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EX-10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

HUDSON VALLEY BANK

AMENDED AND RESTATED

DIRECTORS RETIREMENT PLAN

EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2004

     This Amended and Restated Directors Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is adopted by HUDSON VALLEY
BANK (“HVB”), formerly known as HUDSON VALLEY NATIONAL BANK, and is for the benefit of the
Directors of Hudson Valley Bank and all subsidiaries and affiliates thereof, (hereinafter referred
to as “Directors”). It is in recognition of the long and distinguished service they have rendered
to these entities and with the hope of encouraging future outside directors to similarly provide
lengthy and distinguished service as well.

ARTICLE ONE

TYPE OF PLAN

     This Plan is intended to be an unfunded retirement plan for the benefit of the outside
Directors of the above named entities. This Plan replaces and supersedes the Hudson Valley
National Bank Directors Retirement Plan dated November 24, 1987 and the Hudson Valley National Bank
Amended and Restated Directors Retirement Plan dated December 1, 1993.

ARTICLE TWO

EFFECTIVE DATE

     The effective date of the original plan was November 24, 1987 and the effective date of the
amended and restated plan was December 1, 1993 (collectively, the “Original Plans”). This
restatement is effective as of May 1, 2004. The Original Plans are of no further force and effect.

 

 

ARTICLE THREE

ELIGIBILITY

     A. Eligibility is restricted to outside Directors (“Directors”). An “outside director” shall
mean a Director who is not a full-time employee of any entity referred to in this plan.

     B. A Director, in order to be eligible, must accrue two (2) full years of service as a
Director. A “year of service” is determined on a July 1, fiscal year.

     C. The Director must retire, resign, or otherwise relinquish his service as Director to
receive a retirement benefit under the Plan.

ARTICLE FOUR

VESTING

     A. Every Director who satisfies all of the requirements of Section 3 herein shall be eligible
to receive either a pro rata or full retirement benefit on his or her benefit commencement date.

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     B. Pro rata retirement benefits are based on the following vesting schedules:

	 	 	 	 	 
	NO. OF YEARS AS DIRECTORS	 	AMOUNT PAYABLE
	(AS OF JULY 1/st/)	 	RETIREMENT AGE
	 
	 	 
	2 years but less than 3 years
	 	 	5	%
	 
	3 years but less than 4 years
	 	 	10	%
	 
	4 years but less than 5 years
	 	 	17.50	%
	 
	5 years but less than 6 years
	 	 	25	%
	 
	6 years but less than 7 years
	 	 	32.50	%
	 
	7 years but less than 8 years
	 	 	40.00	%
	 
	8 years but less than 9 years
	 	 	47.50	%
	 
	9 years but less than 10 years
	 	 	55	%
	 
	10 years but less than 11 years
	 	 	62.50	%
	 
	11 years but less than 12 years
	 	 	70	%
	 
	12 years but less than 13 years
	 	 	77.50	%
	 
	13 years but less than 14 years
	 	 	85	%
	 
	14 years but less than 15 years
	 	 	92.50	%
	 
	15 or more years
	 	 	100	%
	 

ARTICLE FIVE

FORFEITURE

     Section 4 of this plan notwithstanding, a Director who has become vested under Section 4 shall
forfeit all benefits hereunder if he or she has engaged in any gross misconduct or criminal
activity as a Director.

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ARTICLE SIX

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

     Each Director shall receive an annual retirement benefit payable in monthly installments. The
calculation of the amount to be paid shall be the highest Basic Fees (as hereinafter defined) paid
to the Director in any one (1) of the three (3) prior years to the Director’s retirement. The term
“Basic Fees”, as used herein, shall mean fees paid for attendance at all board meetings, fees paid
for all committee meetings or sub-committees of the entities of their ultimate parent corporation,
the Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (the “Holding Corp.”). It shall exclude all other fees, including
Directors stipends, special stipends for selected committee chairman, all reimbursed expenses and
all fees paid for acting as Vice Chairman or Chairman of the Board of Hudson Valley Bank, the
Holding Corp., and all other entities as may be covered by this agreement from time to time.

ARTICLE SEVEN

BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT DATE

     A Director shall begin to receive benefits under the plan on the first day of the month after
he or she retires, resigns, or otherwise relinquishes his or her place as a Director.

