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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-15-065943
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		8
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150226
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150226
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150226

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP /OH
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944745
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		IRS NUMBER:				341558688
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-202316
		FILM NUMBER:		15653471

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST WATER ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5016
		CITY:			SANDUSKY
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44870
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4196254121

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 EAST WATER ST
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 5016
		CITY:			SANDUSKY
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44870
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Ohio</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>34-1558688</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 East Water Street, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>James O. Miller</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>First Citizens Banc Corp</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>100 East Water Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sandusky, Ohio 44870</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Anthony D. Weis, Esq.</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>52 East Gay Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Columbus, Ohio 43215</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(419) 625-4121 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#254;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount<BR>to be<BR>registered (1)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering&nbsp;price<BR>per share (2)</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price (2)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>registration&nbsp;fee</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Shares, without par value</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">375,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$10.98</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$4,117,500</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$478.45</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement on Form S-8 also covers an indeterminate number of additional Common Shares
that may be necessary to adjust the number of Common Shares reserved for delivery pursuant to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan (as amended, the &#147;Plan&#148;) in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan as a
result of a reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock distribution, stock dividend, combination or other similar transaction or adjustment affecting the Common Shares as specified in such anti-dilution provisions. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the aggregate offering price and the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act and
computed on the basis of $10.98 per share, which is the average of the high and low sales prices for a Common Share of First Citizens Banc Corp as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on February&nbsp;23, 2015. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Index to Exhibits is located on page 12 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed by First Citizens Banc Corp
(&#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) with respect to common shares, without par value (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), of Registrant to be offered and delivered pursuant to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan (as
amended, the &#147;Plan&#148;). The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have been previously filed by Registrant with the Commission, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;9, 2014,&nbsp;August&nbsp;8, 2014 and November&nbsp;7, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;4, 2014,&nbsp;April&nbsp;15, 2014 (as amended on April&nbsp;16, 2014),&nbsp;April&nbsp;16, 2014,&nbsp;July&nbsp;3,
2014,&nbsp;July&nbsp;16, 2014,&nbsp;September&nbsp;11, 2014,&nbsp;October&nbsp;3, 2014,&nbsp;October&nbsp;21, 2014,&nbsp;January&nbsp;9, 2015,&nbsp;January&nbsp;20, 2015,&nbsp;January&nbsp;23, 2015 (Items 8.01 and 9.01 and Exhibit 99.2 only), and
February&nbsp;4, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Registrant&#146;s definitive proxy statement, dated March&nbsp;14, 2014 and filed with the Commission on that date, related to Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April&nbsp;15, 2014; and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">the description of Registrant&#146;s Common Shares contained in Registrant&#146;s Pre-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (SEC Registration No.&nbsp;333-191169) filed by Registrant with
the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 2013, together with any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents which may be filed by Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
Section&nbsp;13(c), Section&nbsp;14 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. To the extent that any information contained in any Current Report on Form 8-K, or any exhibit thereto, was or is furnished to, rather than filed with, the Commission,
such information or exhibit is specifically not incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes 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 by reference in this Registration Statement 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="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;4.
Description of Securities</U>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Ohio General Corporation Law </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division (E)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code grants corporations broad powers to indemnify directors, officers, employees
and agents. Division (E)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1701.13 provides: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) A corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was
or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if the person had no reasonable cause to believe the </P>
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person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall
not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
the person had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;A corporation may indemnify or agree to
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such action or suit, if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) Any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of the person&#146;s duty to the corporation unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability,
but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem proper; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;Any action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the
Revised Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) To the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent has been successful on the merits
or otherwise in defense of any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter in the action, suit, or proceeding, the person shall be indemnified against expenses,
including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit, or proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4)&nbsp;Any indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, unless ordered by a court, shall be made by the corporation
only as authorized in the specific case, upon a determination that indemnification of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section. Such determination shall be made as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) By a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the indemnifying corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened with the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;If the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this section is not
obtainable or if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has
performed services for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within the past five years; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;By the
shareholders; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;By the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section was brought. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any determination made by the disinterested directors under division (E)(4)(a)
or by independent legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2) of this section, and,
within ten days after receipt of that notification, the person shall have the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which the action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of that determination. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5)&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Unless at the time of a director&#146;s act or omission that is the subject of an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in
division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, the articles or the regulations of a corporation state, by specific reference to this division, that the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation and unless the only liability asserted
against a director in an action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section is pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by a director in defending the
action, suit, or proceeding shall be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director in which the director agrees to
do both of the following: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) Repay that amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent
jurisdiction that the director&#146;s action or failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;Reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or proceeding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;Expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent in defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section, may be paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized
by the directors in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent to repay that amount, if it ultimately is determined that the person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6)&nbsp;The indemnification or advancement of expenses authorized by this section shall not be
exclusive of, and shall be in addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both
as to action in their official capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and
shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of that person. A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the articles or the regulations shall not be eliminated or impaired by an
amendment to that provision after the occurrence of the act or omission that becomes the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action, suit, or proceeding for which the indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought,
unless the provision in effect at the time of that act or omission explicitly authorizes that elimination or impairment after the act or omission has occurred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7)&nbsp;A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection, including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters
of credit, or self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager,
or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by the person in
any such capacity, or arising out of the person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against that liability under this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a person
in which the corporation has a financial interest. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8)&nbsp;The authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to division
(E)(1) or (2)&nbsp;of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred, indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be provided pursuant to divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7)&nbsp;of this section. Divisions (E)(1)
and (2)&nbsp;of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return payments made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6), or (7). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9)&nbsp;As used in division (E)&nbsp;of this section, &#147;corporation&#148; includes all constituent entities in a consolidation or merger
and the new or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member, manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent entity as a director,
trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position
under this section with respect to the new or surviving corporation as the person would if the person had served the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Articles and Code of Regulations </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Article EIGHTH of the Articles, Registrant has the power to indemnify its present and past directors, officers, employees and
agents to the fullest extent permitted under the Ohio Revised Code. Article VIII of the Code of Regulations provides that Registrant will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted or authorized by applicable law, any person made or threatened to be
made a party to any suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer or employee of </P>
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Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of Registrant as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of a bank, or other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
In order to receive indemnification, the person must have acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interest of Registrant. With regard to any criminal action or proceeding,
Registrant will indemnify the person if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Registrant will not indemnify a person with respect to such person&#146;s willful misconduct. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a condition precedent to Registrant providing such indemnification, the person to be indemnified must (i)&nbsp;promptly notify Registrant
of any actual or potential action, suit or proceeding, (ii)&nbsp;except with respect to a criminal proceeding, authorize and permit Registrant, in its sole discretion, to choose any legal counsel to defend and otherwise handle the action, suit or
proceeding and related matters, (iii)&nbsp;except with respect to a criminal proceeding, permit Registrant to assume total, complete and exclusive control of the action, suit or proceedings and all related proceedings and matters, and (iv)&nbsp;in
all respects, cooperate with Registrant and its counsel in the defense and/or settlement of the action, suit or proceeding and in the prosecution and/or settlement of any counterclaims, cross-claims and defenses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indemnification provided by Registrant&#146;s Code of Regulations is not exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking
indemnification may be entitled, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. In addition, such indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
trustee, officer or employee and will inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Insurance
</I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Registrant&#146;s Articles provide that, upon the vote of a majority of its Board of Directors, Registrant may purchase and
maintain insurance for the purpose of indemnifying its directors, officers, employees and agents to the extent that such indemnification is allowed under the Articles. Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance policies that insure its
directors and officers against certain liabilities that might be incurred by them in their capacities as directors and officers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and made a part hereof: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (File No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders or Members as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on January 12, 2009, evidencing the adoption by the shareholders of Registrant on January 5, 2009 of an amendment to Article FOURTH to
authorize the issuance of up to 200,000 preferred shares, without par value (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1(B) to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Directors or Incorporators to Articles, filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on January 21, 2009, evidencing adoption of an amendment by the Board of Directors of Registrant to Article FOURTH to
establish the express terms of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series&nbsp;A, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed January 26, 2009 (File
No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Directors or Incorporators to Articles, filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on November 1, 2013, evidencing adoption of an amendment by the Board of Directors of Registrant to Article FOURTH to
establish the express terms of the 6.50% Noncumulative Redeemable Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series B, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Form S-1
Registration Statement dated and filed November 1, 2013 (File No. 333-191169)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of Registrant (adopted April 17, 2007) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File No.
