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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
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        <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
          December 31, 2007,&#160;Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company")&#160;announced
          the&#160;appointment of&#160;Maureen Clark&#160;to the position of&#160;Senior
          Vice President and Chief&#160;Information Officer of the Company and&#160;its
          operating subsidiary, Vineyard Bank, N.A.&#160;(the "Bank").</font></div>
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          President and Chief Information Officer&#160;at Jackson Federal Bank, where she
          was responsible to develop and implement information technology strategies
          and&#160;policies, as well as manage merger transitions and core system
          conversions.&#160;&#160;Upon acquisition of Jackson Federal&#160;Bank
          by&#160;Union Bank of California in 2004, Ms. Clark&#160;managed&#160;merger
          integration activities and system transitions.&#160; Ms. Clark then took a
          sabbatical from 2005 through 2007. With over twenty years of experience
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          background of project management, system conversion management and technology
          strategy. &#160;Ms. Clark&#160;is&#160;47 years old.</font></div>
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          Chief&#160;Information Officer of the Company,&#160;Ms. Clark&#160;will
          receive&#160;a&#160;base salary&#160;of $175,000 per annum, and upon
          employment,&#160;she&#160;was granted&#160;10,000 shares of the Company's
          restricted stock, which cliff vest after four years of employment.&#160; In
          addition,&#160;Ms. Clark&#160;will&#160;be eligible for an
          annual&#160;management incentive.&#160;Such incentive&#160;is at the discretion
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          Clark will receive a&#160;change of control agreement&#160;with the Company, a
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Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></div>
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clark_8k.htm
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
January
                    4, 2008 (December 31,
                    2007)
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.)
1260 Corona
                Pointe
                Court, Corona, California
92879
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(951)271-4232
(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
        5.02. 
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
        of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c)
Appointment
          of a Principal
          Officer
On
          December 31, 2007, Vineyard National Bancorp (the "Company") announced
          the appointment of Maureen Clark to the position of Senior
          Vice President and Chief Information Officer of the Company and its
          operating subsidiary, Vineyard Bank, N.A. (the "Bank").
From
          1999
          to 2004, Ms. Clark held the position of Senior Vice
          President and Chief Information Officer at Jackson Federal Bank, where she
          was responsible to develop and implement information technology strategies
          and policies, as well as manage merger transitions and core system
          conversions.  Upon acquisition of Jackson Federal Bank
          by Union Bank of California in 2004, Ms. Clark managed merger
          integration activities and system transitions.  Ms. Clark then took a
          sabbatical from 2005 through 2007. With over twenty years of experience
          in
          financial services and information technology, Ms. Clark has an extensive
          background of project management, system conversion management and technology
          strategy.  Ms. Clark is 47 years old.
Ms.
          Clark's employment with the Company commenced on
          December 31, 2007.  As Senior Vice President and
          Chief Information Officer of the Company, Ms. Clark will
          receive a base salary of $175,000 per annum, and upon
          employment, she was granted 10,000 shares of the Company's
          restricted stock, which cliff vest after four years of employment.  In
          addition, Ms. Clark will be eligible for an
          annual management incentive. Such incentive is at the discretion
          of the Company's Board of Directors.
There
          are
          no family relationships between Ms. Clark and directors or executive
          officers of the Company, and Ms. Clark has not had any material interest
          in any
          transactions of the Company.
In
          conjunction with her new role at the Company, Ms.
          Clark will receive a change of control agreement with the Company, a
          form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
Item
        9.01. 
Financial Statements and Exhibits
(a)   
Not
        applicable
(b)   
Not
        applicable
(c)   
Not
        applicable
(d)    The
        following exhibits
        are 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:
                      January 4, 2008
By:
/s/
                    Gordon
                    Fong
Gordon Fong
Executive
                    Vice President and Chief Financial
                    Officer