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ARTICLE EIGHT

FORM OF BENEFIT

     Each Director shall receive a monthly benefit, payable as follows: Directors receive credit
towards pension benefits equal to six (6) months for each year of service (subject to vesting and
minimum age criteria) up to a maximum of 120 months (10 years), payable to the Director during his
life, and on his or her death prior to receiving payments for such period, to the spouse of such
Director, if such Director is married, and to his or her estate, if such Director is unmarried, for
the remainder of such period.

ARTICLE NINE

DEATH PRIOR TO BENEFIT COMMENCEMENT DATE

     If such Director who is vested in his or her retirement benefit dies prior to his or her
benefit commencement date, he or she will be deemed to have retired on the day before his or her
death, and his or her spouse or estate will receive benefits in accordance with Articles “Four”
through “Eight” hereof.

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ARTICLE TEN

ASSIGNMENT

     No retirement benefit under the plan shall be subject in any manner to alienation,
anticipation, encumbrance, sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, charge or hypothecation, whether
voluntary or involuntary, and any attempt to alienate, anticipate, encumber, sell, assign,
transfer, pledge, charge or hypothecate shall be null and void and shall be disregarded by Hudson
Valley Bank, which shall continue to discharge its obligations hereunder as though no such
assignment had been made.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

FUNDING

     The plan is intended to be an unfunded arrangement. Nothing contained in the plan and no
action taken pursuant to the provision of this plan shall create or be construed to create a trust
of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between Hudson Valley Bank and any Director, his or her
spouse, or his or her estate.

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ARTICLE TWELVE

RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS

     Any retirement benefits payable hereunder shall represent only an unsecured contractual
obligation on the part of Hudson Valley Bank to pay the amounts described herein. No person,
including the Director, his or her spouse, or his or her estate, shall have, by virtue of the terms
of this plan, any interest in such amounts. The extent that any person acquires a right to secure
payments from Hudson Valley Bank under this plan, such right shall not be greater than the right of
any unsecured general creditor of Hudson Valley Bank. If Hudson Valley Bank elects to satisfy its
obligations hereunder through the purchase of an annuity certificate, neither the Director, his or
her spouse, nor his or her estate, shall have any rights whatsoever in the annuity certificate.
Hudson Valley Bank shall be the sole owner and beneficiary thereof and may exercise all incidents
of ownership therein.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

AMENDMENT

     Hudson Valley Bank, through its Board of Directors, reserves the right to amend this plan, or
to terminate the plan, at any time, except that all benefits in pay status shall be continued.

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ARTICLE FOURTEEN

ADMINISTRATION

     The Executive Committee, or the Board of Directors itself of HVB or, if there is no such
committee, the Board of Directors, shall administer the plan. No members of such committee, while
serving as a committee member, shall be eligible to receive any retirement benefit under the plan,
but such Director will accrue years of service. Decisions and determinations by the committee
shall be final and binding upon all parties. The committee shall have the authority to interpret
the plan, to adopt and revise rules and regulations relating to the plan, and to make any other
determinations which it believes necessary or advisable for the administration of the plan.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

MANDATORY RETIREMENT DATE

     Mandatory retirement age for Directors of the entities shall be seventy-five (75) years of
age. However, upon request, the Board may grant year to year extensions until the Director reaches
age eighty (80), at which time they must retire on their eightieth (80th)
birthday.

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ARTICLE SIXTEEN

LEGAL INCAPACITY

     Whenever, in the committee’s opinion, a person entitled to receive any retirement benefit
hereunder is under a legal disability or is incapacitated in any way as to be unable to manage the
person’s financial affairs, the committee may direct that payment be made to such person’s legal
representative or guardian or to a friend of relative of such person for such person’s benefit, or
the committee may direct that application of the payment for the benefit of such person in any
manner as the committee considers advisable. Any payment of a retirement benefit in accordance
with the provision of this Article 16 shall be complete discharge of any liability for the making
of such payment under the provisions of the plan.

ARTICLE SEVENTEEN

GOVERNING LAW

     This plan shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to
the extent (if any) pre-empted by federal law.

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     The foregoing constitutes the entire Agreement known the HUDSON VALLEY BANK DIRECTORS
RETIREMENT PLAN.