1-36192))</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP as to the validity of the securities being registered (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (S.R. Snodgrass, P.C.) (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Powers of Attorney of Directors of First Citizens Banc Corp (filed herewith)</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</U>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) 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-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the 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 the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(iii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
</TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item&nbsp;6 of this Part&nbsp;II, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Registrant.</B> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Sandusky, State of Ohio, on
February&nbsp;26, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ James O. Miller</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">James O. Miller, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February&nbsp;26, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ James O. Miller</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">James O. Miller</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Todd A. Michel</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Todd A. Michel</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas A. Depler *</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas A. Depler</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;Allen R. Maurice&nbsp;*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Allen R. Maurice</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;W. Patrick Murray *</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">W. Patrick Murray</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;Allen R. Nickles&nbsp;*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Allen R. Nickles</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/&nbsp;David A. Voight&nbsp;*</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David A. Voight</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Daniel J. White</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8 on behalf of each of the directors of the Registrant identified above pursuant to powers of attorney executed by the
directors identified above, which powers of attorney are filed with this Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> within Exhibit 24.1. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">*By:&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ James O. Miller</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Date: February&nbsp;26, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">James O. Miller, Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (File No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Shareholders or Members as filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on January 12, 2009, evidencing the adoption by the shareholders of Registrant on January 5, 2009 of an amendment to Article FOURTH to
authorize the issuance of up to 200,000 preferred shares, without par value (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1(B) to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Directors or Incorporators to Articles, filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on January 21, 2009, evidencing adoption of an amendment by the Board of Directors of Registrant to Article FOURTH to
establish the express terms of the Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series&nbsp;A, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated and filed January 26, 2009 (File
No. 0-25980))</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certificate of Amendment by Directors or Incorporators to Articles, filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on November 1, 2013, evidencing adoption of an amendment by the Board of Directors of Registrant to Article FOURTH to
establish the express terms of the 6.50% Noncumulative Redeemable Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares, Series B, of Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to Registrant&#146;s Pre-Effective Amendment No.1 to Form S-1
Registration Statement dated and filed November 1, 2013 (File No. 333-191169)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.5</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of Registrant (adopted April 17, 2007) (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (File No.
1-36192))</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">February&nbsp;26, 2015 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Board of Directors </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">First Citizens Banc Corp </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 East Water Street </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sandusky, Ohio 44870 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Registration Statement on Form S-8 for Issuance of Common Shares of First Citizens Banc Corp pursuant to Awards to be Granted Under the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as counsel
to First Citizens Banc Corp, an Ohio corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), in connection with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof in order to register 375,000 common shares, without par value (the &#147;<B>Common Shares</B>&#148;), under the provisions of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Act</B>&#148;), and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (the &#147;<B>Rules and Regulations</B>&#148;), for issuance pursuant to awards to be granted under the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined, to the extent deemed necessary, originals or copies, the authenticity of which
has been established to our satisfaction, of: (a)&nbsp;the Registration Statement; (b)&nbsp;the Plan; (c)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, as currently in effect (the &#147;<B>Articles</B>&#148;); (d)&nbsp;the Company&#146;s
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations, as currently in effect (the &#147;<B>Regulations</B>&#148;); and (e)&nbsp;certain corporate records of the Company, including resolutions adopted by the directors of the Company and by the shareholders of
the Company. We have also relied upon such representations of the officers of the Company and examined such authorities of law as we have deemed relevant as a basis for this opinion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our examination of the aforesaid records, documents and certificates, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the authenticity
of all records, documents and certificates examined by us, the correctness of the information contained in all records, documents and certificates examined by us, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have
executed any of the aforesaid documents and certificates, the authority of all individuals entering and maintaining records, and the conformity to authentic originals of all items submitted to us as copies (whether certified, conformed, photostatic
or by other electronic means) of records, documents or certificates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have relied solely upon the examinations and inquiries recited
herein, and, except for the examinations and inquiries recited herein, we have not undertaken any independent investigation to determine the existence or absence of any facts, and no inference as to our knowledge concerning such facts should be
drawn. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein, the phrase &#147;validly issued&#148; means that the particular action has been authorized by all necessary
corporate action of the Company and that the Company has the corporate authority to take such action under Chapter&nbsp;1701 of the Ohio Revised Code (the &#147;<B>Ohio General Corporation Law</B>&#148;) and the Company&#146;s Articles and
Regulations. </P>

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forth below, as of the date hereof, we are of the opinion that the 375,000 Common Shares to be registered under the Act for issuance under the Plan, when issued, delivered and paid for, as appropriate, in the manner provided and for the
consideration, if any, prescribed in the Plan and in any award agreements entered into by participants in the Plan with the Company as contemplated by the Plan, pursuant to which such 375,000 Common Shares will be issued under the Plan, will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, assuming compliance with applicable securities laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Members of our firm are admitted to
the Bar in the State of Ohio and we express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Ohio, including the applicable provisions of the Ohio Constitution and the reported judicial decisions interpreting those
laws, and of the United States of America. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is based upon the laws and legal interpretations in effect, and the facts and
circumstances existing, on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion should any such law or legal interpretation be changed by legislative action, judicial interpretation or otherwise or should there be any
change in such facts or circumstances. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is furnished by us solely for the benefit of the Company in connection with the
offering of the 375,000 Common Shares covered by the Registration Statement pursuant to the Plan and the filing of the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto. This opinion may not be relied upon by any other person or for any other
purpose. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to us therein. By giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the Rules and Regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except in connection with the
Registration Statement as aforesaid, no portion of this opinion may be quoted or otherwise used by any person without our prior written consent. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;1.
P<SMALL>URPOSE</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> E<SMALL>FFECTIVE</SMALL> D<SMALL>ATE</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>. <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1.1
<U>Purpose</U></B>. The purpose of the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan (the &#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;) is to provide a means through which the Company and its Subsidiaries may attract and retain Employees and Non-Employee Directors, to
provide incentives that align their interests with those of the Company&#146;s shareholders, and to promote the success of the Company&#146;s business.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>1.2 <U>Effective Date</U></B>. The Plan will become effective on the later of the date on which the Plan is approved by the Board or by the
Company&#146;s stockholders (&#147;<B>Effective Date</B>&#148;). <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;2. D<SMALL>EFINITIONS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.1 </B>&#147;<B><U>Annual Bonus Award</U></B>&#148; means an Award to Employees who are Participants pursuant to Section&nbsp;10 consisting
of the right to receive a cash payment on an annual basis.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.2 </B>&#147;<B><U>Award</U></B>&#148; means, individually or
collectively, any award or benefit, to an Employee or Non-Employee Director permitted and granted under the Plan, including Stock Options, Stock Awards, Stock Units, Stock Appreciation Rights, Annual Bonus Awards, and Long-Term Incentive Awards.<B>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.3 </B>&#147;<B><U>Award Agreement</U></B>&#148; means any agreement, document, or other instrument (which may be in written or
electronic form) evidencing an Award granted under the Plan and specifying the terms, conditions, and restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, a Stock Option Agreement, Stock Award Agreement, Stock Unit Agreement, and Stock Appreciation
Right Agreement.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.4 </B>&#147;<B><U>Board</U></B>&#148; means the Board of Directors of the Company.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.5 </B>&#147;<B><U>Cause</U></B>&#148; means the definition of &#147;Cause&#148; set forth in an Employee&#146;s employment agreement or
in a Participant&#146;s Award Agreement, or in the absence thereof, &#147;Cause&#148; means:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> a Participant&#146;s
willful engagement in misconduct in the performance of his or her duties that causes material harm to the Company or any Subsidiary; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> a Participant&#146;s conviction of a criminal violation involving fraud or dishonesty or the illegal use of drugs; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B> a Participant&#146;s violation of any confidentiality or other Agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary; or </P>

