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 Exhibit 4.1 
  

 
 APPENDIX C 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION File No. 19841105 D Pages 2 Fee Paid $ 50 DCN 2151421600040 STCK FILED 05/22/2015 
STATE OF MAINE 
Deputy Secretary of State 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
Bar Harbor Bankshares (Name of Corporation) A True Copy When Attested By
Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
Pursuant to 13-C MRSA §1006,
the undersigned corporation executes and delivers the following Articles of Amendment: 
FIRST: The text of the amendment or the information required by 13-C MRSA
§121.10.E as set forth in Exhibit A attached, was adopted on (date) May 22, 2015 
The amendment was duly approved as follows: (“X” one box
only.) 
by the incorporators – shareholder approval was not required OR

by the board or directors – shareholder approval was not required OR 
by
the shareholders in the manner required by this Act and by the articles of incorporation. on May 19, 2015 
SECOND: If the amendment provides for an exchange,
reclassification or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment, if not contained in the amendment itself, are set forth in Exhibit or as follows: 
THIRD: The effective date of the articles of amendment (if other than the date of filing of the articles of amendment) is May 22, 2015 
DATED May 22, 2015 *By: 
(signature of any duly authorized person) 
Marsha C. Sawyer, Corporate Clerk 
(type or print name and capacity) 
* This document MUST be signed by any duly authorized officer OR the clerk (13-C MRSA §121.5) 
Please remit your payment made payable to the Maine Secretary of State. 
SUBMIT COMPLETED FORMS
TO: CORPORATE EXAMINING SECTION, SECRETARY OF STATE, 
101 STATE HOUSE STATION, AUGUSTA, ME 04333-0101 
FORM NO. MBCA-9 (1 of 1) Rev. 8/1/2004 TEL. (207) 624-7753 
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 EXHIBIT A 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT OF BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES 

The FIFTH Article of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation, is hereby amended by replacing paragraph (a) of said
FIFTH Article with the following: 
 “(a) Common Stock. The corporation shall have the authority to issue 20,000,000
shares of common stock, par value $2.00 per share.” 

  
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 DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION 
STATE OF MAINE

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
Bar Harbor Bankshares 
(Name of Corporation) 
File No. 19841105 D Pages 14 Fee Paid $ 50 
DCN 2090141400038 AMEN 
FILED 
01/14/2009 
Deputy Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested By Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
Pursuant to 13-C MRSA §1006, the undersigned corporation executes and delivers the following Article of Amendment: 
FIRST: The text of the amendment or the information required by 13-C MRSA §121.10.E as set forth in Exhibit A attached, was adopted on (date) December 16, 2008.

The amendment was duly approved as follows (“X” one box only) 
by
the incorporators – shareholder approval was not required OR 
by the board of directors – shareholder approval was not required OR 
by the shareholders in the manner required by this Act and by the articles of incorporation.

SECOND: If the amendment provides for exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment, if not contained in
the amendment itself are set forth in Exhibit or as follows: 
THIRD: The effective date of the articles of amendment (if other than the date of filing of the
article of amendment) is Filing Date 
DATED January 12, 2009 *By (signature of any duly authorized person) 
Joseph M. Murphy, President and CEO 
(type or print name and capacity) 
* This document MUST be signed by any duly authorized officer OR the clerk (13-C MRSA §121.5) 
Please remit your payment made payable to the Maine Secretary of State 
SUBMIT COMPLETED FORMS
TO: CORPORATE EXAMINING SECTION, SECRETARY OF STATE, 101 STATE HOUSE STATION, AUGUSTA, ME 04333-0101 
FORM NO. MBCA-9 (1 of 1) Rev 8/1/2014 
TEL. (207) 624-7752 
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 EXHIBIT A 

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS 

OF 
 FIXED RATE
CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES A 
 OF 

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES 

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maine (the “Corporation”), in
accordance with the provisions of Section 602 of Title 13C: Maine Business Corporation Act thereof, does hereby certify: 
 The board
of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) or an applicable committee of the Board of Directors, in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, adopted the
following resolution on December 16, 2008 creating a series of 18,751 shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A”. 

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Corporation and applicable law, a
series of Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Corporation be and hereby is created, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting and other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights,
and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series, are as follows: 
 Part 1. Designation and
Number of Shares. There is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation a series of preferred stock designated as the “Fixed Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A” (the
“Designated Preferred Stock”). The authorized number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be 18,751. 
 Part 2.
Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirely and shall be deemed to be a part of this Certificate of Designations to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein. 
 Part 3. Definitions. The following terms are used in this Certificate of
Designations (including the Standard Provisions in Annex A hereto) as defined below: 
 (a) “Common Stock” means the
common stock, par value $2.00 per share, of the Corporation. 

  
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 (b) “Dividend Payment Date” means February 15, May 15,
August 15 and November 15 of each year. 
 (c) “Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and any other class or
series of stock of the Corporation the terms or which expressly provide that it ranks junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. 

(d) “Liquidation Amount” means $1,000 per share of Designated Preferred Stock. 

