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Commission on June 26, 2017</P>

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STATES</B></FONT></P>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>

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D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>

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STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 20pt"><B>SOUTHERN
NATIONAL BANCORP OF VIRGINIA, INC.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><I>(Exact name of registrant<BR>
as specified in its charter)</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Virginia </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 47%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt; background-color: white"><B>20-1417448</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>incorporation or organization)</I> </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Identification No.)</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>6830
Old Dominion Drive</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>McLean, Virginia 22101</B></FONT><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.
2017 Equity Compensation Plan</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Options to purchase stock granted under
the Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (and assumed by Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Joe A. Shearin<BR>
        President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Southern National Bancorp of Virginia,
        Inc.</B><BR>
        <B>6830 Old Dominion Drive</B><BR>
        <B>McLean, Virginia 22101</B><BR>
        <FONT STYLE="background-color: white"><B>(703) 893-7400</B></FONT><BR>
        <I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
 number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 51%">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><I>Copies to:</I></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Mark C. Kanaly</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Kerry T. Wenzel<BR>
        Alston &amp; Bird LLP<BR>
        One Atlantic Center<BR>
        1201&nbsp;W.&nbsp;Peachtree Street<BR>
        Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
        Telephone: (404)&nbsp;881-7000</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth
company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting
company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 67%; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Large accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 0in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> &nbsp;Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">If an emerging growth company, indicate by
check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD NOWRAP STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities<BR>
    to&nbsp;be&nbsp;registered</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Amount&nbsp;to<BR>
    be&nbsp;registered</FONT></TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Proposed<BR>
    maximum<BR> offering&nbsp;price<BR> per&nbsp;share</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Proposed<BR>
    maximum<BR> aggregate<BR> offering&nbsp;price</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD NOWRAP COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Amount&nbsp;of<BR>
    registration&nbsp;fee</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">750,000</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(1)(5)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">17.24</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">12,926,250</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 12%; text-align: right">1,498.15</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">22,568</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(3)(5)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">25.04</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(4)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">565,208</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(4)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">65.51</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: -12pt; padding-left: 12pt">Total</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">772,569</TD><TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left"><SUP>(5)</SUP></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,563.66</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.75pt">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Amount to be registered consists of 750,000 shares of common stock of Southern National Bancorp
of Virginia, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) that may be issued under the Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. 2017 Equity
Compensation Plan (the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.75pt">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h),
based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company&rsquo;s common stock reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June
21, 2017.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.75pt">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Represents shares subject to issuance upon the exercise of stock options outstanding under the
Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and assumed by the Company on June 23, 2017 (the &ldquo;Assumed Options&rdquo;),
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between the Company and Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., as amended.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.75pt">(4)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h),
based on the weighted average exercise price of the Assumed Options.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 18pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18.75pt">(5)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The amount of common stock registered hereunder shall be deemed to include any additional shares
issuable as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or other change in the capitalization of the Company in accordance with
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>PART I</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement under the Securities Act will be sent or given to participants in
the Plan and holders of Assumed Options, as applicable, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon written
or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide,
without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests
for any of the above-mentioned information should be directed to William H. Lagos at the address and telephone number on the cover
page of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 3.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and deemed to
be a part hereof:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&rsquo;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed on March 16, 2017, and amended on May 1, 2017;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&rsquo;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed on May 9, 2017;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&rsquo;s
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 24, 2017, January 27, 2017 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), March 9, 2017, April
5, 2017, April 28, 2017 (with respect to Item 8.01 only) and June 26, 2017;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <FONT STYLE="background-color: white">description
of the Company&rsquo;s common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August&nbsp;4, 2006,</FONT> including
any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents
subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
that remain unsold (except for information furnished to the Commission that is not deemed to be &ldquo;filed&rdquo; for purposes
of the Exchange Act).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also
is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 4.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 6.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Article 10 of Chapter
9 of Title 13.1 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the &ldquo;Virginia SCA&rdquo;) permits a Virginia corporation to indemnify
any director or officer for reasonable expenses incurred in any legal proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding,
if the director or officer furnishes the corporation a written</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">undertaking to repay any funds advanced
if he or she does not entirely prevail in the defense of the proceeding and it is ultimately determined that he or she did not
meet the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In addition, a corporation is permitted to indemnify a director
or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding if a determination has been made by the disinterested members of the board
of directors, special legal counsel or shareholders that the director or officer conducted himself or herself in good faith and
otherwise met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation,
no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter as to which a director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director or officer has
met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In any other proceeding, no indemnification shall be made if
the director or officer is adjudged liable on the basis that he or she improperly received a personal benefit. Corporations are
given the power to make any other or further indemnity, including advancement of expenses, to any director or officer that may
be authorized by the articles of incorporation or any bylaw made by the shareholders, or any resolution adopted, before or after
the event, by the shareholders, except an indemnity against willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. Unless
limited by its articles of incorporation, indemnification against the reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer is
mandatory when he or she entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is a party because he or she is
or was a director or officer.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company&rsquo;s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended (&ldquo;Articles of Incorporation&rdquo;), and the Company&rsquo;s Amended and Restated Bylaws,