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Company or any Subsidiary to violate any state or federal law relating to sexual harassment or age, sex or other prohibitive discrimination, or intentional violation of any written policy of the Company or any Subsidiary adopted with respect to any
such law; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B> a Participant&#146;s engagement in any act involving the misappropriation of money or other property of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">in each case is determined by the Committee in its discretion, which determination shall be final and binding upon
each Participant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.6 </B>&#147;<B><U>Change in Control</U></B>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;12.2 of the Plan;
provided, however, if an Award is deferred compensation subject to Section&nbsp;409A, the Award Agreement may, as determined by the Committee, include an amended definition of &#147;Change in Control&#148; as necessary to comply with Section
409A.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.7 </B>&#147;<B><U>Code</U></B>&#148; means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.8 </B>&#147;<B><U>Committee</U></B>&#148; means the Compensation Committee of the Board or such other committee or subcommittee
(including a subcommittee thereof if required with respect to actions taken to comply with Section&nbsp;162(m) in respect of Awards to Covered Employees) as may be designated by the Board from time to time to administer the Plan.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.9 </B>&#147;<B><U>Common Stock</U></B>&#148; means the common stock, no par value, of the Company.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.10 </B>&#147;<B><U>Company</U></B>&#148; means First Citizens Banc Corp., an Ohio corporation, or any successor thereto.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.11 </B>&#147;<B><U>Covered Employee</U></B>&#148; has the meaning given the term in Code Section&nbsp;162(m)(3) as interpreted by
Internal Revenue Service Notice 2007-49.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.12 </B>&#147;<B><U>Director</U></B>&#148; means a member of the Board of Directors
of the Company.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I><B>2.13 </B><I></I>&#147;<I></I><B><U>Disability</U></B><I></I>&#148; means that the Participant is unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment; <I>provided, however</I>, for purposes of determining the term of an Incentive Stock Option, the term Disability shall have the
meaning ascribed to it under Section&nbsp;22(e)(3) of the Code. The determination of whether an individual has a Disability shall be determined under procedures established by the Committee. Except in situations where the Committee is determining
Disability for purposes of the term of an Incentive Stock Option within the meaning of Section&nbsp;22(e)(3) of the Code, the Committee may rely on any determination that a Participant is disabled for purposes of benefits under any long-term
disability plan maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary in which a Participant participates.<I> </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.14 </B>&#147;<B><U>Effective
Date</U></B>&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2.<B> </B></P>
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(and such other individuals designated by the Committee to become Employees or Non-Employee Directors upon or after the receipt of Awards).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.16 </B>&#147;<B><U>Employee</U></B>&#148; means any individual classified as an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary by the Company
on its payroll system; provided, however, that with respect to Incentive Stock Options, the term &#147;Employee&#148; means any individual who is considered an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary for purposes of United States Treasury
Regulation Section&nbsp;1.421-1(h) (or any successor provision thereof). <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.17 </B>&#147;<B><U>Employee Award</U></B>&#148;
means any Award granted to an Employee.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.18 </B>&#147;<B><U>Exchange Act</U></B>&#148; means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.19
</B>&#147;<B><U>Fair Market Value</U></B>&#148; means, on a particular date, <B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> <B>(i)</B> if Common Stock is listed on a
national securities exchange, the closing price per share of such Common Stock on the consolidated transaction reporting system for the principal national securities exchange on which shares of Common Stock are listed on that date, or, if there
shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported, <B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;if Common Stock is not so listed but is quoted on the NASDAQ National Market, the mean between the highest and
lowest sales price per share of Common Stock reported by the NASDAQ National Market on that date, or, if there shall have been no such sale so reported on that date, on the last preceding date on which such a sale was so reported,
<B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;if Common Stock is not so listed or quoted, the mean between the closing bid and asked price on that date, or, if there are no quotations available for such date, on the last preceding date on which such quotations shall be
available, as reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market, or, if not reported by the NASDAQ Stock Market, by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated, or <B>(iv)</B>&nbsp;if Common Stock is not publicly traded, the most recent value determined by an
independent appraiser appointed by the Company for such purpose, <B><I>or </I></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>if applicable, the price per share as
determined by the Committee in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on all persons); <I>provided, however</I>, that with respect to any Award that is intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A, a
value determined by the reasonable application of a reasonable valuation method as defined in Section&nbsp;409A (and, with respect to ISOs, in accordance with Section&nbsp;422 of the Code and the regulations thereunder). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.20 </B>&#147;<B><U>Good Reason</U></B>&#148; means, in the case of a Participant who is an Employee, the definition of &#147;Good
Reason&#148; set forth in the Employee&#146;s employment agreement or in the Employee&#146;s Award Agreement, or in the absence thereof, &#147;Good Reason&#148; means:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> a material change in the nature or scope of the Participant&#146;s authority or duties; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> a material reduction in the Participant&#146;s rate of base salary; or </P>
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the Participant is required to perform services; or </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d)</B> the Company terminates or materially amends, or terminates or materially
restricts the Participant&#146;s participation in, any equity, bonus or equity-based compensation plans or qualified or supplemental retirement plans so that, when considered in the aggregate with any substitute plan or plans, the plans in which the
Participant is participating materially fail to provide him or her with a level of benefits provided in the aggregate by such plans prior to such termination or amendment; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(e)</B> the Company materially breaches the provisions of an Award Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A termination of the Participant&#146;s employment shall not be deemed to be for Good Reason unless <B>(i)&nbsp;</B>the Participant gives notice to the
Company of the existence of the event or condition constituting Good Reason within thirty (30)&nbsp;days after such event or condition initially occurs or exists, <B>(ii)&nbsp;</B>the Company fails to cure such event or condition within thirty
(30)&nbsp;days after receiving such notice, and <B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;the Participant&#146;s termination occurs not later than ninety (90)&nbsp;days after such event or condition initially occurs or exists, in each case without the Participant&#146;s
written consent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.21 </B>&#147;<B><U>Incentive Stock Option</U></B>&#148; or &#147;<B><U>ISO</U></B>&#148; means a Stock Option
granted under Section&nbsp;6 of the Plan that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;422(b) of the Code or any successor provision.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.22 </B>&#147;<B><U>Long-Term Incentive Award</U></B>&#148; means an Award to Employees who are Participants pursuant to Section&nbsp;11
consisting of the right to receive a payment in cash and/or in shares of Common Stock to the extent Performance Goals are achieved and/or other requirements are met.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.23 </B>&#147;<B><U>Non-Employee Director</U></B>&#148; means a Director, or a member of the board of directors of a Subsidiary, who is
not an Employee.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.24 </B>&#147;<B><U>Nonqualified Performance Award</U></B>&#148; means a Performance Award that is not
intended to be a Qualified Performance Award.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.25 </B>&#147;<B><U>Nonqualified Stock Option</U></B>&#148; or
&#147;<B><U>NSO</U></B>&#148; means a Stock Option granted under Section&nbsp;6 of the Plan that is not an Incentive Stock Option.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.26 </B>&#147;<B><U>Participant</U></B>&#148; means any Eligible Person selected to receive an Award under the Plan.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.27 </B>&#147;<B><U>Performance Award</U></B>&#148; means an Award, other than an ISO, NSO, or SAR, that is subject to the attainment of
one or more Performance Goals.<B> </B></P>
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Performance Award (and if the Committee so decides, with respect to a Nonqualified Performance Award) one (1)&nbsp;or more (either alone or in combination) of the following performance factors or business criteria which may be established by the
Committee with respect to the Company or any one or more of its Subsidiaries or other business units: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">net earnings or net income, before or after taxes (including, but not limited to, net income, net income available to common shareholders, and income before taxes); </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">earnings before or after taxes, interest, depreciation and/or amortization; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">earnings per share or earnings per diluted common share; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">revenue growth; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">net operating profit; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(f)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">pre-tax, pre-credit costs income; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(g)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">net interest margin; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(h)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">return measures (including, but not limited to, return on average assets, capital, invested capital, or average equity); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(i)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">cash flow (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow, cash generation, cash flow return on equity, and cash flow return on investment). </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(j)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">gross or operating margins; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(k)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">productivity ratios (including, but not limited to, efficiency ratio); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(l)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">capital ratios; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(m)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">liquidity ratios; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(n)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">share price (including, but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(o)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">expense targets; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(p)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">margins; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(q)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">operating efficiency; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(r)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">market share (including, but not limited to, deposit market share or loan market share); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(s)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">loan and/or deposit growth; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(t)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">customer satisfaction; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(u)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">unit volume; </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(v)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">working capital targets and change in working capital; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(w)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">economic value added (including, but not limited to, net operating profit after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital); </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(x)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">asset growth; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(y)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">non-interest expenses as a percentage of total expense; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(z)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">loan charge-offs as a percentage of total loans; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(aa)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">risk and asset quality measures (including, but not limited to, net charge-off ratio, non-performing assets ratio, and classified assets ratio); </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(bb)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B>regulatory compliance; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>(cc)</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B></B>successful negotiation or renewal of contracts with new or existing customers or new or existing service providers. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>As to each Performance Goal, the relevant measurement of performance shall be computed in accordance with United States generally