(e) “Minimum Amount” means $4,687,750. 

(f) “Parity Stock” means any class or series of stock of the Corporation (other than Designated Preferred Stock) the terms or
which do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior or junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and/or as to rights on liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation (in each case without regard to
whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively). 
 (g) “Signing Date” means Original Issue Date. 

Part 4. Certain Voting Matters. Holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on any
matter on which holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, including any action by written consent. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bar Harbor Bankshares has caused this Certificate of Designations to be
signed by Joseph M. Murphy, its President and Chief Executive Officer, this 12th day of January, 2009. 
  

			
	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES
		
	By:	 	

		 	  

	Name:	 	Joseph M. Murphy
	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

  
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 ANNEX A 

STANDARD PROVISIONS 

Section 1. General Matters. Each share of Designated Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of
Designated Preferred Stock. The Designated Preferred Stock shall be perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 5 of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations. The Designated Preferred Stock shall rank
equally with Parity Stock and shall rank senior to Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation. 

Section 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Designated Preferred Stock; 

(a) “Applicable Dividend Rate” means (i) during the period from the Original Issue Date to, but excluding, the first day
of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date. 5% per annum and (ii) from and after the first day of the first Dividend Period commencing on or after the fifth anniversary of the
Original Issue Date, 9% per annum. 
 (b) “Appropriate Federal Banking Agency” means the “appropriate Federal
banking agency” with respect to the Corporation as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)), or any successor provision. 

(c) “Business Combination” means a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar transaction that requires the
approval of the Corporation’s stockholders. 
 (d) “Business Day” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day on
which banking institutions in the State of New York generally are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to close 

(e) “Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended from time to time. 

(f) “Certificate of Designations” means the Certificate of Designations or comparable instrument relating to the Designated
Preferred Stock, of which these Standard Provisions form a part, us it may be amended from time to time. 
 (g) “Charter”
means the Corporation’s certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, or similar organizational document. 
 (h)
“Dividend Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a). 
 (i) “Dividend Record Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3(a). 
 (j) “Liquidation Preference” has the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).

  
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 (k) “Original Issue Date” means the date on which shares of Designated Preferred
Stock are first issued. 
 (I) “Preferred Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 7(b). 

(m) “Preferred Stock” means any and all series of preferred stock of the Corporation, including the Designated Preferred
Stock. 
 (n) “Qualified Equity Offering” means the sale and issuance far cash by the Corporation to persons other than the
Corporation or any of its subsidiaries after the Original Issue Date of shares of perpetual Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any combination of such stock, that, in each ease, qualify as and may be included in Tier 1 capital of the Corporation at
the time of issuance under the applicable risk-based capital guidelines of the Corporation’s Appropriate Federal Banking Agency (other than any such sales and issuances made pursuant to agreements or arrangements entered into, or pursuant to
financing plans which were publicly announced, on or prior to October 13, 2008). 
 (o) “Share Dilution Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3(b). 
 (p) “Standard Provisions” mean these Standard Provisions that form a part of
the Certificate of Designations relating to the Designated Preferred Stock. 
 (q) “Successor Preferred Stock” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5(a). 
 (r) “Voting Parity Stock” means, with regard to any matter as to which the
holders of Designated Preferred Stock are entitled to vole as specified in Sections 7(a) and 7(b) of these Standard Provisions that form a part of the Certificate of Designations, any and all series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have
been conferred and art exercisable with respect to such matter. 
 Section 3. Dividends. 

(a) Rate. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, on each share of Designated Preferred Stock if, as and
when declared by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board or Directors, but only out of assets legally available therefor, cumulative cash dividends with respect to each Dividend Period (as defined below) at a rate per
annum equal to the Applicable Dividend Rate on (i) the Liquidation Amount per share of Designated Preferred Stock and (ii) the amount of accrued and unpaid dividends for any prior Dividend period on such share of Designated Preferred
Stock, if any. Such dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from the Original Issue Date, shall compound on each subsequent Dividend Payment Date (ie , no dividends shall accrue on other dividends unless and until the first Dividend
Payment Date for such other dividends has passed without such other dividends having been paid on such date) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing with the first such Dividend Payment Date to occur at
least 20 calendar days after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Dividend Payment Date would otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the dividend payment due on that date will be postponed to the next day that is a Business
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excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date is a “Dividend Period”, provided that the initial Dividend Period shall be the period from and including the Original Issue Date to, but
excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date. 
 Dividends that are payable on Designated Preferred Stock in respect of any Dividend Period
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The amount of dividends payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any date prior to the end of a Dividend Period, and for the initial Dividend Period, shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, and actual days elapsed over a 30-day month. 
 Dividends that
are payable on Designated Preferred Stock on any Dividend Payment Date will be payable to holders of record of Designated Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the applicable record date, which shall be the 15th
calendar day immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date or such other record date fixed by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors that is not more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to such Dividend
Payment Date (each, a “Dividend Record Date”). Any such day that is a Dividend Record Date shall be a Dividend Record Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. 

Holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, securities or other property, other
than dividends (if any) declared and payable on Designated Preferred Stock as specified in this Section 3 (subject to the other provisions of the Certificate of Designations) 

(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Designated Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be
declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other shares of Junior Stock (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Common Stock) or Parity Stock, subject to the immediately following paragraph in the case of Parity Stock, and no Common
Stock, Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods,
including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been or are contemporaneously declared and paid
in full (or have been declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for the benefit of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock on the applicable record date) The foregoing limitation shall not apply to
(i) redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions of shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any employee benefit plan in the ordinary course of business (including purchases to offset the Share
Dilution Amount (as defined below) pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan) and consistent with past practice, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount;
(ii) purchases or other acquisitions by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation solely for the purpose of market-making, stabilization or customer facilitation transactions in Junior Stock or Parity Stock in the ordinary course of its
business: (iii) purchases by a broker-dealer subsidiary of the Corporation of capital stock of the Corporation for resale pursuant to an offering by the Corporation of such capital stock underwritten by such broker-dealer subsidiary:
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a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan; (v) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries
of record ownership in Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians; and (vi) the exchange or conversion of Junior
Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation amount) or Junior Stock, in each case, solely to the extent required pursuant to binding contractual agreements
entered into prior to the Signing Date or any subsequent agreement for the accelerated exercise, settlement or exchange thereof for Common Stock “Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares outstanding
(determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and as measured from the date or the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements most recently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
prior to the Original Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to employees and equitably adjusted for any Stock split stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction. 

When dividends are not paid (or declared and a sum sufficient for payment thereof set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the
applicable record date) on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a Dividend Period related to such Dividend
Payment Date) in full upon Designated Preferred Stock and any shares of Parity Stock, all dividends declared on Designated Preferred Stock and all such Parity Stock and payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or in the case of Parity Stock having
dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date) shall be declared pro rata so that the respective amounts of such dividends
declared shall bear the same ratio to each other as all accrued and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Designated Preferred Stock (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) and all Parity
Stock payable on such Dividend Payment Date (or in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from the Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within the Dividend Period related to such Dividend Payment Date)
(subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and including, in the case or Parity Stock that bears cumulative dividends, all accrued but
unpaid dividends) bear to each other. If the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors determines not to pay any dividend or a full dividend on a Dividend Payment Date, the Corporation will provide written notice to
the holders of Designated Preferred Stock prior to such Dividend Payment Date. 
 Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such
dividends (payable in cash, securities or other property) as may be determined by the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors may be declared and paid on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior
Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends. 

  
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 Section 4. Liquidation Rights. 

(a) Voluntary or Involuntary Liquidation. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation,
whether voluntary or involuntary, holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive for each share of Designated Preferred Stock, out of the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof (whether capital or surplus) available for
distribution to stockholders of the Corporation, subject to the rights of any creditors of the Corporation, before any distribution of such assets or proceeds is made to or set aside for the holders of Common Stock and any other stock of the
Corporation ranking junior to Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution, payment in full in an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) the amount of any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if
applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), whether or not declared, to the date of payment (such amounts collectively, the “Liquidation Preference”). 

(b) Partial Payment. If in any distribution described in Section 4(a) above the assets of the Corporation or proceeds thereof are
not sufficient to pay in full the amounts payable with respect to all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred
Stock as to such distribution, holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the holders of such other stock shall share ratably in any such distribution in proportion to the full respective distributions to which they are entitled. 

(c) Residual Distributions. If the Liquidation Preference has been paid in full to all holders of Designated Preferred Stock and the
corresponding amounts payable with respect of any other stock of the Corporation ranking equally with Designated Preferred Stock as to such distribution has been paid in full the holders of other stock of the Corporation shall be entitled to receive
all remaining assets of the Corporation (or proceeds thereof) according to their respective rights and preferences. 
 (d) Merger,
Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation. For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Corporation with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of
Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, shall not constitute a
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. 
 Section 5. Redemption. 

(a) Optional Redemption. Except as provided below, the Designated Preferred Stock may not be redeemed prior to the first Dividend
Payment Date falling on or alter the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date. On or after the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the
approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, out of funds legally available therefor, the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, upon notice given as
provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid dividends (including, if applicable as provided in
Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to, but excluding, the date fixed for redemption. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the first Dividend Payment Date falling on or after the
third anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Corporation, at its option, subject to the approval of the Appropriate Federal Banking Agency, may redeem, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, the shares of Designated Preferred
Stock at the time outstanding upon notice given as provided in Section 5(c) below, at a redemption price equal to the sum of (i) the Liquidation Amount per share and (ii) except as otherwise provided below, any accrued and unpaid
dividends (including, if applicable as provided in Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount) (regardless of whether any dividends are actually declared) to. but excluding, the date fixed for redemption; provided that (x) the
Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) has received aggregate gross proceeds of not less than the Minimum Amount (plus the “Minimum Amount” as defined in the relevant certificate of designations for each other outstanding
series of preferred stock of such successor that was originally issued to the United States Department of the Treasury (the “Successor Preferred Stock”) in connection with the Troubled Asset Relief Program Capital Purchase Program)
from one or more Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor), and (y) the aggregate redemption price of the Designated Preferred Stock (and any Successor Preferred Stock) redeemed pursuant to this
paragraph may not exceed the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Corporation (or any successor by Business Combination) from such Qualified Equity Offerings (including Qualified Equity Offerings of such successor). 

