EX-4 6 tv523004_ex4.htm EXHIBIT 4

 

Exhibit 4

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

 

  PROVIDENT BANCORP, INC.  

 

  CUSIP: ____________

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS

CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO

RESTRICTIONS, SEE REVERSE SIDE

 

THIS CERTIFIES thatis the owner of

 

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

of

Provident Bancorp, Inc.

a Maryland corporation

 

The shares evidenced by this certificate are transferable only on the books of Provident 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, Provident 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:  
  KIMBERLY SCHOLTZ     DAVID P. MANSFIELD
  CORPORATE SECRETARY     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

 

 

The Board of Directors of Provident Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) 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. The Company 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 (the “Limit”) be entitled or permitted to any vote in respect of shares held in excess of the Limit.

 

The shares represented by this certificate may not be cumulatively voted on any matter. The Articles of Incorporation requires 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 the Company 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 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 __________
      (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   (State)
    tenants in common    

 

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, ________________________

 

In the presence of   Signature:
     

 

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.