accepted accounting principles to the extent applicable, but, unless otherwise determined and specified by the Committee will exclude the effects of the following: <B>(i)</B>&nbsp;charges or expenses for reorganizing and restructuring;
<B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;discontinued operations; <B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;asset write-downs; <B>(iv</B>)&nbsp;gains or losses on the disposition of a business; <B>(v)</B>&nbsp;changes in tax or accounting principles, regulations or laws; <B>(vi)</B>&nbsp;mergers,
acquisitions or dispositions; <B>(vii)</B>&nbsp;restatements and accounting charges; <B>(viii)</B>&nbsp;impacts on interest expense, preferred dividends and share dilution as a result of debt and capital transactions; and
<B>(ix)</B>&nbsp;extraordinary, unusual and/or non-recurring items of income, expense, gain or loss, or charges that, in case of each of the foregoing, the Company identifies in its financial statements, including notes to the final statements. <B>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>In addition, the Committee may appropriately adjust any evaluation of performance under a Performance Goal to exclude any of
the following events that occurs during a performance period: <B>(aa)</B> litigation, claims, judgments or settlements; <B>(bb)</B> the effects of changes in other laws or regulations affecting reported results; and <B>(cc)</B> accruals of any
amounts for payment under the Plan or any other compensation arrangements maintained by the Company; provided that such adjustment was specified in the Award during the initial ninety (90)&nbsp;days of an applicable performance period if the Award
is subject to Section&nbsp;409A. Performance Goals may be specified in absolute terms, in percentages, or in terms of growth from period to period or growth rates over time, as well as measured relative to the performance of a group of comparator
companies, or a published or special index, or a stock market index, that the Committee, in its discretion, deems appropriate. The Performance Goals may include a threshold level of performance below which no payment will be made (or no vesting will
occur), levels of performance at which specified payments will be paid (or specified vesting will occur), and a maximum level of performance above which no additional payment will be made (or at which full vesting will occur). In addition, in the
case of Awards that will not be Qualified Performance Awards, the Committee may establish other Performance Goals and provide for other exclusions or adjustments not listed in this Section 2.27.<B> </B></P>
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Plan, as it may be amended from time to time.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.30 </B>&#147;<B><U>Proceeding</U></B>&#148; has the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;18 of the Plan.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.31 </B>&#147;<B><U>Qualified Performance Award</U></B>&#148; means an Employee Award that is a
Performance Award to a Covered Employee that is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.32 </B>&#147;<B><U>Restriction Period</U></B>&#148; means the period during which an Award may be earned by a Participant.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.33 </B>&#147;<B><U>Restricted Stock</U></B>&#148; means an Award of Common Stock that is subject to forfeiture until vesting conditions
are satisfied.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.34 </B>&#147;<B><U>Section 162(m)</U></B>&#148; means Code Section&nbsp;162(m) and the regulatory and other
guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of the Treasury and/or Internal Revenue Service.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.35
</B>&#147;<B><U>Section 409A</U></B>&#148; means Section&nbsp;409A of the Code and the regulatory and other guidance issued thereunder by the United States Department of the Treasury and/or Internal Revenue Service.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.36 </B>&#147;<B><U>Stock Appreciation Right</U></B>&#148; or &#147;<B><U>SAR</U></B>&#148; means a right granted under Section&nbsp;9 of
the Plan.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.37 </B>&#147;<B><U>Stock Award</U></B>&#148; means a grant of shares of Common Stock under Section&nbsp;7 of the
Plan, which grant may be a grant of Restricted Stock.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.38 </B>&#147;<B><U>Stock Option</U></B>&#148; means an Incentive Stock
Option or a Nonqualified Stock Option granted under Section&nbsp;6 of the Plan.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.39 </B>&#147;<B><U>Stock Unit</U></B>&#148;
means a right granted to a Participant to receive shares of Common Stock or cash or a combination of shares of Common Stock and cash under Section&nbsp;8 of the Plan.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.40 </B>&#147;<B><U>Subsidiary</U></B>&#148; means an entity of which the Company is the direct or indirect (in an unbroken chain of
entities beginning with the Company) beneficial owner of not less than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of all issued and outstanding equity interests of such entity, including entities acquired after the Effective Date. As of the Effective Date, the
Subsidiaries are The Citizens Banking Company, First Citizens Insurance Agency Inc., First Citizen Investments, Inc., First Citizens Capital LLC, and Water Street Properties and FC Refund Solutions, Inc.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>2.41 </B>&#147;<B><U>Substitute Awards</U></B>&#148; means shares of Common Stock subject to Awards granted in assumption, substitution or
exchange for previously granted stock-based awards under a stockholder-approved plan of a company acquired by the Company.<B> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3.1 <U>The Committee</U></B>. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Any Award that is
intended to be a Qualified Performance Award shall be issued by the Committee or a subcommittee consisting solely of members of the Board who are &#147;outside directors&#148; under Section 162(m).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3.2 <U>Authority of the Committee</U></B>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> Subject to the provisions hereof, the Committee shall have full and exclusive power and authority to administer this Plan and to
take all actions that are specifically contemplated hereby or are necessary or appropriate in connection with the administration hereof. The Committee shall also have full and exclusive power to interpret this Plan and adopt such rules, regulations
and guidelines to carrying out this Plan as it may deem necessary or proper, all of which power shall be exercised in the best interests of the Company and in keeping with the objectives of this Plan. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide
for the extension of the exercisability of an Employee Award, accelerate the vesting or exercisability of an Employee Award, eliminate or make less restrictive any restrictions applicable to an Employee Award, waive any restriction or other
provision of this Plan (insofar as such provision relates to Employee Awards) or an Employee Award or otherwise amend or modify an Employee Award in any manner that is either (i)&nbsp;not adverse to the Participant to whom such Employee Award was
granted or (ii)&nbsp;consented to by such Participant. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Plan or in any Award in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable
to further the Plan purposes. Any decision of the Committee, with respect to Employee Awards, in the interpretation and administration of this Plan shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all
parties concerned. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> The Committee shall have the independent authority and discretion over the appointment, compensation and
oversight of the services of advisors to the Committee, including compensation consultants and legal counsel, provided such advisors meet the standards for independence as established by the exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. The Company
shall pay the compensation and expenses of such advisors. The Committee may engage or authorize the engagement of a third party administrator to carry out administrative functions under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c)</B> No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action taken or determination made hereunder in good faith. Service on the
Committee shall constitute service as a Director so that the members of the Committee shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement as Directors of the Company pursuant to the Company&#146;s articles or certificate of incorporation and
regulations or by-laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>3.3 <U>Performance Goals</U></B>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> The Committee may, in its discretion, provide that any Award granted under the Plan shall be subject to the attainment of
Performance Goals. Performance Goals may be absolute in their terms or measured against or in relationship to the performance of other </P>
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companies or indices selected by the Committee. In addition, as provided in Section&nbsp;2.28, Performance Goals may be adjusted for any events or occurrences, as may be determined by the
Committee. Performance Goals may be particular to one or more lines of business or Subsidiaries or may be based on the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> As provided in Sections 2.28 and 3.3(a), with respect to each performance period established by the Committee, (i)&nbsp;the
Committee shall establish such Performance Goals relating to one or more of the business criteria selected pursuant to Sections 2.28 and 3.3(a), and (ii)&nbsp;the Committee shall establish targets for Participants for achievement of Performance
Goals. The Performance Goals and performance targets established by the Committee may be identical for all Participants for a given performance period or, at the discretion of the Committee, may differ among Participants. Following the completion of
each performance period, the Committee shall determine the extent to which Performance Goals for that performance period have been achieved and shall authorize the award of shares of Common Stock or cash, as applicable, to the Participant for whom
the targets were established, in accordance with the terms of the applicable Award Agreements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;4. E<SMALL>LIGIBILITY</SMALL>
<SMALL>AND</SMALL> A<SMALL>WARDS</SMALL>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.1 <U>Participants</U></B>. Participants shall consist of all Eligible Persons whom the
Committee may designate from time to time to receive Awards under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards of Incentive Stock Options may only be made to an Employee who is considered an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary for purposes of
United States Treasury Regulation Section&nbsp;1.421-1(h) or any successor provision related thereto.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.2 <U>Awards</U></B>.