The redemption price for any shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be payable on the redemption date to the holder of such shares against
surrender of the certificate(s) evidencing such shares to the Corporation or its agent. Any declared but unpaid dividends payable on a redemption date that occurs subsequent to the Dividend Record Date for a Dividend Period shall not be paid to the
holder entitled to receive the redemption price on the redemption date, but rather shall be paid to the holder or record of the redeemed shares on such Dividend Record Date relating to the Dividend Payment Date as provided in Section 3 above.

 (b) No Sinking Fund. The Designated Preferred Stock will not be subject to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or other similar
provisions. Holders of Designated Preferred Stock will have no right to require redemption or repurchase of any shares of Designated Preferred Stock 

(c) Notice of Redemption. Notice of every redemption of shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be given by first class mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to the holders of record of the shares to be redeemed at their respective last addresses appearing on the books of the Corporation Such mailing shall be at least 30 days and not more than 60 days before the date fixed for
redemption. Any notice mailed us provided in this Subsection shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the holder receives such notice, but failure duly to give such notice by mail, or any defect in such notice or in the
mailing thereof, to any holder of shares of Designated Preferred Stock designated for redemption shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other shares of Designated Preferred Stock Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
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may be given to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock at such time and in any manner permitted by such facility. Each notice of redemption given to a holder shall state: (1) the
redemption date; (2) the number of shares of Designated Preferred Stock to be redeemed and, if less than all the shares held by such holder are to be redeemed, the number of such shares to be redeemed from such holder; (3) the redemption
price; and (4) the place or places where certificates for such shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price. 
 (d)
Partial Redemption. In case of any redemption of part of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected either pro rata or in such other manner as the Board of Directors or
a duly authorized committee thereof may determine to be fair and equitable. Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof shall have full power and authority to prescribe the terms and conditions
upon which shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from time to time. If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares without charge to the
holder thereof 
 (e) Effectiveness of Redemption. If notice of redemption has been duly given and if on or before the redemption
date specified in the notice all funds necessary for the redemption have been deposited by the Corporation, in trust for the pro rata benefit of the holders of the shares called for redemption, with a bank or trust company doing business in
the Borough of Manhattan. The City of New York, and having a capital and surplus of at least $500 million and selected by the Board of Directors, so as to be and continue to be available solely therefor, then, notwithstanding that any certificate
for any share so called for redemption has not been surrendered for cancellation, on and after the redemption date dividends shall cease to accrue on all shares so called for redemption, all shares so called for redemption shall no longer be deemed
outstanding and all rights with respect to such shares shall forthwith on such redemption date cease and terminate, except only the right of the holders thereof to receive the amount payable on such redemption from such bank or trust company,
without interest Any funds unclaimed at the end of three years from the redemption date shall, to the extent permitted by law, be released to the Corporation, after which time the holders or the shares so called for redemption shall look only to the
Corporation for payment of the redemption price of such shares. 
 (f) Status of Redeemed Shares. Shares of Designated Preferred
Stock that arc redeemed, repurchased of otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall revert to authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock (provided that any such cancelled shares of Designated Preferred Stock may be reissued only as
shares of any series of Preferred Stock other than Designated Preferred Stock). 
 Section 6. Conversion. Holders of Designated
Preferred Stock shares shall have no right to exchange or convert such shares into any other securities 
 Section 7. Voting
Rights. 
 (a) General. The holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any voting rights except as set forth below or
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 (b) Preferred Stock Directors. Whenever, at any time or times, dividends payable on the
shares of Designated Preferred Stock have not been paid for an aggregate of six quarterly Dividend Periods or more, whether or not consecutive, the authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by two and the
holders of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have the right, with holders of shares of any one or more other classes or series of Voting Purity Stock outstanding at the time, voting together as a class, to elect two directors (hereinafter the
“Preferred Directors” and each a “Preferred Director”) to fill such newly created directorships at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting called for that purpose prior to
such next annual meeting) and at each subsequent annual meeting of stockholders until all accrued and unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods, including the latest completed Dividend Period (including, if applicable as provided in
Section 3(a) above, dividends on such amount), on all outstanding shares of Designated Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full at which time such right shall terminate with respect to the Designated Preferred Stock, except as herein
or by law expressly provided, subject to revesting in the event of each and every subsequent default of the character above mentioned: provided that it shall be a qualification for election for any Preferred Director that the election of such
Preferred Director shall not cause the Corporation to violate any corporate governance requirements of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which securities of the Corporation may then be listed or traded that listed or traded
companies must have a majority of independent directors. Upon any termination of the right of the holders of shares of Designated Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock as a class to vote for directors as provided above, the Preferred Directors
shall cease to be qualified as directors, the term of office of all Preferred Directors then in office shall terminate immediately and the authorized number of directors shall be reduced by the number of Preferred Directors elected pursuant hereto
Any Preferred Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, and any vacancy created thereby may be filled, only by the affirmative vote of the holders a majority of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding
voting separately as a class together with the holders of shares of Voting Parity Stock, to the extent the voting rights of such holders described above are then exercisable If the office of any Preferred Director becomes vacant for any reason other
than removal from office as aforesaid, the remaining Preferred Director may choose a successor who shall hold office for the unexpired term in respect of which such vacancy occurred. 