DIRECTORS OF HUDSON VALLEY BANK AS OF MAY 1, 2004

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	WILLIAM E. GRIFFIN, Chairman of the Board
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JAMES J. LANDY, President and CEO
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	STEPHEN R. BROWN
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JAMES M. COOGAN
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	GREGORY F. HOLCOMBE
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	ANGELO R. MARTINELLI
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	WILLIAM J. MULROW
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JOHN A. PRATT JR.
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	CECILE D. SINGER
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	CRAIG S. THOMPSON

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AMENDMENT TO THE HUDSON VALLEY BANK AMENDED AND
 RESTATED DIRECTORS RETIREMENT PLAN

     THIS AMENDMENT (the “Amendment”), having an effective date of December 31, 2008 (the
“Effective Date”), is hereby made by the Board of Directors of Hudson Valley Bank (each, a
“Director” and collectively the “Directors”).

WITNESSETH:

     WHEREAS, Hudson Valley Bank has heretofore adopted the Hudson Valley Bank Amended and Restated
Directors Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), a copy of which Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and

     WHEREAS, Article Thirteen of the Plan provides that Hudson Valley Bank, through its Directors,
reserves the right to amend the Plan or to terminate the Plan, at any time; and

     WHEREAS, the Directors hereby desire to amend certain provisions of the Plan; and

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, it is mutually understood and agreed that
the Plan shall be amended as follows:

     A. Retirement benefits due a Director under the Plan, if any, shall be frozen as of December
31, 2008. Therefore, retirement benefits have been determined pursuant to the terms of the Plan as
though a Director has retired, resigned or otherwise relinquished his or her place as a Director
effective December 31, 2008. This retirement benefit, as determined, shall be paid to a Director
pursuant to the terms of Article Seven of the Plan. Any Director who has not attained vested status
as of December 31, 2008 will not be eligible to receive any retirement benefits under the Plan.

     B. Pursuant to the terms of the by laws of Hudson Valley Bank, no Director shall serve beyond
the end of the calendar year of his or her eightieth (80th) birthday unless a one (1)
year extension is approved by a two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Directors of Hudson Valley
Bank (the “Board”), excluding, however, (i) the vote of the Director being considered for an
extension, and (ii) the votes of those Directors on the Board whose age is eighty (80) or greater.

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     All other terms and conditions of the Plan, except as modified herein, shall remain in full
force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Directors of Hudson Valley Bank have executed this Amendment this ___
day of March, 2009.

	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	WILLIAM E. GRIFFIN, Chairman of the Board
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JAMES J. LANDY, President and CEO
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	STEPHEN R. BROWN
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JAMES M. COOGAN
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	GREGORY F. HOLCOMBE
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	ANGELO R. MARTINELLI
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	WILLIAM J. MULROW
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	JOHN A. PRATT JR.
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	CECILE D. SINGER
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	CRAIG S. THOMPSON
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	MICHAEL P. MALONEY
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	ADAM IFSHIN
	 
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	MARY JANE FOSTER

12EX-10.4

Exhibit 10.4

HUDSON VALLEY HOLDING CORP.

2002 STOCK OPTION PLAN

1.       PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

          The purpose of the Hudson Valley Holding Corp. 2002 Stock Option Plan (the “2002 Plan”) is to
provide a means by which Hudson Valley Holding Corp. (the “Corporation”), through the grant of
incentive stock options and nonstatutory stock options to eligible employees, directors, consultants and advisors, may attract and retain persons of ability and motivate these persons to exert their best
efforts on behalf of the Corporation and any Subsidiary Corporation of the Corporation,
(“Subsidiary Corporation”). For the purposes of the 2002 Plan, and any option agreement under the
2002 Plan, the term “Subsidiary Corporation” means a Subsidiary Corporation as defined by Section
424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. It is intended that options issued under
the Plan may be either incentive stock options which meet the requirements of Section 422 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or nonstatutory stock options.

2.      SHARES SUBJECT TO THE 2002 PLAN

          Subject to the provisions of Section 5B(8) of the 2002 Plan, 1,535,000
shares of the common stock of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) shall be
reserved and may be optioned under the 2002 Plan. The reserved shares may be
authorized and unissued shares, treasury shares, or any combination of both.
Subject to the provisions of Section 5B(8) of the 2002 Plan, if an option
granted under the 2002 Plan expires, terminates, or is canceled for any reason, the shares of stock
representing that option shall be available again under the 2002 Plan.