Subject to the terms of the Plan, any type of Awards may be granted by the Committee to any Participant, but only Employees may receive Awards of Incentive Stock Options. Awards may be granted alone, or in addition to, in tandem with, or (subject to
the prohibition on repricing set forth in Section&nbsp;16.3) in substitution or any other Award (or any other award granted under another plan of the Company or any Subsidiary, including the plan of an acquired entity).<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.3 <U>Award Agreements</U></B>. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement specifying the terms and conditions of the Award. In
the sole discretion of the Committee, the Award Agreement may condition the grant of an Award upon the Participant&#146;s entering into one or more of the following agreements with the Company: <B>(a)</B>&nbsp;an agreement not to compete with, or
solicit the customers or employees of, the Company and its Subsidiaries which shall become effective as of the date of the grant of the Award and remain in effect for a specified period of time following termination of the Participant&#146;s
employment with the Company; <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;an agreement to cancel any employment agreement, fringe benefit or compensation arrangement in effect between the Company and the Participant; and <B>(c)</B>&nbsp;an agreement to retain the
confidentiality of certain information. Such Award Agreement or other agreement may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine, including provisions for the Participant&#146;s forfeiture of an Award or the return of
vested shares of Common Stock received in connection with an Award in the event of the Participant&#146;s noncompliance with the provisions of, or as otherwise provided in, such Award Agreement or other agreement. If the Participant shall fail to
<B> </B></P>
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</B>enter into any such agreement at the request of the Committee and within any period specified by the Committee, then the Award granted or to be granted to such Participant shall be forfeited
and cancelled. The applicable Award Agreement shall specify the termination provisions of an Award upon a Participant&#146;s termination of employment or service with the Company and its Subsidiaries.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>4.4 <U>Performance Awards</U></B>. Without limiting the type or number of Awards that may be made under the other provisions of this Plan,
an Award may be in the form of a Performance Award. The terms, conditions and limitations applicable to any Performance Awards granted to Participants pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee; <B></B><I>provided</I><B></B> that any
Stock Award which is a Performance Award shall have a minimum Restriction Period of one year from the Grant Date; <B></B><I>provided further</I><B></B> that the Committee may provide for earlier vesting in an Employee Award upon a termination of
employment by reason of death, Disability or retirement after age sixty (60). The Committee shall set Performance Goals in its discretion which, depending on the extent which they are met, will determine the value, vesting and/or amount of
Performance Awards that will be paid out.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I><B>(a) </B><I>Nonqualified Performance Awards</I>. Nonqualified Performance
Awards granted to Participants shall be based on achievement of such Performance Goals and be subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the Committee shall determine.<I> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I></I><B>(b) </B><I>Qualified Performance Awards</I>. Qualified Performance Awards granted to Covered Employees under the Plan shall be paid,
vested or otherwise deliverable solely on account of the attainment of one or more Performance Goals established by the Committee prior to the earlier to occur of (x)&nbsp;ninety (90)&nbsp;days after the commencement of the period of service to
which the Performance Goal relates, or (y)&nbsp;the lapse of 25% of the period of service (as scheduled in good faith at the time the goal is established) to which the Performance Goal relates, and in any event while the outcome of the Performance
Award is substantially uncertain. In interpreting Plan provisions applicable to Performance Goals and Qualified Performance Awards, it is the intent of the Plan to conform with the standards of Section&nbsp;162(m), as to grants to Covered Employees
and those Employees whose compensation is likely to be subject to Section&nbsp;162(m), and the Committee shall be guided by such provisions in establishing such goals. Prior to the payment of any compensation relating to Qualified Performance Awards
based on the achievement of Performance Goals, the Committee must certify in writing that applicable Performance Goals and any of the material terms thereof were, in fact, satisfied. Subject to the foregoing provisions, the terms, conditions and
limitations applicable to any Qualified Performance Awards made pursuant to this Plan shall be determined by the Committee. No Qualified Performance Awards shall be granted unless the Performance Goals have been approved by the shareholders of the
Company within five (5)&nbsp;years of the commencement of the performance period to which such Performance Goals relate. The Committee, in determining the actual amount of a Qualified Performance Award, may reduce or eliminate (but not increase) the
amount of the Qualified Performance Award payout through the use of negative discretion provided that the exercise of such negative discretion does not cause the Qualified Performance Award to fail to qualify as performance-based compensation under
Section 162(m).<I> </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;5. S<SMALL>HARES</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> C<SMALL>OMMON</SMALL> S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL>
S<SMALL>UBJECT</SMALL> <SMALL>TO</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL>. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.1 <U>Total Number of Shares</U></B>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a)</B> Subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;5.3, the total number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to Awards
granted under the Plan shall be Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand (375,000)&nbsp;shares. The number of shares of Common Stock available for grant under the Plan shall be reduced by <B>(i)</B>&nbsp;one (1)&nbsp;for each share subject to a Stock
Option or SAR; and <B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;one (1)&nbsp;share for each share subject to a Stock Award, a Stock Unit or a Long-Term Incentive Award. Shares of Common Stock subject to Awards granted under the Plan may be either authorized but unissued shares
or treasury shares, and shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;5.3 of the Plan. Substitute Awards do not reduce the shares of Common Stock available for Awards under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)</B> Any shares of Common Stock subject to an Award that is cancelled, forfeited or expires prior to exercise or realization, either in
full or in part, shall again become available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock that again become available for future grants pursuant to this Section&nbsp;5.1(b) shall be added back as one (1)&nbsp;share if such shares were
subject to Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and as one (1)&nbsp;share if such shares were subject to other Awards. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, shares of Common Stock subject to an Award under the Plan shall not
again be made available for issuance or delivery under the Plan if such shares are <B>(i)</B>&nbsp;shares tendered in payment of an Option, <B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;shares delivered to or withheld by the Company to satisfy any tax withholding obligation, or
<B>(iii)</B>&nbsp;shares covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right or other Awards that were not issued upon the settlement of the Award. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.2 <U>Limitations</U></B>. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.3:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>Of the total shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.1, the maximum number of
shares of Common Stock under the Plan that shall be available for <B>(i)</B>&nbsp;Awards of Incentive Stock Options is Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand (375,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock; and <B>(ii)</B>&nbsp;Awards of Nonqualified Stock
Options and Stock Appreciation Rights is Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand (375,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>No
Participant shall be granted, during any one (1)&nbsp;calendar year period, Options and Stock Appreciation Rights with respect to more than Twenty Thousand (20,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock in the aggregate, or any other Awards with respect to
more than Twenty Thousand (20,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock in the aggregate. If an Award is to be settled in cash, the number of shares of Common Stock on which the Award is based shall not count towards the individual share limit set forth in
this Section 5.2(b).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>The maximum number of shares of Common Stock subject to a Qualified Performance Award that may be
granted under the Plan in any one (1)&nbsp;calendar year to a Participant is Twenty Thousand (20,000)&nbsp;shares of Common Stock.<B> </B></P>
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with an aggregate grant date Fair Market Value in excess of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>5.3 <U>Adjustment</U></B>. In
the event of any reorganization, recapitalization, stock split, stock distribution, stock dividend, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, subdivision, consolidation or exchange of shares, any change in the capital structure of the
Company or any similar corporate transaction, the Committee shall make such adjustments as are necessary and appropriate to preserve the benefits or intended benefits of the Plan and Awards granted under the Plan. Such adjustments may include:
<B>(a)</B>&nbsp;adjustment in the number and kind of shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan; <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;adjustment in the number and kind of shares of Common Stock covered by outstanding Awards; <B>(c)</B>&nbsp;adjustment
in the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, or the price of other Awards under the Plan; <B>(d)</B>&nbsp;adjustments to the share limitations set forth in Section&nbsp;5.2 of the Plan; and <B>(e)</B>&nbsp;any
other changes that the Committee determines to be equitable under the circumstances. Notwithstanding the foregoing, previously granted Stock Options and SARs are subject only to such adjustments as are necessary to maintain the relative
proportionate interest the Stock Options and SARs represented immediately prior to such event and to preserve, without exceeding, the value of Stock Options and SARs in accordance with Code Section&nbsp;422 and Section 409A.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;6. S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> O<SMALL>PTIONS</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.1 <U>Grant</U></B>. Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee may from time to time grant Stock Options to Participants. Stock
Options granted under the Plan to Non-Employee Directors shall be NSOs. Unless otherwise expressly provided at the time of the grant to be Awards of ISOs, Stock Options granted under the Plan to Employees shall be NSOs.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.2 <U>Stock Option Agreement</U></B>. The grant of each Stock Option shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement sometimes referred to
herein as a &#147;Stock Option Agreement&#148; specifying the type of Stock Option granted, the exercise period, the exercise price, the terms for payment of the exercise price, the expiration date of the Stock Option, the number of shares of Common
Stock to be subject to each Stock Option, how the Stock Option will be exercised, and such other terms and conditions established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan. With respect to a Stock Option, in no event
shall a Participant be entitled to amounts equivalent to cash dividends, stock dividends or other property dividends on the shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Option.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.3 <U>Exercise Price and Period</U></B>. With respect to each Stock Option granted to a Participant:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>Except as provided in Section&nbsp;6.4(b), Section&nbsp;16.3, or in the case of Substituted Awards, the per share exercise price of
each Stock Option shall be the one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the Stock Option on the date on which the Stock Option is granted.<B> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>Each Stock Option shall become exercisable as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Stock Option shall become exercisable in the event of the Employee&#146;s termination of employment with the Company or any