(c) Class Voting Rights as to Particular Matters. So long as any shares of Designated Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to
any other vote or consent of stockholders required by law or by the Charter, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the shares of Designated Preferred Stock at the time outstanding, voting as a separate class, given in person or
by proxy, either to writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, shall be necessary for effecting or validating: 

(i) Authorization of Senior Stock. Any amendment or alteration of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated
Preferred Stock or the Charter to authorize or create or increase the authorized amount of, or any issuance of, any shares of, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of, any class or series of capital stock or
the Corporation ranking senior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to either or both the payment of dividends and/or the distribution of assets on any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. 

  
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 (ii) Amendment of Designated Preferred Stock. Any amendment, alteration or
repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Designations for the Designated Preferred Stock or the Charter (including, unless no vote on such merger or consolidation is required by Section 7(c)(iii) below, any amendment, alteration or repeal
by means of a merger, consolidation or otherwise) so as to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Designated Preferred Stock; or 

(iii) Share Exchanges, Reclassifications, Mergers and Consolidations Any consummation of a binding share exchange or
reclassification involving the Designated Preferred Stock, or of a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another corporation or other entity, unless in each case (x) the shares of Designated Preferred Stock remain outstanding or, in
the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and
(y) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof taken as a whole, as are not materially less
favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of Designated Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole; 

provided, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c), any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Stock, including any
increase in the authorized amount of Designated Preferred Stock necessary to satisfy preemptive or similar rights granted by the Corporation to other persons prior to the Signing Date, or the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized
or issued amount, whether pursuant to preemptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any other series of Preferred Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other series of Preferred Stock, ranking equally with
and/or junior to Designated Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (whether such dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative) and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation will not be
deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock. 

(d) Changes after Provision for Redemption. No vote or consent of the holders of Designated Preferred Stock shall be required pursuant
to Section 7(c) above if, at or prior to the lime when any such vote or consent would otherwise be required pursuant to such Section, all outstanding shares of the Designated Preferred Stock shall have been redeemed, or shall have been called
for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust for such redemption, in each case pursuant to Section 5 above. 

(e) Procedures for Voting and Consents. The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the holders of Designated
Preferred Stock (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other aspect or matter with regard to such a
meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to 

  
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time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, and applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on
which Designated Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time. 
 Section 8. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, the Corporation and the transfer agent for Designated Preferred Stock may deem and treat the record holder of any share of Designated Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the
Corporation nor such transfer agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. 
 Section 9. Notices. All notices or
communications in respect of Designated Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of
Designations, in the Charter or Bylaws or by applicable law Notwithstanding the foregoing, if shares of Designated Preferred Stock are issued in book-entry form through The Depository Trust Company or any similar facility, such notices may be given
to the holders of Designated Preferred Stock in any manner permitted by such facility. 
 Section 10. No Preemptive Rights. No
share of Designated Preferred Stock shall have any rights of preemption whatsoever as to any securities of the Corporation, or any warrants, rights or options issued or granted with respect thereto, regardless of how such securities, or such
warrants rights or options, may be designated, issued or granted. 
 Section 11. Replacement Certificates. The Corporation shall
replace any mutilated certificate at the holder’s expense upon surrender of that certificate to the Corporation The Corporation shall replace certificates that become destroyed, stolen or lost at the holder’s expense upon delivery to the
Corporation of reasonably satisfactory evidence that the certificate has been destroyed, stolen or lost, together with any indemnity that may be reasonably required by the Corporation. 

Section 12. Other Rights. The shares of Designated Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting
powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law. 

  
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 DOMESTIC 
BUSINESS CORPORATION 
STATE OF MAINE 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
Bar Harbor Bankshares 
(Name of Corporation) 
File No 19641105 D Pages 2 
Fee Paid $ 50 
DCN 2090091500032 AMEN 
FILED 
01/09/2009 
Deputy Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested By Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
Pursuant to 13-C MRSA & 1006, the undersigned corporation executes and delivers the following Articles of Amendment: 
FIRST: The text of the amendment or the information required by 13-C MRSA § 121.10.E as set forth is Exhibit A attached, was adopted on (date) January 7, 2009.