3.      ADMINISTRATION OF THE 2002 PLAN

          The 2002 Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of
the Corporation (the “Committee”). The Committee shall have plenary authority in its sole
discretion, subject to and not inconsistent with the express provisions of the 2002 Plan, to grant
options; to determine the purchase price of the Common Stock covered by each option, the term of
each option, the employees, directors, consultants, and advisors to whom, and the time or times at
which, options shall be granted, and the number of shares to be covered by each option; to
designate options as incentive stock options or nonstatutory stock options; to interpret the 2002
Plan; to prescribe, amend, and rescind rules and regulations relating to the 2002 Plan; to
determine the terms and provisions of the option agreements (which need not be identical) for
options granted under the 2002 Plan; and to make all other determinations deemed necessary or
advisable for the administration and operation of the 2002 Plan.

          The Committee shall keep minutes of its meetings. All actions of the
Committee shall be taken by a majority of its members. All actions taken and all interpretations
and determinations made by the Committee in good faith shall be final and binding upon all persons
who have received awards, the Corporations, any Subsidiary Corporation, and all other interested
persons.

4.      ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE 2002 PLAN

          A. Incentive stock options may be granted to any employee of the Corporation or of any
Subsidiary Corporation who is a signatory to a Stock Restriction Agreement with respect to all of
his or her common stock, including all stock presently owned, or hereinafter acquired. This
Agreement will be substantially in the form of Exhibit “A”, attached hereto. No incentive stock
option may be granted to any employee who at the time of such grant owns more than 10 percent of
the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation.

          B. Nonstatutory stock options may be granted to any employee,
director, consultant, or advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation and who is a signatory to a Stock Restriction Agreement with respect to all of his or
her common stock, including all stock presently owned, or hereinafter acquired. This Agreement will
be substantially in the form of Exhibit “A”, attached hereto.

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5.      TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS GRANTED UNDER THE 2002 PLAN

          Each option granted under the 2002 Plan shall be evidenced by a written agreement in a form
determined by the Committee. Such agreement shall be subject to the following express terms and
conditions, and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may deem appropriate.

          A. IDENTIFICATION OF OPTION STATUS AND OPTION PERIOD

               Each option agreement shall identify the status of the option as an incentive stock option
intended to qualify under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or as a
nonstatutory stock option. An incentive stock option and a nonstatutory stock option may not be
granted subject to a tandem exercise arrangement. Each option agreement shall specify the period
for which the option thereunder is granted and shall provide that the option shall expire at the
end of such period. The period for which an option is granted may not exceed 10 years from the date
of the grant of the option.

          B. EXERCISE OF OPTION

               (1) By
an optionee while an Employee, Director, Consultant or Advisor. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5B of the 2002 Plan, each option
shall be exercisable by an optionee while an employee, director, consultant, or advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation from time to time over a period beginning on the date of the grant of the option and
ending on the earliest of the expiration, termination, or cancellation of the option; provided,
however, that the Committee may, by the provisions of any option agreement, limit the period of
time during which the option is exercisable and limit the number of shares purchasable in any
period of time during which the option is exercisable.

               (2) Exercise in the event of death or disability.

                    a. Death — If an optionee under an incentive stock option dies while an employee of the Corporation or of any
Subsidiary Corporation, or if an optionee under a nonstatutory stock option dies while an employee,
director, consultant or advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary Corporation, his or her option(s) under the 2002 Plan may be
exercised by the estate of the deceased optionee or by any person who acquired such option(s) by
bequest or inheritance or by reason of the death of the optionee within the twelve (12) months
immediately following his or her death, and to the extent that the deceased optionee was entitled
to exercise such option(s) on the date of his or her death; provided, however, that no option may
be exercised after the fixed period of that option.

                    b. Disability — If an optionee under an incentive stock option ceases to be an employee of the Corporation or of any
Subsidiary Corporation, or if an optionee under a nonstatutory stock option
ceases to be an employee, director, consultant or advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation, because of a disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, his or her right to exercise the options(s) under the 2002 Plan may be exercised
by him or her, his or her attorney-in-fact or conservator, within the 12 months immediately
following the date when he or she ceases to be an employee, director, consultant or advisor to the
extent that the optionee was entitled to exercise such option(s) on the date when his or her
employment with, directorship of, or engagement as a consultant or advisor by the Corporation or
any Subsidiary Corporation ceases; provided, however, that no option may be exercised after the
fixed period of that option and that the exercise of any incentive stock option by an
attorney-in-fact or conservator of the optionee does not disqualify that option as an incentive
stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

          As to all employee/optionees, if the disability leave does not exceed 90 days, the optionee
will be deemed to be in the continuous employment of his or her employer during the leave period.
However, if the disability leave exceeds 90 days, the optionee will be deemed to have terminated
his or her employment on the 91st day of that leave, and will not, pursuant to Section 22(E) 3,
continue to accrue hours of service, unless re-employment is guaranteed by statute or contract.

