiaries and (y) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

                      (o)
  GBC owns all of the capital stock of Gold Bank-Kansas.  

            Section
  9. Application of Payments; Noninterference.
   

                      (a)
  Any amounts received by Bank from whatsoever source on account of Borrower’s
  Liabilities may be applied by it toward the payment of such of Borrower’s
  Liabilities, and in such order of application, as Bank may from time to time
  elect. Gold Banc and GBC jointly and severally hereby agree to make all payments,
  at any time due and payable under this Guarantee, without setoff, counterclaim,
  reduction or diminution of any kind or nature, directly to Bank to be applied
  as payment against Borrower’s Liabilities. No setoff, counterclaim, reduction
  or diminution of any obligation or any defense of any kind or nature (other
  than full and timely payment or other performance by Guarantor of its obligations
  hereunder) which Guarantor may have or assert against Bank shall be available
  hereunder to Guarantor against Bank.  

                      (b)
  Notwithstanding any payments made by or for the account of Guarantor pursuant
  to this Guarantee, no payment by Guarantor to Bank pursuant to the provisions
  hereof shall entitle Guarantor to any payment by Borrower or out of any property
  or assets held by or pledged to Borrower or Bank under the Loan Documents or
  otherwise, and Guarantor shall not enforce any right of subrogation, indemnification,
  or contribution against Borrower or any co-guarantor arising out of such payment
  until such time as this Guarantee shall have been discontinued and Bank shall
  have received payment of the full amount of all Borrower’s Liabilities
  and of all other obligations of Guarantor to Bank. Guarantor hereby agrees that
  neither it, nor any of its officers, directors, agents, attorneys or employees
  will interfere on  

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 Guarantor’s behalf in any way with
  the enforcement by Bank of any of its rights under this Guarantee. 

            Section
  10. Guarantee to Inure to Benefit of Assignees
  of Borrower’s Liabilities.
  Bank may, from time to time, whether before or after any
  discontinuance of this Guarantee, without notice to Guarantor, assign or transfer
  any or all of Borrower’s Liabilities or any interest therein. Notwithstanding
  any such assignment or transfer or any subsequent further assignment or transfer
  thereof, such Borrower’s Liabilities shall be and remain Borrower’s
  Liabilities for the purposes of this Guarantee, and each and every immediate
  and successive assignee or transferee of any of Borrower’s Liabilities
  or of any interest therein shall, to the extent of the interest of such assignee
  or transferee in Borrower’s Liabilities, be entitled to the benefits of
  this Guarantee to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were Bank;
  provided, however,
  that unless Bank shall otherwise consent in writing, Bank shall have an unimpaired
  right, prior and superior to that of any such assignee or transferee, to enforce
  this Guarantee for the benefit of Bank as to those of Borrower’s Liabilities
  which Bank has not assigned or transferred or which are then owed to Bank. 

            Section
  11. Costs.
  Guarantor hereby agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses, including attorneys’
  fees and expenses and costs of litigation, which may be incurred by Bank in
  preparing, negotiating, modifying, waiving, enforcing or attempting to enforce
  this Guarantee.  

            Section
  12. Place of Payment.
  Unless otherwise directed by Bank, payment hereunder shall in each case be made
  at the place of payment of such of Borrower’s Liabilities in respect of
  which such payment hereunder is made.  

            Section
  13. Notices.
  All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for hereunder
  shall be: (a) in writing; (b) made in one of the following manners; and (c)
  deemed given (i) if and when personally delivered, (ii) on the next business
  day if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier addressed to the appropriate
  party as set forth below or (iii) on the fifth business day after being deposited
  in United States certified or registered mail, and addressed as follows: 

	 	(x)	If to GBC or Gold Banc:

      c/o Gold Banc Corporation, Inc. 

      11301 Nall Avenue 

      Leawood, Kansas 66211

      Attention: Mr. Rick J. Tremblay, Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	(y)	If to Bank:
 Bank
      One, NA

      120 South LaSalle Street 

      Mail Code IL1-1110 

      Chicago, Illinois 60603
 Attention:
      Mr. Doug Gallun, First Vice President Telecopy: (312) 661-9511

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 or, as to each party, at such other address
  as shall be designated by such party in a notice to each other party complying
  as to delivery with the terms of this subsection.  

            Section
  14. Waiver.
  No delay or omission by Bank to exercise any right or power accruing shall impair
  any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any
  such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be
  deemed expedient by Bank. No course of dealing between Guarantor and Bank nor
  any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any of the other Loan
  Documents shall operate as a waiver of any rights of Bank. If any provision
  contained in this Guarantee is breached by Guarantor and thereafter duly waived
  by Bank, such waiver shall be limited to the particular breach so waived and
  shall not be deemed to waive any other breach hereunder. 

            Section
  15. Severability.
  Wherever possible, each provision of this Guarantee
  shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
  law, but if any provision of this Guarantee shall be ineffective or invalid,
  such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or
  invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining
  provisions of this Guarantee.  

            Section
  16. Amendment.
  This Guarantee embodies the entire agreement and understanding between Bank
  and Guarantor and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between
  Bank and Guarantor relating to the subject matter of this Guarantee. No waiver,
  amendment, release or modification of the terms of this Guarantee shall be established
  by conduct, custom or course of dealing, but solely by an instrument in writing
  duly signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.  

