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                  <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><strong>&#160;VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP</strong></div>
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                <div align="left"><strong>1.01.&#160; Entry into a Material Definitive
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Vineyard
                National Bancorp (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary
                Vineyard Bank
                (the "Bank") reorganized their internal personnel in December 2005.
                As a result,
                certain employees were promoted to executive officers. The following
                executive
                officers have active&#160;Change of Control Agreements (the
                "Agreements")&#160;with the Company and the Bank: Jacqueline Calhoun Schaefgen,
                Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer; Gordon Fong, Executive
                Vice
                President and Chief Financial Officer; Richard Hagan, Executive Vice
                President,
                Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Credit Officer; Elizabeth Reno,
                Executive
                Vice President and Chief Banking Officer; and Tina Sandoval, Senior
                Vice
                President and Chief Culture Officer.&#160; </font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Under
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                terms of the Agreements,&#160;Ms. Schaefgen and Reno,&#160;and Messrs. Fong
                and&#160;Hagan&#160;would be entitled to the following: (i) a lump sum payment
                equal to two years of their respective annual compensation; plus
                (ii)&#160;the
                average of their respective two most recent annual incentive bonuses
                paid prior
                to the change in control; and (iii) continuation coverage under the
                Bank&#8217;s group
                health plans for a 12-month period, if his or her employment is terminated
                after
                a change in control of the&#160;Company or the Bank. Ms. Sandoval would be
                entitled to the following: (i) pay equal to one year's annual compensation;
                plus&#160;(ii) the average of her two most recent annual incentive bonuses
                paid
                prior to the change in control; and (iii) continuation coverage under
                the Bank&#8217;s
                group health plans for a 12-month period, if her employment is terminated
                after
                a change in control of the&#160;Company or the Bank.&#160; </font></div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ms.
                Schaefgen and Reno's Agreements have an effective date of March 29,
                2006; Mr.
                Fong and Ms. Sandoval's Agreements have an effective date of July
                1, 2005; and
                Mr. Hagan's Agreement has an effective date of July 7, 2004.</font></div>
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                  foregoing summary of the Agreements is subject to, and qualified
                  in its entirety
                  by the form of&#160; the Agreements, a copy of which is&#160;filed with this
                  report&#160;as Exhibit&#160;10.1 and is incorporated herein by
                  reference.</font></div>
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Form 8-K - Change of Control Agreements
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
FORM
        8-K
CURRENT
        REPORT
PURSUANT
        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF
        THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
April
                    17, 2006 (April 17, 2006)
Date
                    of Report (Date of earliest event
                    reported)
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
(Exact
                    name of registrant as specified in
                    its charter)
California
000-20862
33-0309110
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission
                  File Number)
(IRS
                  Employer Identification
                  No.)
9590 Foothill
                Boulevard, Rancho Cucamonga, California
91730
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(909)
                      987-0177
(Registrant's
                      telephone number, including area
                      code)
Not
                      Applicable
(Former
                      name, former address and former fiscal
                      year, if changed since last
                      report)
Check
          the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
          to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under
          any of
          the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
o
Written communications
          pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material
          pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
          communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
          240.13e-4(c))
Item
1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive
                  Agreement.
Vineyard
                National Bancorp (the "Company") and its wholly-owned subsidiary
                Vineyard Bank
                (the "Bank") reorganized their internal personnel in December 2005.
                As a result,
                certain employees were promoted to executive officers. The following
                executive
                officers have active Change of Control Agreements (the
                "Agreements") with the Company and the Bank: Jacqueline Calhoun Schaefgen,
                Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer; Gordon Fong, Executive
                Vice
                President and Chief Financial Officer; Richard Hagan, Executive Vice
                President,
                Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Credit Officer; Elizabeth Reno,
                Executive
                Vice President and Chief Banking Officer; and Tina Sandoval, Senior
                Vice
                President and Chief Culture Officer.
Under
                the
                terms of the Agreements, Ms. Schaefgen and Reno, and Messrs. Fong
                and Hagan would be entitled to the following: (i) a lump sum payment
                equal to two years of their respective annual compensation; plus
                (ii) the
                average of their respective two most recent annual incentive bonuses
                paid prior
                to the change in control; and (iii) continuation coverage under the
                Bank's group
                health plans for a 12-month period, if his or her employment is terminated
                after
                a change in control of the Company or the Bank. Ms. Sandoval would be
                entitled to the following: (i) pay equal to one year's annual compensation;
                plus (ii) the average of her two most recent annual incentive bonuses
                paid
                prior to the change in control; and (iii) continuation coverage under
                the Bank's
                group health plans for a 12-month period, if her employment is terminated
                after
                a change in control of the Company or the Bank.
Ms.
                Schaefgen and Reno's Agreements have an effective date of March 29,
                2006; Mr.
                Fong and Ms. Sandoval's Agreements have an effective date of July
                1, 2005; and
                Mr. Hagan's Agreement has an effective date of July 7, 2004.
The
                  foregoing summary of the Agreements is subject to, and qualified
                  in its entirety
                  by the form of  the Agreements, a copy of which is filed with this
                  report as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by
                  reference.
Item
9.01.  Financial Statements and
                  Exhibits
(a)   
Not
        applicable
(b)   
Not
        applicable
(c)   
Not
        applicable
(d)    The
        following exhibit is included with this
        Report:
Exhibit
            10.1 Form of Change of Control Agreement.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
        duly authorized.
VINEYARD
                    NATIONAL BANCORP
Date:
April
                      17, 2006
By:
/s/
                    Gordon Fong
Gordon Fong
Executive
                    Vice President and Chief Financial
                    Officer