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               (3) Termination
of Employment. If an optionee under an incentive stock option or nonstatutory stock option ceases to be an employee of the Corporation or
of any Subsidiary Corporation, for any reason other than death or disability, his or her right to
exercise eligible option(s) as of the date of termination under the 2002 Plan may be exercised by
him or her within the 3 months immediately following the date of his or her termination of
employment, or the expiration date of any mutually agreed salary continuation agreement, to the
extent that the optionee was entitled to exercise such option(s) at the date of his or her
termination of employment; provided, however, that no option may be exercised after the fixed
period of that option; provided further, that if an optionee ceases to be an employee of the
Corporation or of any Subsidiary Corporation because he or she voluntarily terminates his or her
employment or because his or her employment is involuntarily terminated by the Corporation or of
any Subsidiary Corporation as a result of his or her willful misconduct, as determined in the sole
discretion of the Committee, all right to exercise the option(s) under the 2002 Plan shall
terminate on the date his or her employment ceases.

               (4) Termination
of Directorship or of Engagement as a Consultant or Advisor. If an optionee under a nonstatutory option ceases to be a director,
consultant or advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation for any reason other than his or her death or disability, his or her right to exercise
the option(s) under the 2002 Plan may be exercised within the 3 months immediately following the
date when his or her directorship terminates or when his or her engagement as a consultant or
advisor terminates, to the extent that the optionee was entitled to exercise such option(s) at the
date of that termination; provided, however, that no option may be exercised after the fixed period
of that option; provided further, that if an optionee ceases to be a director, consultant, or
advisor of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary Corporation because he or she voluntarily resigns
from his or her directorship or from his or her engagement as a consultant or advisor or because he
or she is removed for cause by the shareholders of the Corporation or of any Subsidiary
Corporation, or by the Board of Directors of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary Corporation in the
case of a consultant or advisor, all right to exercise the option(s) under the 2002 Plan shall
terminate on the date when his or her directorship or engagement as a consultant or advisor ceases.

               (5) Option Price. The option price per share shall be determined in good faith by the Committee at the time an option is granted and shall be not less
than 100 percent of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock of the Corporation on the
date of the grant. Each option shall provide that the optionee agrees that the option price per
share is determined in good faith by the Committee at the time when that option is granted as not
less than 100 percent of the fair market value of a share of the Common Stock of the Corporation on
the date of the grant.

               (6) Payment of purchase price upon exercise. Each option shall provide that the purchase
price of the shares for which an option may be exercised shall be paid in cash to the Corporation
at the time of exercise.

               (7) Nontransferability. No option granted under the 2002 Plan shall be transferable other
than by a will of an optionee or by the laws of descent and distribution. During his or her
lifetime, an option shall be exercisable only by an optionee or by the optionee’s attorney-in-fact
or conservator, unless in the case of an incentive stock option, such exercise by the attorney-in-fact
or conservator of the optionee would disqualify the option as an incentive stock option under
Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

               (8) Adjustments. Notwithstanding any other provision of the 2002 Plan, in the event of
any change in the outstanding Common Stock of the Corporation by reason of any stock dividend,
recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, combination or exchange of
shares, rights offering to purchase the Common Stock at a price substantially below fair market
value, or of any similar change affecting the Common Stock, the number and kind of shares which
thereafter may be optioned and sold under the 2002 Plan and the number and kind of shares subject
to option in outstanding option agreements and the purchase price per share thereof shall be
appropriately adjusted consistent with such change in such manner as the Committee may deem
equitable to prevent substantial dilution or enlargement of the rights granted to, or available for
an optionee under the 2002 Plan.

               (9) No
rights as a Shareholder. No optionee shall have any right as a shareholder with respect to any share subject to his or her option under the 2002 Plan prior to the date of issuance to him or her of a
certificate for such share.

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               (10) No rights to continued directorship or engagement as a Consultant or Advisor. The
2002 Plan and any option granted under the 2002 Plan shall neither confer upon any optionee any
right with respect to continuance of any directorship or engagement as a consultant or advisor of the Corporation or of
any Subsidiary Corporation, nor shall it interfere in any way with the right of the shareholders,
or the board of directors of the Corporation or of a Subsidiary Corporation in the case of a
consultant or advisor, to remove him or her at any time.