Subsidiary, or a Non-Employee Director&#146;s termination of service on the Board or on the board of directors of a Subsidiary, without Cause.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>Except as provided in Section&nbsp;6.4(b), each Stock Option that has not terminated earlier as provided in the Stock Option
Agreement shall expire, and all rights to purchase shares of Common Stock thereunder shall expire, on the date ten (10)&nbsp;years after the date of grant.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.4 <U>Required Terms and Conditions of ISOs</U></B>. In addition to the foregoing, each ISO granted to an Employee shall be subject to the
following specific rules:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined with respect to each ISO at the time such Option
is granted) of the shares of Common Stock with respect to which ISOs are exercisable for the first time by an Employee during any calendar year (under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not exceed One Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($100,000). If the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of the Common Stock subject to an ISO which first becomes exercisable in any calendar year exceeds the limitation of this Section&nbsp;6.4(a), so much
of the ISO that does not exceed the applicable dollar limit shall be an ISO and the remainder shall be a NSO; but in all other respects, the original Stock Option Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an ISO is granted to an Employee who owns stock possessing more than ten
percent (10%)&nbsp;of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or its parent or subsidiaries within the meaning of Section&nbsp;422(b)(6) of the Code): (i)&nbsp;the purchase price of each share of Common Stock subject
to the ISO shall be not less than one hundred ten percent (110%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date the ISO is granted; and (ii)&nbsp;the ISO shall expire, and all rights to purchase shares of Common Stock thereunder shall
expire, no later than the fifth (5th)&nbsp;year anniversary of the date the ISO was granted.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>No ISOs shall be granted
under the Plan after the ten (10)&nbsp;year anniversary of the Effective Date.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>6.5 <U>Exercise of Stock
Options</U></B><U>.<B></B></U><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>A Participant entitled to exercise a Stock Option may do so by delivering written notice
to that effect specifying the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Stock Option is being exercised and any other information the Committee may prescribe. All notices or requests provided for herein shall be delivered to the
Secretary of the Company or such party as the Secretary of the Company may designate.<B> </B></P>
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alternatives for the payment of the Stock Option exercise price and specified in the Award Agreement:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) in cash;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) by directing the Company to withhold the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in connection with the
exercise of the Stock Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the exercise price; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv) by delivering
previously acquired shares of Common Stock that are acceptable to the Committee and that have an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of exercise equal to the Stock Option exercise price. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee shall have the sole discretion to establish the terms and conditions applicable to any alternative made available for payment of the Stock
Option exercise price; however, such terms shall be specified in the Award Agreement effective at the date of grant. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>The
Company shall, subject to compliance with the Exchange Act and other applicable laws, issue, in the name of the Participant, stock certificates representing the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the exercise of any Stock
Option as soon as reasonably practicable after such exercise.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;7. S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> A<SMALL>WARDS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B>
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>7.1 <U>Grant</U></B>. The Committee may, in its discretion, (a)&nbsp;grant shares of Common Stock under the Plan to any Participant
without payment of consideration by such Participant, (b)&nbsp;grant shares of Restricted Stock to any Participant, or (c)&nbsp;sell shares of Common Stock under the Plan to any Participant for such amount of cash, Common Stock or other
consideration as the Committee deems appropriate.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>7.2 <U>Stock Award Agreement</U></B>. Each share of Common Stock issued to a
Participant under this Section&nbsp;7 shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement sometimes referred to herein as a &#147;Stock Award Agreement&#148;, which shall specify whether the shares of Common Stock are granted or sold to the Participant
and such other restrictions, terms and conditions (including the attainment of Performance Goals) established by the Committee in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan and the following provisions:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>The restrictions to which the shares of Common Stock awarded hereunder are subject shall lapse as set forth in the Stock Award
Agreement. The Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which the restrictions lapse with respect to a Stock Award in the event of an Employee&#146;s termination of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, or a
Non-Employee Director&#146;s termination of service on the Board or on the board of directors of a Subsidiary, without Cause, after giving consideration to Section 409A.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>Except as provided in this subsection (b)&nbsp;and unless otherwise provided in the Stock Award Agreement, the Participant
receiving a grant of or purchasing Common Stock shall thereupon be a stockholder with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock subject to the Stock Award and shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, including the right
to vote such shares and to receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of a Stock Award that provides <B> </B></P>
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for the right to receive dividends or distributions: (i)&nbsp;if such Stock Award is Restricted Stock, the Company may accumulate and hold such dividends or distributions. In either such case,
the accumulated dividends or other distributions shall be paid to the Participant only upon the lapse of the restrictions to which the Stock Award is subject, and any such dividends or distributions attributable to the portion of a Stock Award for
which the restrictions do not lapse shall be forfeited. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>The Company shall, subject to compliance with the Exchange Act and
other applicable laws, issue, in the name of the Participant, stock certificates representing the total number of shares of Common Stock granted or sold to the Participant, as soon as may be reasonably practicable after such grant or sale, which, in
the case of Restricted Stock, may be held by the Secretary of the Company until such time as the Common Stock is forfeited or the restrictions lapse.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;8. S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> U<SMALL>NITS</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.1 <U>Grant</U></B>. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant Stock Units to any Participant. Each Stock Unit shall entitle the
Participant to receive, on the date or upon the occurrence of an event (including the attainment of Performance Goals) as described in the Stock Unit Agreement, one share of Common Stock or cash equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Common
Stock on the date of such event, as provided in the Stock Unit Agreement.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>8.2 <U>Stock Unit Agreement</U></B>. Each grant of
Stock Units to a Participant under this Section&nbsp;8 shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement sometimes referred to herein as a &#147;Stock Unit Agreement&#148;, which shall specify the restrictions, terms and conditions established by the
Committee in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan and the following provisions:<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>The restrictions to
which the Stock Units awarded hereunder are subject shall lapse as set forth in the Stock Unit Agreement. The Board shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which the restrictions lapse in the event of an Employee&#146;s termination of
employment with the Company or any Subsidiary, or a Non-Employee Director&#146;s termination of service on the Board or on the board of directors of a Subsidiary, without Cause, after giving consideration to Section 409A.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>Except as provided in this subsection (b), and unless otherwise provided in the Stock Unit Agreement, a Participant shall have no
rights of a stockholder, including voting or dividend or other distribution rights, with respect to any Stock Units prior to the date they are settled in shares of Common Stock. A Stock Unit Agreement may provide that, until the Stock Units are
settled in shares of Common Stock or cash, the Participant shall receive, on each dividend or distribution payment date applicable to the Common Stock, an amount equal to the dividends or distributions that the Participant would have received had
the Stock Units held by the Participant as of the related record date been actual shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of a Stock Unit Award that provides for the right to receive amounts related to dividends
or distributions: (i)&nbsp;if such Stock Unit Award is subject to performance-based restrictions as described in Section&nbsp;3.3, the Company shall accumulate and hold such amounts, and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of all other such Stock Unit Awards, the
<B> </B></P>
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Committee shall have the discretion to cause the Company to accumulate and hold such amounts. In either such case, the accumulated amounts shall be paid to the Participant only upon the lapse of
the restrictions to which the Stock Unit Award is subject and any such amounts attributable to the portion of a Stock Unit Award for which the restrictions do not lapse shall be forfeited. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>Upon settlement of Stock Units in Common Stock, the Company shall, subject to compliance with the Exchange Act and other applicable
laws, issue, in the name of the Participant, stock certificates representing a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of Stock Units being settled. <B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;9. S<SMALL>TOCK</SMALL> A<SMALL>PPRECIATION</SMALL> R<SMALL>IGHTS</SMALL> (SAR<SMALL>S</SMALL>). </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.1 <U>Grant</U></B>. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant an SAR under the Plan to any Participant who is an Employee. Each SAR
granted to a Participant shall entitle the Participant to receive an amount (payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock, or a combination thereof, determined by the Committee and set forth in the related Stock Appreciation Right Agreement) equal
to the excess of (a)&nbsp;the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the date of exercise of such SAR, over (b)&nbsp;the exercise price of the SAR, multiplied by the number of shares of the Common Stock with respect to which the SAR is being
exercised.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>9.2 <U>Stock Appreciation Right Agreement</U></B>. Each SAR granted under this Section&nbsp;9 shall be evidenced by
a written Award Agreement sometimes referred to herein as a &#147;Stock Appreciation Right Agreement&#148;, specifying the conditions for exercise, the exercise period, the exercise price, the expiration date, the number of shares of Common Stock
subject to each SAR, whether the SAR is to be settled in shares of Common Stock or cash and such other terms and conditions established by the Board in its sole discretion, not inconsistent with the Plan and the following provisions:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>Except in the case of Substituted Awards and Section&nbsp;16.3, the per share exercise price of each SAR shall be one hundred
percent (100%)&nbsp;of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock subject to the SAR on the date on which the SAR is granted.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b)
</B>Each SAR shall become exercisable as set forth in the Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. The Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any SAR shall become exercisable in the event of a Participant&#146;s
termination of employment with the Company or any Subsidiary without Cause.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>Unless a shorter period is provided in the
Stock Appreciation Right Agreement, each SAR shall expire on the date ten (10)&nbsp;years after the date of grant.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) </B>Upon