The amendment was duly approve as follows: (“X” one box only.) 
by
the incorporators - shareholders approval was not required OR 
by the board of director - shareholder approved was not required OR 
by the shareholders in the matter required by this Act and by the articles of incorporation

SECOND: If the amendment provides for an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares, provisions for implementing the amendment. If not contained
in the amendment itself, are set forth in Exhibit or as follows 
THIRD: The effective date of the articles of amendment (if other than the date of filing of the
articles of amendment) is Filing Date 
DATED January 7, 2009 
*By

(signature of any duly authorized account) 
Joseph M. Murphy, President

(type or print name and capacity) 
* This document MUST be signed by any duly
authorized officer OR the clerk. (13-C MRSA § 121.5) 
Please remit your payment made payable to the Maine Secretary of State. 
SUBMIT COMPLETED FORMS TO: CORPORATE EXAMINING SECTION, SECRETARY OF STATE, 101 STATE HOUSE STATION, AUGUSTA, ME 0-1333-0101 FORM NO. MBCA-9 (1 of 1) Rev 8/1/2014 
TEL (207) 674-7152 
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 Exhibit A 

Articles of Amendment 

Of 
 Bar Harbor
Bankshares 
 FIFTH The capital stock of the corporation shall be designated as follows: 

(a) Common Stock. The corporation shall have the authority to issue 10,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $2.00 per share. 

(b) Preferred Stock. 

(1) The corporation shall have authority to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, no par value. The shares of preferred stock of
the corporation may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, the shares of each class or series to have such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences, rights, powers, including
rating powers (or qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof) as are slated in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of such class or series adopted by the Board of Directors as provided in Paragraph (b)(2) of this Fifth
Article. 
 (2) Authority is granted to the Board of Directors of the corporation, subject to the provisions of this Fifth Article and to
the limitations prescribed by the Maine Business Corporation Act, to authorize the issuance of one or more classes, or one or more series within a class, of preferred stock and with respect to each such class or series to fix by resolution or
resolutions the voting powers, full or limited, if any, of the shares of such class or series to determine and fix by resolution or resolutions the designations, preferences, rights, powers, including voting powers (or qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions thereof) of such shares. This paragraph is intended to afford to the Board of Directors the maximum authority permitted under Section 602 of Title 13-C: Maine Business Corporation Act. 

  
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 Filing Fee (See Sec. 1401) 
For Use By The
Secretary of State 
File No. 
Fee Paid 
C.B. 
Date

STATE OF MAINE 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
(Amendment by Shareholders Voting as One Class) 
Pursuant to 13-A MRSA §§805 and 807,
the undersigned corporation adopts these Articles of Amendment: 
File No. 19841105 D Pages 2 
Fee Paid $ 2,135.00 
DCN 1952331200016 STCK 
FILED 
08/17/1995 
Deputy Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested By Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
FIRST: All outstanding shares were entitled to vote on the following
amendment as one class. 
SECOND: The amendment set out in Exhibit A attached was adopted by the shareholders (Circle one) 
A. at a meeting legally called and held on, OR July 11, 1995. 
B. by unanimous written
consent on 
THIRD: Share outstanding and entitled to vote and shares voted for and against said amendment were: 
Number of Shares Outstanding and Entitled to Vote 
NUMBER Voted For 
NUMBER Voted Against 
635 abstain 
342,721 
293,169 
3782 against 
FOURTH: If such amendment provides for exchange, reclassification or cancellation
of issued shares, the manner in which this shall be effected is contained in Exhibit B attached if it is not set forth in the amendment itself. 
FIFTH: If the
amendment changes the number of par values of authorized shares, the number of shares the corporation has authority to issue thereafter, is as follows: 
Class

Series (If Any) 
Number of Shares 
Par Value (If Any) 
common 
10,000,000 
$2.00 
The aggregate par value of all such shares (of all classes and series) having par value is $20,000,000. 
The total number of all such shares (of all classes and series) without par value is -0- shares.

SIXTH: Address of the registered office in Maine: 82 Main Street Bar Harbor, ME 04609 
(street, city and zip code) 
MUST BE COMPLETED FOR VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS 
Bar Harbor Bankshares 
(Name of Corporation) 
I certify that I have custody of the minutes showing the above action by the shareholders. 
By:
Virginia M. Vendrell 
(signature) 
Signature of Clerk, Secretary or Asst
Secretary 
Virginia M. Vendrell, Tresurer & CFO 
(type or print name and
capacity) 
By: (signature) 
Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. 
Dated: July 4, 1995 
Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. CEO & Pres 
(type or print name and capacity) 
Marsha C. Sawyer, Clerk 
*In addition to any certification of custody of minutes this document MUST be signed by (1) the Clerk OR (2) the President as a vice president AND the Secretary, an
assistant secretary or other officer the by laws designate as second certifying officer OR (3) if no such officers, a majority of the directors or such directors designated by a majority of directors then in office OR (4) if no directors,
the holders or such of them designated by the holders, of record of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon OR (5) the holders of all outstanding shares. 
NOTE: The form should not be used if any class of shares is entitled to vote as a separate class for any of the reasons set out in §806, or because the articles to provide.
For vote necessary for adoption see §805. 
FORM NO. MBCA-9 Rev 
SUBMIT
COMPLETED FORMS TO: Secretary of State, Station 101, Augusta, Maine 04333 
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 Exhibit A 

