EXHIBIT 4
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND
| No. | Shares |
CARROLL BANCORP, INC.
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE
PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
THIS CERTIFIES thatSPECIMEN is the registered holder of
SPECIMEN
Shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
of
Carroll Bancorp, Inc.
a Maryland corporation
The shares evidenced by this certificate are transferable only on the books of Carroll Bancorp, Inc. by the holder hereof, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. The capital stock evidenced hereby is not an account of an insurable type and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other Federal or state governmental agency.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Carroll Bancorp, Inc. has caused this certificate to be executed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and has caused a facsimile of its seal to be hereunto affixed.
| By: |
| (SEAL) | By: |
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| Tina M. Blankenship | Russell J. Grimes | |||||||||
| Corporate Secretary | President and Chief Executive Officer |
The Board of Directors of Carroll Bancorp, Inc. is authorized by resolution or resolutions, from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of more than one class of stock, including preferred stock in series, and to fix and state the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations and restrictions thereof. Carroll Bancorp, Inc. will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a full description of each class of stock and any series thereof.
The shares evidenced by this certificate are subject to a limitation contained in the Articles of Incorporation to the effect that in no event shall any record owner of any outstanding common stock which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person who beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock be entitled or permitted to any vote in respect of shares held in excess of the 10% limit.
The shares represented by this certificate may not be cumulatively voted on any matter. The Articles of Incorporation require that, with limited exceptions, no amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal of the Articles of Incorporation shall be made, unless such is first approved by the Board of Directors of Carroll Bancorp, Inc. and approved by the stockholders by a majority of the total shares entitled to vote, or in certain circumstances approved by the affirmative vote of up to eighty percent (80%) of the shares entitled to vote.
The following abbreviations when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.
| TEN COM | -as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT |
| Custodian |
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(Cust) | (Minor) | |||||||||
| TEN ENT | -as tenants by the entireties | |||||||||
| Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act | ||||||||||
| JT TEN | -as joint tenants with right | |||||||||
| of survivorship and not as |
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| tenants in common | (State) | |||||||||
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list
For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
(please print or typewrite name and address including postal zip code of assignee)
Shares of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
| Dated: |
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| In the presence of: |
| Signature: |
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NOTE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME OF THE STOCKHOLDER(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.