as amended, contain provisions indemnifying to the full extent permitted by the Virginia SCA its directors, officers, employees,
agents and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and any other persons serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Company&rsquo;s
Articles of Incorporation permit the advancement of expenses to an indemnified person, provided that the person provides the written
undertaking to repay required under the Virginia SCA and described above, as well as an affirmation that it is his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In addition, the Company&rsquo;s
Articles of Incorporation eliminate the personal liability of its directors, officers and shareholders for monetary damages to
the full extent permitted by the Virginia SCA. The Company also maintains an insurance policy insuring the Company and its directors
and officers against certain liabilities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (the &ldquo;FDI Act&rdquo;) provides that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may prohibit or limit, by regulation
or order, payments by any insured depository institution or its holding company for the benefit of directors and officers of the
insured depository institution, or others who are or were &ldquo;institution-affiliated parties,&rdquo; as defined under the FDI
Act, in order to pay or reimburse such person for any liability or legal expense sustained with regard to any administrative or
civil enforcement action which results in a final order against the person. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regulations prohibit,
subject to certain exceptions, insured depository institutions, their subsidiaries and affiliated holding companies from indemnifying
officers, directors or employees from any civil money penalty or judgment resulting from an administrative or civil enforcement
action commenced by any federal banking agency, or for that portion of the costs sustained with regard to such an action that results
in a final order or settlement that is adverse to the director, officer or employee.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 7.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Not Applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 8.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">See Exhibit Index,
which is incorporated here by this reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 9.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Undertakings.</B></TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><I>provided, however</I>,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned
Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&rsquo;s
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Exchange Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the city of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia, on June 26, 2017.</P>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANCORP OF VIRGINIA, INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joe A. Shearin</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joe A. Shearin</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 202.5pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joe A. Shearin or J. Adam Sothen his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
to the Registration Statement (including, but not limited to, post-effective amendments), which amendments may make such changes
in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact
and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joe A. Shearin </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joe A. Shearin</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Director and President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ J. Adam Sothen </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">J. Adam Sothen</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Chief Financial Officer</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ William H. Lagos </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">William H. Lagos</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Chief Accounting Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Georgia S. Derrico </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Georgia S. Derrico</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Executive Chairman of the Board</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ R. Roderick Porter </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">R. Roderick Porter</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Executive Vice Chairman of the Board</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Neil J. Call</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Director</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Robert Y. Claggett </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Robert Y. Claggett</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">W. Rand Cook</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Director</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">F.L. Garrett, III</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Director</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ W. Bruce Jennings </FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">W. Bruce Jennings</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><I>Director</I></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Eric A. Johnson</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">June 26, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Charles A. Kabbash</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated January 31, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated April 13, 2006 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2009).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 5, 2017).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Specimen Stock Certificate of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. 2017 Equity Compensation Plan. (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A of the Company&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">99.2</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD></TR>
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As filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 26, 2017
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SOUTHERN
NATIONAL BANCORP OF VIRGINIA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Virginia
20-1417448
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
6830
Old Dominion Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.
2017 Equity Compensation Plan
Options to purchase stock granted under
the Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (and assumed by Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.)
(Full Title of the plans)
Joe A. Shearin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia,
        Inc.
6830 Old Dominion Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101
(703) 893-7400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Mark C. Kanaly
Kerry T. Wenzel
Alston & Bird LLP
One Atlantic Center
1201 W. Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Telephone: (404) 881-7000
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company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to
be registered
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
750,000
(1)(5)
$
17.24
(2)
$
12,926,250
(2)
$
1,498.15
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
22,568
(3)(5)
25.04
(4)
$
565,208
(4)
$
65.51
Total
772,569
(5)
$
1,563.66
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of 750,000 shares of common stock of Southern National Bancorp
of Virginia, Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued under the Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. 2017 Equity
Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h),
based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company's common stock reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June
21, 2017.
(3)
Represents shares subject to issuance upon the exercise of stock options outstanding under the
Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan and assumed by the Company on June 23, 2017 (the "Assumed Options"),
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between the Company and Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc., as amended.
(4)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h),
based on the weighted average exercise price of the Assumed Options.
(5)
The amount of common stock registered hereunder shall be deemed to include any additional shares
issuable as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or other change in the capitalization of the Company in accordance with
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a)           The
documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement under the Securities Act will be sent or given to participants in
the Plan and holders of Assumed Options, as applicable, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
(b)           Upon written
or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide,
without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests
for any of the above-mentioned information should be directed to William H. Lagos at the address and telephone number on the cover
page of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and deemed to
be a part hereof:
(1)           The Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, filed on March 16, 2017, and amended on May 1, 2017;
(2)           The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017, filed on May 9, 2017;
(3)           The Company's
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 24, 2017, January 27, 2017 (with respect to Item 8.01 only), March 9, 2017, April
5, 2017, April 28, 2017 (with respect to Item 8.01 only) and June 26, 2017;
(4)           The
description
of the Company's common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 4, 2006,
including
any amendment or report filed for purposes of updating such description; and
(5)           All other documents
subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities
that remain unsold (except for information furnished to the Commission that is not deemed to be "filed" for purposes
of the Exchange Act).