Voted to change the authorized capital stock from 600,000 shares common with $10.00 par value to 10,000,000 shares with a $2.00 par value 

  
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 Filing Fee 
19841105 D 03 29 1989 
1910000100005 STCK 
Fee Paid $200-$15. 
C.B. 
Date APR 7 1989 2 
STATE OF MAINE 
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT 
(Amendment by Shareholders Voting as One Class) 
Pursuant to 13-A MRSA §§805 and 807,
the undersigned corporation adopts these Articles of Amendment: 
For Use By The Secretary of State 
FILED 
March 29, 1989 
Deputy, Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested By Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
FIRST: All outstanding shares were entitled to vote on the following
amendment as one class. 
SECOND: The amendment set out in Exhibit A attached was adopted by the shareholders (Circle one) 
A. At a meeting legally called and held on, OR October 4, 1988 
B. By unanimous written consent
on 
THIRD: Shares outstanding and entitled to vote and shares voted for and against said amendment were Number of Shares Outstanding and Entitled to Vote NUMBER
Voted for NUMBER Voted Against 120,000 outstanding 117,941 183 against 
200,000 authorized 1876 abstaining 
FOURTH: If such amendment provides for exchange, reclassification or cancellation of issued shares, the manner in which this shall be effected is contained in Exhibit B attached if
it is not set forth in the amendment itself. 
FIFTH: If the amendment changes the number or par values of authorized shares, the number of shares the corporation
has authority to issue thereafter, is as follows: 
Class Series (If Any) Number of Shares Par Value (If Any) 
Common same Same 500,000 (auth) $10.00 
The aggregate par value of all such shares (of all
classes and series) having par value is $6,000,000.00 
The total number of all such shares (of all classes and series) without par value is -0- shares. 
SIXTH: Address of the registered office in Maine: 82 Main Street Bar Harbor, Maine 04609

(street, city and zip code) 
MUST BE COMPLETED FOR VOTE OF SHAREHOLDERS

I certify that I have custody of the minutes showing the above action by the shareholders. 
(Signature of Clerk, Secretary or Asst. Secretary) 
Dated: February 22, 1989 
Bar Harbor Bankshares (Name of Corporation) 
By: Marsha C. Sawyer (Signature) 
Marsha C. Sawyer, Clerk 
(type or print name and capacity) 
By: (signature) 
John P. Reeves, President 
(type or print name and capacity) 
*In addition to any certification of custody of minutes this
document MUST be signed by (1) the Clerk OR (2) the President or a vice president AND the Secretary, an assistant secretary or other officer the by laws designate as second certifying officer OR (3) if no such officers, a majority of the directors
or such directors or such directors designated by a majority of directors then in office OR (4) if no directors, the holders or such of them designated by the holders, of record of a majority of all outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon OR (5)
the holders of all outstanding shares. 
NOTE: The form should not be used if any class of shares is entitled to vote as a separate class for any of the reasons set
out in §806, or because the articles to provide. For vote necessary for adoption see §805. 
FORM NO. MBCA-9 Rev 
SUBMIT COMPLETED FORMS TO: Secretary of State, Station 101, Augusta, Maine 04333 
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 EXHIBIT A 

Voted to change the authorized capital stock from 200,000 Shares Common $10.00 Par value having a total of $2,000,000. to be Increase to 600,000 Shares Common
$10.00 Par value having a total of $6,000.000. 

  
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 19841105 D 07 07 1986 
191000100006 CLRO

Fee paid $5.00 
CB 
Date SEP 15, 1986 
STATE OF MAINE 
CHANGE OF CLERK OF REGISTERED OFFICE or BOTH 
Pursuant to 13-A MRSA §31H the undersigned
express from advises you of the following change(s) 
For Use By The Secretary of State FILED 
July 1, 1986 
Deputy, Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested by Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
FIRST The name and registered office of the clerk appearing on the record in Secretary of State of 
Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. Clerk 
82 Main Street c/o Bar Harbor banking & Trust
Company Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 
(street, city, state and zip code) 
SECOND The
name and registered office of its successor (new) clerk who must be a Maine resident 
Marsha C. Sawyer 
82 Main Street c/o Bar Harbor Banking & Trust Company Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (street, city, state and zip code) 
THIRD Upon a change in clerk this must be completed 
(x) Such change was authorized by the
board of directors and the power to make such change is not reserved to the shareholders by the Articles on the by laws 
( ) Such change was authorized by the
shareholders (Complete the following) 
I certify that I have custody of the minutes showing the above action by the shareholders. 
(signature of the clerk, secretary or assistant secretary) 
Dated July 1, 1986 
BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES 
(name of corporation 
By John P. reeves 
(signature) 
MUST BE COMPLETED John P. reeves, President 
Legibly print or type name and capacity of all
signers 13 A MRSA § (type or print name and capacity) 
By Marsha C. Sawyer

(signature) 
Marsha C. Sawyer, Clerk 
(type or print name & capacity 
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 Filing Fee $50.00 plus fee 
19641105 D 01 19 1984

