FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORP
EX-10.3 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR B. RODRICK MARLOW
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>B. RODRICK MARLOW</B></U>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U><B>INCENTIVE COMPENSATION</B></U>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For each calendar year, the Compensation Committee (&#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors of
Fidelity will establish in its sole discretion (after discussion with Management) the percentage of
base salary available for incentive compensation consideration and the executive incentive
compensation evaluation criteria, which will include corporate and individual performance
measurements, goals and objectives, both financial and non-financial, for such calendar year prior
to or at the commencement of the calendar year. Marlow will be paid incentive compensation
(&#147;Incentive Compensation&#148;), if any, in cash as determined by the Committee following its evaluation
of Corporate and individual performance relative to the executive compensation criteria established
at the beginning of the calendar year and such other measures or modifications as the Committee at
its sole discretion, may consider.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee has determined that in 2007 Marlow will be eligible for 20% of base compensation
as Incentive Compensation, or such amount as may be determined by the Compensation Committee. The
Committee will evaluate Fidelity&#146;s and Marlow&#146;s 2007 performance relative to the following
financial and non-financial measurements, goals and objectives, and such other measures and
modifications as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may consider in the determination of
Incentive Compensation to be paid for 2007.
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Financial Performance Measurements based on the approved 2007 Budget (These
measurements may be modified for evaluation purposes at any time during 2007 based on
changes in the strategic plan, the business plan, competitive or economic factors, changes
in regulatory or accounting rules, laws or regulations or such other factors as the
Compensation Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine.):</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Net income</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Earnings per share (EPS)</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Return on equity (ROE)</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Return on assets (ROA)</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Total stockholder return</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Loan growth</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Asset quality</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Deposit growth</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Net interest margin</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Noninterest income</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Noninterest expense management and control</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Business unit net income</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Non-financial Corporate and Individual Goals including but not limited to:</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Compliance with laws and regulations including Compliance and Safety and
Soundness ratings of 2 or better</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Hiring proven lenders and managers, as identified, to grow loans and deposits or
develop, expand or improve operations and products and services and their delivery</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Opening new branches and loan production offices to profitably expand market
presence</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Market share growth</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Development/expansion of profitable products/services and delivery systems</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Furtherance of or achievement of strategic goals and objectives</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Individual performance based on competitive, legal, regulatory, and economic
conditions</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Such other factors as the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion may
consider in determining the amount, if any, of Incentive Compensation to be
awarded.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right of Marlow to receive Incentive Compensation, if any, hereunder related to a
calendar year shall vest on the last day of such calendar year. In the event Marlow is entitled
pursuant to the Agreement and the determination of the Committee at its sole discretion to
Incentive Compensation for a period of less than a full year, the Incentive Compensation, if any,
for such year shall vest on the last day of his employment.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Within 60&nbsp;days after the end of 2007, management shall calculate and evaluate Fidelity&#146;s and
Marlow&#146;s performance relative to the 2007 Criteria and provide such calculations and evaluations to
the Committee for its review.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee shall, within 90&nbsp;days after the end of 2007, make its own independent assessment
of the extent to which the 2007 Criteria and such other measures and modifications as the
Committee, in its sole discretion, may consider have been achieved; and, based on its assessment,
shall award Incentive Compensation in such amounts, if any, as it deems to have been earned by
Marlow.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Committee may revise or modify the 2007 Criteria for the year to the extent the Committee,
in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion, believes necessary or deems equitable in light
of any unexpected or unusual or non-recurring circumstances or events, including but not limited
to, changes in accounting rules, accounting practices or procedures, tax and other laws and
regulations, or in the event of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, unanticipated increases in
regulatory fees or costs, any extraordinary or unanticipated competitive or economic circumstances,
or any other factors as the Committee may determine.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, in determining whether or to the extent that any one or more of the 2007 Criteria
have been met, the Committee may adjust the Corporation&#146;s financial results to exclude the effects
of any or all extraordinary items (as determined under generally accepted accounting principles)
and any other unusual or non-recurring items that distort year-to-year comparisons of results or
otherwise distort results for the year (either on an entity, business unit, or consolidated basis)
and consider the impact on results of other events, including but not limited to, charges or costs
associated with restructurings of the Corporation, discontinued operations, acquisitions or
dispositions of business entities or assets, reorganizations, mergers or divestures, the effects of
competition or economic conditions, and of changes in tax, regulatory or accounting rules, laws or
regulations.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Payment is to be made in cash promptly after the amount is determined but in no event later
than April&nbsp;15 of the calendar year following the calendar year for which the Incentive Compensation
is earned. The Committee, in its sole discretion, during a calendar year may make a non-refundable
prepayment of a portion of the Incentive Compensation to Marlow if it believes that the partial
payment will not exceed the amount of the Incentive Compensation for that calendar year.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>FIDELITY SOUTHERN CORPORATION</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James B. Miller, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>FIDELITY BANK</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ James B. Miller, Jr.
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">James B. Miller, Jr.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="2">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>MARLOW</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ B. Rodrick Marlow
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. Rodrick Marlow&nbsp;<br></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><br>Date: January 18, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
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