exercise of an SAR settled in Common Stock, the Company shall, subject to compliance with the Exchange Act and other applicable laws, issue, in the name of the Participant, stock certificates representing the total number of shares of Common Stock
issuable to the Participant. <B> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to a Stock Appreciation Right, in no event shall a Participant be entitled to amounts equivalent to
cash dividends, stock dividends or other dividends on the shares of Common Stock subject to the SAR. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;10. A<SMALL>NNUAL</SMALL>
B<SMALL>ONUS</SMALL> A<SMALL>WARDS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee will
determine all terms and conditions of an Annual Bonus Award, including but not limited to, whether or not the Annual Bonus Award will be solely a discretionary Annual Bonus Award, any Performance Goals, performance period, the potential payable, and
the timing and form of payment, subject to the following if the Committee determines that the Annual Bonus Award shall be a Performance Award (instead of a discretionary Annual Bonus Award): <B>(a)</B>&nbsp;the Committee must require that payment of
all or any portion of the amount subject to the Annual Bonus Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the performance period the Committee specifies, although the Committee may specify that all or a portion of
the Performance Goals subject to an Award is deemed achieved upon a Participant&#146;s death, Disability or retirement, or such other circumstances as the Committee may specify; and <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;the performance period must relate to a period of
one (1)&nbsp;fiscal year of the Company except that, if the Award is made in the year this Plan becomes effective, at the time of commencement of employment with the Company or on the occasion of a promotion, then the Award may relate to a period
shorter than one (1)&nbsp;fiscal year.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;11. L<SMALL>ONG</SMALL>-T<SMALL>ERM</SMALL> I<SMALL>NCENTIVE</SMALL>
A<SMALL>WARDS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Subject to the terms of the Plan, the Committee will determine all terms and
conditions of a Long-Term Incentive Award, including but not limited to the Performance Goals, performance period, the potential amount payable, and the timing and form of payment, subject to the following: <B>(a)</B>&nbsp;the Committee must require
that payment of all or any portion of the amount subject to the Long-Term Incentive Award is contingent on the achievement of one or more Performance Goals during the performance period the Committee specifies, although the Committee may specify
that all or a portion of the Performance Goals subject to an Award is deemed achieved upon a Participant&#146;s death, Disability or retirement, or such other circumstances as the Committee may specify; and <B>(b)</B>&nbsp;the performance period
must relate to a period of more than one (1)&nbsp;fiscal year of the Company. Dividend equivalents shall not be paid until and to the extent that the Performance Goals are met.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;12. C<SMALL>HANGE</SMALL> <SMALL>IN</SMALL> C<SMALL>ONTROL</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>12.1 <U>Effect of Change in Control</U></B>. Except as otherwise provided in any Award Agreement, notwithstanding any provision of the Plan
to the contrary upon a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in Section&nbsp;12.2) all NSOs, ISOs, and SARs shall become immediately exercisable with respect to one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of the shares of Common Stock subject to such
NSOs, ISOs, and SARs; with respect to all Performance Awards, all Performance Goals and vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;of target levels, the Restriction Period shall immediately expire, and all other
terms and conditions shall be deemed met; and with respect to all other Awards, any Restriction Period <B> </B></P>
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</B>shall immediately expire, such Awards shall become one hundred percent (100%)&nbsp;vested, and all other terms and conditions will be deemed met. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the
occurrence of a Change in Control, the Committee, in its sole discretion (which exercise of discretion shall be conclusive and binding upon each Participant without the need for any amendment to the Plan or to any Award Agreement), may take the
following action with respect to any NSOs, ISOs, or SARs that are outstanding immediately prior to such Change in Control: cancel outstanding NSOs, ISOs, and/or SARs in exchange for a cash payment in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock underlying the unexercised portion of the NSO, ISO, or SAR as of the date of the Change in Control over the exercise price or grant price, as the case may be, of such portion, provided that any NSO, ISO, or SAR
with an exercise price or grant price, as the case may be, that equals or exceeds the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of such Change in Control shall be cancelled with no payment due the Participant.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>12.2 <U>Definition of Change in Control</U></B>. &#147;Change in Control&#148; shall mean (except as otherwise provided in an Award
Agreement) the occurrence, at any time during the specified term of an Award granted under the Plan, of any of the following events:<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity (other than the
Company or a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company), or any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section&nbsp;14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, is or becomes the &#147;beneficial
owner&#148; (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Company is subject to the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent
(50%)&nbsp;or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>the Company is party to a merger, consolidation, reorganization or other similar transaction with another corporation or other
legal person unless, following such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the surviving, resulting or acquiring corporation or person or its parent entity entitled to vote
generally in the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company&#146;s
outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors immediately prior to such transaction, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such transaction;<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>the Company sells all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to another corporation or other legal person unless,
following such sale, more than fifty percent (50%)&nbsp;of the combined voting power of the outstanding securities of the acquiring corporation or person or its parent entity entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) is then beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners of the Company&#146;s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in
the election of directors immediately prior to such sale, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such sale, of the Company&#146;s outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
or<B> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(d) </B>during any period of two (2)&nbsp;consecutive years or less, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the Board (and any new Directors, whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3)&nbsp;of the Directors
then still in office who either were Directors at the beginning of the period or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;13. S<SMALL>ECURITIES</SMALL> L<SMALL>AW</SMALL> R<SMALL>ESTRICTIONS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee may impose such restrictions on Awards and shares of Common Stock or any other benefits underlying Awards hereunder as it may
deem advisable, including without limitation restrictions under the Code and federal securities laws, the requirements of any stock exchange or similar organization, and any blue sky, state, or foreign securities laws applicable to such securities.
Notwithstanding any other Plan provision to the contrary, the Committee shall not be obligated to issue, deliver, or transfer shares of Common Stock under the Plan, make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan, or take any other action,
unless such delivery, distribution, or action is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations (including but not limited to the requirements of the Code and the securities acts). The Committee may cause a restrictive legend to be
placed on any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to an Award hereunder in such form as may be prescribed from time to time by applicable laws and regulations or as may be advised by legal counsel. The term of an Award shall not be extended, and
neither the Committee, nor the Company nor its Directors or officers shall have any obligation or liability to a Participant, the Participant&#146;s successor or any other person with respect to any shares of Common Stock as to which the Award shall
lapse because of such restrictions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;14. P<SMALL>AYMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> T<SMALL>AXES</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with any Award, and as a condition to the issuance or delivery of any shares of Common Stock or cash amount to the Participant in
connection therewith, the Company may require the Participant to pay the Company an amount equal to the minimum amount of the tax the Company or any Subsidiary may be required to withhold to obtain a deduction for federal, state or local income tax
purposes as a result of such Award or to comply with applicable law. The Committee in its sole discretion may make available one or more of the following alternatives for the payment of such taxes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>in cash;<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>by directing the Company to withhold the number of shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in connection with the Award that have
an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the minimum amount of tax required to be withheld; or<B> </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>by delivering previously acquired shares of Common Stock of the Company that are
acceptable to the Committee that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee
shall have the sole discretion to establish the terms and conditions applicable to any alternative made available for payment of the required withholding taxes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the for<B>e</B>going, neither the Committee nor the Company makes any representation to any Participant or beneficiary of a
Participant as to the tax consequences of any Awards made pursuant to the Plan, and the Committee and the Company shall have no liability or other obligation to indemnity or hold harmless any Participant or any beneficiary of a Participant for any
tax, additional tax, interest or penalties that any Participant or any beneficiary of a Participant may incur as a result of the grant, vesting, or payment of an Award under the Plan. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;15. N<SMALL>ONTRANSFERABILITY</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Awards granted under the Plan, and any rights and privileges pertaining thereto, may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated in
any manner, or be subject to execution, attachment or similar process, by operation of law or otherwise, other than: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(a) </B>by last
will and testament or by the laws of descent and distribution;<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(b) </B>pursuant to the terms of a qualified domestic relations
order to which the Participant is a party that meets the requirements of any relevant provisions of the Code; or<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(c) </B>as
permitted by the Committee with respect to a NSO transferable by the Participant during his or her lifetime for no consideration to <B>(i)&nbsp;</B>the Participant&#146;s spouse or lineal descendant, <B>(ii)&nbsp;</B>the trustee of a trust
established for the primary benefit of the Participant&#146;s spouse or lineal descendant, <B>(iii)&nbsp;</B>a partnership or other entity of which the Participant&#146;s spouse and lineal descendants are the only partners or equity owners, or
<B>(iv)&nbsp;</B>a tax-exempt organization as described in Code Section 501(c)(3).<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In each case, the transfer shall be for no value, and the other
terms and conditions applicable to the transferability of the Award shall be established by the Committee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;16. T<SMALL>ERMINATION</SMALL>
<SMALL>OR</SMALL> A<SMALL>MENDMENT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL> <SMALL>AND</SMALL> A<SMALL>WARD</SMALL> A<SMALL>GREEMENTS</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>16.1 <U>Termination or Amendment of Plan</U></B>. Except as described in Section&nbsp;16.3 below, the Board may terminate, suspend, or amend
the Plan, in whole or in part, from time to time, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, unless such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed.