Any statement contained
in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also
is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article 10 of Chapter
9 of Title 13.1 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (the "Virginia SCA") permits a Virginia corporation to indemnify
any director or officer for reasonable expenses incurred in any legal proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding,
if the director or officer furnishes the corporation a written
undertaking to repay any funds advanced
if he or she does not entirely prevail in the defense of the proceeding and it is ultimately determined that he or she did not
meet the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In addition, a corporation is permitted to indemnify a director
or officer against liability incurred in a proceeding if a determination has been made by the disinterested members of the board
of directors, special legal counsel or shareholders that the director or officer conducted himself or herself in good faith and
otherwise met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation,
no indemnification shall be made in respect of any matter as to which a director or officer is adjudged to be liable to the corporation,
except for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the director or officer has
met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In any other proceeding, no indemnification shall be made if
the director or officer is adjudged liable on the basis that he or she improperly received a personal benefit. Corporations are
given the power to make any other or further indemnity, including advancement of expenses, to any director or officer that may
be authorized by the articles of incorporation or any bylaw made by the shareholders, or any resolution adopted, before or after
the event, by the shareholders, except an indemnity against willful misconduct or a knowing violation of the criminal law. Unless
limited by its articles of incorporation, indemnification against the reasonable expenses incurred by a director or officer is
mandatory when he or she entirely prevails in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is a party because he or she is
or was a director or officer.
The Company's
Articles of Incorporation, as amended ("Articles of Incorporation"), and the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws,
as amended, contain provisions indemnifying to the full extent permitted by the Virginia SCA its directors, officers, employees,
agents and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and any other persons serving at the request of the Company as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Company's
Articles of Incorporation permit the advancement of expenses to an indemnified person, provided that the person provides the written
undertaking to repay required under the Virginia SCA and described above, as well as an affirmation that it is his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the required statutory standard of conduct for indemnification. In addition, the Company's
Articles of Incorporation eliminate the personal liability of its directors, officers and shareholders for monetary damages to
the full extent permitted by the Virginia SCA. The Company also maintains an insurance policy insuring the Company and its directors
and officers against certain liabilities.
The Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (the "FDI Act") provides that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation may prohibit or limit, by regulation
or order, payments by any insured depository institution or its holding company for the benefit of directors and officers of the
insured depository institution, or others who are or were "institution-affiliated parties," as defined under the FDI
Act, in order to pay or reimburse such person for any liability or legal expense sustained with regard to any administrative or
civil enforcement action which results in a final order against the person. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation regulations prohibit,
subject to certain exceptions, insured depository institutions, their subsidiaries and affiliated holding companies from indemnifying
officers, directors or employees from any civil money penalty or judgment resulting from an administrative or civil enforcement
action commenced by any federal banking agency, or for that portion of the costs sustained with regard to such an action that results
in a final order or settlement that is adverse to the director, officer or employee.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index,
which is incorporated here by this reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1)           To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)           To include
any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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(ii)          To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii)         To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2)           That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)           To remove from
registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(b)          The undersigned
Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)          Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification
is against public policy as expressed in the Exchange Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
the city of McLean, Commonwealth of Virginia, on June 26, 2017.
SOUTHERN NATIONAL BANCORP OF VIRGINIA, INC.
By:
/s/ Joe A. Shearin
Joe A. Shearin
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Joe A. Shearin or J. Adam Sothen his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
to the Registration Statement (including, but not limited to, post-effective amendments), which amendments may make such changes
in and additions to the Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem necessary or appropriate, and to file the same,
with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary in connection with such matters,
as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact
and agent or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signatures
Date
/s/ Joe A. Shearin
June 26, 2017
Joe A. Shearin
Director and President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ J. Adam Sothen
June 26, 2017
J. Adam Sothen
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ William H. Lagos
June 26, 2017
William H. Lagos
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Georgia S. Derrico
June 26, 2017
Georgia S. Derrico
Executive Chairman of the Board
/s/ R. Roderick Porter
June 26, 2017
R. Roderick Porter
Executive Vice Chairman of the Board
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/s/ John F. Biagas
June 26, 2017
John F. Biagas
Director
/s/ Neil J. Call
June 26, 2017
Neil J. Call
Director
/s/ Robert Y. Claggett
June 26, 2017
Robert Y. Claggett
Director
/s/ W. Rand Cook
June 26, 2017
W. Rand Cook
Director
/s/ F.L. Garrett, III
June 26, 2017
F.L. Garrett, III
Director
/s/ W. Bruce Jennings
June 26, 2017
W. Bruce Jennings
Director
/s/ Eric A. Johnson
June 26, 2017
Eric A. Johnson
Director
/s/ Charles A. Kabbash
June 26, 2017
Charles A. Kabbash
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Articles of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated January 31, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1).
3.3
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated April 13, 2006 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1).
3.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006).
3.5
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 14, 2009).
3.6
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 5, 2017).
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate of Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1).
5.1
Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP.
23.1
Consent of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP.
23.2
Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney. (included on signature page.)
99.1
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia, Inc. 2017 Equity Compensation Plan. (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix A of the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017.)
99.2
Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.
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