               (11) No rights to continued employment. The 2002 Plan and any option granted under the
2002 Plan shall neither confer upon any optionee any right with respect to continuance of
employment by the Corporation or by any Subsidiary Corporation, nor shall it interfere in any way
with the right of his or her employer to terminate his or her employment at any time.

               (12) Reorganization, Merger, Consolidation, Dissolution, Liquidation or Sale of Assets.
Upon a reorganization in which the Corporation is not the surviving Corporation, all unexercised
options under the 2002 Plan shall be canceled as of the effective date of the reorganization;
provided, however, that the Committee shall give to an optionee, or the holder of the option(s)
granted under the 2002 Plan, at least 15 days’ written notice of the reorganization and during the
period beginning when the optionee, or the holder of the option(s), shall have the right to
exercise the unexercised option(s) under the 2002 Plan without regard to employment or directorship
tenure requirements or installment exercise limitations, if any; provided further, however, that
the option(s) may not be exercised after the period provided in either Section 5A or 5B of the 2002
Plan. For the purposes of the 2002 Plan, and any option agreement under the 2002 Plan, the term
“reorganization” shall mean any merger, consolidation, sale of substantially all of the assets of
the Corporation, or sale of the securities of the Corporation pursuant to which the Corporation is
or becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of another Corporation after the effective date of the
reorganization.

               (13) Stock Restriction Agreement. The Corporation shall
not be required to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of any option
granted under the 2002 Plan until the optionee, or the holder of the option(s) becomes a signatory
to a stock restriction agreement with respect to all of his or her Common Stock, including all
shares presently owned or hereinafter acquired. This Agreement will be substantially in the form of
Exhibit “A”, attached hereto.

6.      COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS

          The 2002 Plan, the grant and exercise of options under the 2002 Plan, and the obligation of
the Corporation to sell and deliver shares under such options, shall be subject to all applicable
federal and state laws and rules and regulations and to such approvals by any government or
regulatory agency as may be required. The Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver any
certificates for shares of Common Stock prior to the completion of any registration or qualification or such shares under any federal or state law or any
ruling or regulation of any governmental body which the Corporation shall, in its sole discretion,
determine to be necessary or advisable.

7.      AMENDMENT AND DISCONTINUANCE

          The Committee may amend, suspend, or discontinue the 2002 Plan;
provided, however, that no action of the Committee may (a) increase the number of shares reserved
for options pursuant to Section 2 or (b) permit the granting of options which expire beyond the
period provided for in Section 5B (7). Without the written consent of an optionee, no amendment or
suspension of the 2002 Plan shall alter or impair any option previously granted to him or her
under the 2002 Plan.

8.      EFFECTIVE DATE

          The effective date of the 2002 Plan is July 1, 2002. It is subject to the approval of the
shareholders of the Corporation holding no less than a majority of the shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, options may be granted by the Committee as
provided by the terms of the 2002 Plan subject to such subsequent shareholder approval. No option shall be granted under the 2002 Plan after June 30,
2012.

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9.      NAME OF THE 2002 PLAN

          The Plan shall be known as the “Hudson Valley Holding Corp. 2002 Stock Option Plan”.

10.      EFFECT OF THE PLAN ON OTHER STOCK PLANS

          The adoption of the 2002 Plan shall have no effect on awards made or to be made pursuant to
other stock plans covering directors, officers, or employees of the Corporation, any Subsidiary
Corporation, a parent Corporation, or any predecessors or successors thereto.

          The foregoing constitutes the entire agreement known as the Hudson Valley Holding Corp. Stock Option Plan of 2002.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	APPROVED:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/William E. Griffin
 

	 	 
	 	/s/James J. Landy
 

	 	 
	William E. Griffin

	 	 	 	James J. Landy	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/Stephen R. Brown
 

	 	 
	 	/s/James M. Coogan
 

	 	 
	Stephen R. Brown

	 	 	 	James M. Coogan	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/Gregory F. Holcombe

	 	 	 	/s/Angelo R. Martinelli	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 

	 	 
	Gregory F. Holcombe

	 	 	 	Angelo R. Martinelli	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/Ronald F. Poe
 

	 	 
	 	/s/John A. Pratt Jr.
 

	 	 
	Ronald F. Poe

	 	 	 	John A. Pratt Jr.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/Cecile D. Singer
 

	 	 
	 	/s/Craig S. Thompson
 

	 	 
	Cecile D. Singer

	 	 	 	Craig S. Thompson

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