            Section
  17. Discontinuance of Guarantee.
  This Guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee and Bank may continue to act
  in reliance hereon until receipt by Bank of a written notice to the contrary
  from Guarantor, after which this Guarantee shall nevertheless remain in full
  force and effect with respect to each and all of Borrower’s Liabilities
  either existing at the time of receipt by Bank of such written notice or which
  Bank is obligated at the time of its receipt of such written notice to create
  or acquire after the date of such written notice (including expenses thereafter
  paid or incurred by Bank in attempting to collect such Borrower’s Liabilities),
  until such Borrower’s Liabilities (and costs and expenses) have been paid
  in full.  

            Section
  18. Headings.
  The headings in this Guarantee are for purposes of reference only and shall
  not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.  

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      THIS GUARANTEE
  AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED, EXECUTED AND DELIVERED AT,
  AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE OBLIGATIONS
  REFERENCED HEREIN ARE TO BE FUNDED AND REPAID AT, AND THIS GUARANTEE IS OTHERWISE
  TO BE PERFORMED AT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THIS GUARANTEE SHALL BE INTERPRETED,
  AND THE RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO DETERMINED, IN ACCORDANCE
  WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WITHOUT REFERENCE TO: (i) ITS
  JUDICIALLY OR STATUTORILY PRONOUNCED RULES REGARDING CONFLICT OF LAWS OR CHOICE
  OF LAW; (ii) WHERE ANY OTHER AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED OR DELIVERED; (iii) WHERE
  ANY PAYMENT OR OTHER PERFORMANCE REQUIRED BY ANY SUCH AGREEMENT IS MADE OR REQUIRED
  TO BE MADE; (iv) WHERE ANY BREACH OF ANY PROVISION OF ANY SUCH AGREEMENT OCCURS,
  OR ANY CAUSE OF ACTION OTHERWISE ACCRUES; (v) WHERE ANY ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING
  IS INSTITUTED OR PENDING; (vi) THE NATIONALITY, CITIZENSHIP, DOMICILE, PRINCIPAL
  PLACE OF BUSINESS, OR JURISDICTION OR ORGANIZATION OR DOMESTICATION OF ANY PARTY;
  (vii) WHETHER THE LAWS OF THE FORUM JURISDICTION OTHERWISE WOULD APPLY THE LAWS
  OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; OR (viii) ANY COMBINATION
  OF THE FOREGOING. AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR NEW VALUE THIS DAY RECEIVED,
  THE GUARANTOR RECOGNIZES THAT THE BANK’S PRINCIPAL OFFICE IS LOCATED IN
  CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AND THAT THE BANK MAY BE IRREPARABLY HARMED IF REQUIRED TO
  INSTITUTE OR DEFEND ANY ACTIONS AGAINST THE GUARANTOR IN ANY JURISDICTION OTHER
  THAN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS OR COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THEREFORE,
  THE GUARANTOR IRREVOCABLY (a) AGREES THAT ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING
  RELATING TO THIS GUARANTEE AND/OR THE OBLIGATIONS REFERENCED HEREIN MAY BE BROUGHT
  IN THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS AVAILABLE,
  AND, OTHERWISE, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, AT THE BANK’S OPTION;
  (b) CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF EACH SUCH COURT IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION
  OR PROCEEDING; (c) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH THE GUARANTOR MAY HAVE TO THE
  LAYING OF VENUE IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN EITHER SUCH COURT;
  AND (d) AGREES TO JOIN THE BANK IN ANY PETITION FOR REMOVAL TO EITHER SUCH COURT
  BROUGHT BY THE BANK. THE GUARANTOR WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO JURISDICTION AND
  VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER AND AGREES NOT TO ASSERT ANY DEFENSE
  BASED ON LACK OF JURISDICTION OR VENUE. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT
  THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW
  OR AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE
  GUARANTOR OR ITS PROPERTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.  

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      THE GUARANTOR
  HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT THAT IT MAY
  HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING IN ANY WAY IN CONNECTION WITH
  THIS GUARANTEE OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR ANY OTHER STATEMENTS OR
  ACTIONS OF THE GUARANTOR OR THE BANK. THE GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS
  BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS GUARANTEE AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS
  WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT
  IT HAS DISCUSSED THIS WAIVER WITH SUCH LEGAL COUNSEL. THE GUARANTOR FURTHER
  ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (a) IT HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING AND RAMIFICATIONS
  OF THIS WAIVER, (b) THIS WAIVER HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE GUARANTOR AND THE GUARANTOR’S
  COUNSEL AND IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE BANK TO ACCEPT THIS GUARANTEE AND
  TO ENTER INTO THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND (c) THIS WAIVER SHALL BE EFFECTIVE
  AS TO EACH OF SUCH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS FULLY INCORPORATED THEREIN. IN THE
  EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT
  TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.  

       IN
  WITNESS WHEREOF, Guarantor has caused this Guarantee
  to be executed as of the date first above written.  

	GBC KANSAS, INC.	GOLD BANC CORPORATION, INC.
	By: /s/ Rick J. Tremblay     
                      
                	By: /s/ Rick J. Tremblay     
                      
                
	      Rick J. Tremblay	      Rick J. Tremblay
	      Vice President	      Executive Vice
      President

  

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