EXHIBIT 10.8 SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR DIRECTORS AND NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.

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EXHIBIT 10.8

SUMMARY OF COMPENSATION FOR
DIRECTORS AND NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
OF OHIO VALLEY BANC CORP.
Directors
All of the directors of Ohio Valley Banc Corp. (“Ohio Valley”) also serve as directors of its subsidiary, The Ohio Valley Bank Company (the “Bank”).  The directors of Ohio Valley are paid by the Bank for their services rendered as directors of the Bank, not Ohio Valley.  Each director of the Bank who is not an employee of Ohio Valley or any of its subsidiaries (a “Non-Employee Director”) receives $550 per month for his or her services.  Each director of the Bank who is an employee of Ohio Valley or any of its subsidiaries (an “Employee Director”) receives $350 per month for his or her services.  In addition, each director of the Bank receives an annual retainer of $14,700 paid in December of each year for services to be rendered during the following year.

Each Non-Employee Director who is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bank receives $2,000.00 per month for his or her services.  In addition, each Non-Employee Director receives an annual retainer of $16,695 paid in December of each year for services to be rendered during the following year.  This figure was pro-rated for time served for new members.  Included in the Executive Committee Chairman’s current salary is an annual fee of $70,000 for his duties as such.  Employee Directors receive no additional compensation for serving on the Executive Committee.

The Bank maintains a life insurance policy for all directors with a death benefit of two times annual director fees as part of the Bank’s group term life insurance program.  The Bank also maintains a Director Retirement Plan for all directors of the Bank and a Deferred Compensation Plan for all directors and executive officers of the Bank.  These documents are filed as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.3, Exhibit 10.6(a) and Exhibit 10.6(b), respectively, to Ohio Valley’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (SEC File No. 0-20914).

Named Executive Officers
  The following sets forth the current salaries of the executive officers of Ohio Valley named in the Summary Compensation Table in Ohio Valley’s proxy statement (the “Named Executive Officers”):

Name
 
Current Salary
 
       
Jeffrey E. Smith
  $ 225,996  
         
Thomas E. Wiseman
    220,749  
         
Scott W. Shockey
    118,855  
         
Katrinka V. Hart
    151,856  
         
E. Richard Mahan
    151,809  
         
Larry E. Miller, II
    151,398  

Certain Named Executive Officers are entitled to participate in several benefit arrangements, including the Ohio Valley Banc Corp. Bonus Program, the Ohio Valley Bank Company Executive Group Life Split Dollar Plan, the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and a supplemental  executive retirement plan (currently only for Mr. Smith), as set forth in exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6(a), 10.6(b), 10.7(a), 10.7(b), 10.8 and 10.9 to Ohio Valley's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, SEC File No. 0-20914.  In addition, Named Executive Officers are entitled to participate in various benefit plans available to all employees, including a Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, a 401(k) plan, an employee stock ownership plan, group term life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance and a flexible compensation/cafeteria plan, all as described in Ohio Valley's proxy statement for its 2011 annual meeting of shareholders.