No amendment or termination of the Plan shall adversely affect the right of any Participant under any outstanding Award in any material way without the written consent of the Participant, unless such amendment or termination is required by
applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed. Subject to the foregoing, the Board may correct any defect or supply an omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any Award
granted hereunder in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable, in its sole discretion, to effectuate the Plan.<B> </B></P>
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any Award Agreement at any time; provided however, that no such amendment shall adversely affect the right of any Participant under any outstanding Award Agreement in any material way without the written consent of the Participant, unless such
amendment is required by applicable law, regulation or rule.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>16.3 <U>No Repricing of Stock Options or SARs</U></B>.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment to the Plan or any outstanding Stock Option Agreement or SAR Agreement that results in the repricing of Stock Options or SARs shall not be effective without prior approval of the stockholders of the
Company, except with respect to adjustments in accordance with Section&nbsp;5.2. For this purpose, repricing includes a reduction in the exercise price of a Stock Option or SAR or the cancellation of a Stock Option or SAR in exchange for cash, Stock
Options or SARs with an exercise price less than the exercise price of the cancelled Stock Options or SARs, other Awards or any other consideration provided by the Company.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;17. N<SMALL>O</SMALL> C<SMALL>ONTRACT</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> E<SMALL>MPLOYMENT</SMALL></B><SMALL></SMALL>.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither the adoption of the Plan nor the grant of any Award under the Plan shall be deemed to obligate the Company or any Subsidiary to
continue the employment or service of any Participant for any particular period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;18. A<SMALL>PPLICABLE</SMALL> L<SMALL>AW</SMALL>.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All questions pertaining to the validity, construction and administration of the Plan and all Awards granted under the Plan shall be
determined in conformity with the laws of the State of Ohio, without regard to the conflict of law provisions of any state, and with the relevant provisions of the Code and regulations issued thereunder. Any suit, action or proceeding with respect
to the Plan or any Award Agreement, or any judgment entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in respect of any thereof, shall be resolved only in the courts of the State of Ohio or the United States District Court for the Northern District of
Ohio and the appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals in such courts. In that context, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company and each Participant and beneficiary of a Participant shall irrevocably and
unconditionally (a)&nbsp;submit in any proceeding relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement, or for the recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof (a &#147;<B>Proceeding</B>&#148;), to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts
of the State of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals from any of the foregoing, and agree that all claims in respect of any such Proceeding shall be heard and
determined in such State of Ohio court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court, (b)&nbsp;consent that any such Proceeding may and shall be brought in such courts and waives any objection that the Company and each Participant and
beneficiary of a Participant may now or thereafter have to the venue or jurisdiction of any such Proceeding in any such court or that such Proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agree not to plead or claim the same, (c)&nbsp;waive all
right to trial by jury in any Proceeding (whether based on contract, tort or </P>
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otherwise) arising out of or relating to the Plan or any Award Agreement, (d)&nbsp;agree that service of process in any such Proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy of such process by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to such party, in the case of a Participant (or the Participant&#146;s beneficiary) at the Participant&#146;s (or the Participant&#146;s beneficiary&#146;s) address shown in the books and records of the
Company or, in the case of the Company, at the Company&#146;s principal offices, attention General Counsel, and (e)&nbsp;agree that nothing in the Plan shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by the laws of
the State of Ohio. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;19. T<SMALL>ERM</SMALL> <SMALL>OF</SMALL> P<SMALL>LAN</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>19.1 <U>Term of Plan</U></B>. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Awards shall be granted on or after the ten
(10)&nbsp;year anniversary of the Plan&#146;s Effective Date; however, any Award theretofore granted may extend beyond such date.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SECTION&nbsp;20. M<SMALL>ISCELLANEOUS</SMALL>. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>20.1 <U>Unfunded Plan</U></B>. The Plan is intended to constitute an &#147;unfunded&#148; plan for incentive and deferred compensation. With
respect to any payment as to which a Participant (or a Participant&#146;s beneficiary) has a fixed and vested interest but which is not yet made to a Participant (or a Participant&#146;s beneficiary) by the Company, nothing contained herein shall
give any such Participant (or such Participant&#146;s beneficiary) any right that is greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>20.2 <U>No Uniformity; No Future Rights</U></B>. No Employee, Participant or other person shall have any claim to be granted any Award
under the Plan, and there is no obligation for uniformity or treatment of Employees, Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards under the Plan. The terms and conditions of Awards need not be the same with respect to each recipient. Any
Award granted under the Plan shall be a one-time Award, and shall not constitute a promise of future grants. The Committee, in its sole discretion, maintains the right to make available future Awards hereunder.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>20.3 <U>No Trust</U></B>. Neither the Plan nor any Award shall create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a
fiduciary relationship between the Company, the Board, the Committee and a Participant or any other person.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>20.4 <U>Fractional
Shares</U></B>. No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine whether cash or other securities shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional shares of
Common Stock, or whether such fractional shares of Common Stock or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.<B> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>20.5 <U>Section&nbsp;409A</U></B>. Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Agreement, for purposes of an Award that is
subject to Section&nbsp;409A, if a Participant&#146;s termination of employment or service triggers the payment of &#147;nonqualified deferred compensation&#148; under such Award, then the Participant will not be deemed to have terminated employment
or service until the Participant incurs a &#147;separation from service&#148; within the meaning of Section 409A.<B> </B></P>
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Agreement, by entering into Award Agreements or otherwise participating in the Plan, each Participant acknowledges and agrees to the provisions of this Section&nbsp;20.6, and acknowledges and agrees that the provisions of this Section&nbsp;20.6 may
be applied, without liability to any Participant (or any Participant&#146;s beneficiary), by the Committee on a retroactive basis regardless of the Participant&#146;s employment status with the Company or its Subsidiaries at the time of such
clawback or other action by the Committee. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee, in order for the Company or any Subsidiary to comply with applicable law, government regulation, or formal or informal guidance
(including, without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act) and any risk management requirements and/or policies adopted by the Company in response to any such law or government regulation or guidance, retains the
right at all times to decrease or terminate all Awards and payments under the Plan, and any and all amounts payable under the Plan or paid under the Plan shall be subject to clawback, forfeiture, and reduction to the extent determined by the
Committee as necessary to comply with applicable law and/or policies adopted by the Company.<B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">* * * </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of First Citizens Banc Corp of our report dated March&nbsp;14, 2014,
relating to our audit of the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which is incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of First Citizens Banc Corp for the year ended
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><U>Exhibit 24.1 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd day of February, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Thomas A. Depler</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Thomas A. Depler</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 20th day of January, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Allen R. Maurice</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Allen R. Maurice</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd day of February, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ W. Patrick Murray</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">W. Patrick Murray</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd day of February, 2015. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Allen R. Nickles</TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>IN WITNESS WHEREOF</B>, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 3rd day of February, 2015. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS</B>, that the undersigned director of FIRST CITIZENS BANC CORP, an Ohio corporation, which is about to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the registration of certain of its common shares for offering and sale pursuant
to the First Citizens Banc Corp. 2014 Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints James O. Miller as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign such Registration Statement and any and all documents related thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents required in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and the Nasdaq Stock Market, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, and substitute or substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all things that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
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