19100001000010 ART1 
Fee paid $200 - $50 
C B ---- 
Date 1-25-84 
2 
STATE OF MAINE 
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES 
(insert corporate name) 
For Use By The Secretary of State 
FILED 
January 19, 1984 
Deputy Secretary of State 
A True Copy When Attested By Signature 
Deputy Secretary of State 
Pursuant to 13A MRSA §403, the undersigned, acting as incorporation(s) of a corporation, adopt(s) the following Articles of Incorporation: 
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Bar Harbor Bankshares and it is located in Maine, at Bar Harbor 
SECOND: The name of its Clerk, who must be a Maine resident, and the address of its registered office shall be: 
Name Sheldon F. Goldthwait, Jr. 
Street & Number 82 Main Street 
City Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (zip code) 
THIRD: (“X” one box only) 
a. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors of the corporation is 18 (See §703, I.A.) 
b. If the initial directors have been selected, the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as directors until the first annual meeting of the shareholders or until
their successors are elected and shall qualify are: 
NAME ADDRESS 
There shall
be no directors initially, the shares of the corporation will not be sold to more than twenty (20) persons; the business of the corporation will be managed by the shareholders. (See §703, I.B) 
FOURTH (“X” one box only) 
The board of directors is x is not authorized to increase
or decrease the number of director. 
If the board is so authorized, the minimum number, if any, shall be 9 director, (See §703. I.A.) and the maximum number,
if any, shall be 27 directors. 
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 FIFTH: (“X” one box only) 
X There shall
be only one class of shares viz. Common . 
(title of class) 
Par value of each
share (if none, so title) SLO . 
Number of shares authorized 200,000 . 
There
shall be two or more classes of shares. 
The information required by §403 concerning each such class is set out in Exhibit attached hereto and made a part
hereof. 
SUMMARY 
The aggregate par value of all authorized shares (of all
classes) having a par value is $ 2,000,000. 
The total number of authorized shares (of all classes) without par value is shares. 
SIXTH: (“X” one box only) 
Meetings of the shareholders may may not X be held outside
the State of Maine. 
SEVENTH: (“X” if applicable) There are no preemptive rights X 
EIGHTH: Other provisions of these articles, if any including provisions for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation are set out in Exhibit attached hereto and
made a part hereof. 
DATED: January 18, 1984 
INCORPORATORS 
(signature) 
Robert H. Avery 
(type or print name) 
(signature) 
(type or print name) 
(signature) 
(type or print name) 
For Corporate Incorporators 
By 
(signature) 
(type or print name and capacity) 
Articles are to be executed as follows: 
RESIDENCE ADDRESSES 
Street Shannon Way 
Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 
(city, state and zip code) 
Street 
(city, state and zip code) 
Street 
(city, state and zip code) 
Street 
(city, state and zip code) 
If a corporation is an incorporator (§402), the name of the corporation should be typed and signed on its behalf by an officer of the corporation. The address of the principal
place of business of the incorporator corporation should be given. The articles of incorporation must be accompanied by a certificate of an appropriate officer of the corporation certifying that the person executing the articles on behalf of the
corporation was duly authorized to do so. 
FORM NO. MBCA.6 Rev. 79 
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 Exhibit 10.2 

BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES AND SUBSIDIARIES 

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2015 

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 

COVER SHEET 
 Bar Harbor
Bankshares and Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) hereby grants Incentive Stock Options (the “Options”) to purchase shares of its common stock, par value $2.00 per share (the
“Stock”), to the individual named below as the Optionholder, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this cover sheet and in the attachment (together the “Agreement”) and in the Company’s
Equity Incentive Plan of 2015 (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). 
  

			
	Grant Date:	  	  

		
	Name of Optionholder:	  	  

		
	Number of Shares of Stock Covered by the Options:	  	  

		
	Exercise Price per Share:	  	  

		
	Vesting Start Date:	  	  

		
	Vesting Schedule:	  	  

 By your signature below, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached
Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which has been made available to you. You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed the Plan and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.

  

											
	Grantee:	 	  
	 		 	Date:	 	  
	 	
		 	(Signature)	 		 		 		 	
						
	Company:	 	  
	 		 	Date:	 	  
	 	
		 	(Signature)	 		 		 		 	
						
	Name:	 	 Curtis C. Simard
	 		 		 		 	
	Title:	 	 President and Chief Executive Officer
	 		 		 		 	

 Attachment 

This is not a stock certificate or a negotiable instrument. 

 BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES AND SUBSIDIARIES 

EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN OF 2015 

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT 
  

			
	Incentive Stock Option	  	The Options are intended to be incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code and will be interpreted accordingly. If you cease to be an employee of the Company (“Employee”) but continue to provide
Continuous Service, the Options will be deemed Nonstatutory Stock Options three (3) months after you cease to be an Employee. In addition, to the extent that all or part of the Options exceeds the $100,000 limit of Section 422(d) of the Code, the
Options or the lesser excess part will be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options.
		
	Transferability	  	During your lifetime, only you (or, in the event of your legal incapacity or incompetency, your guardian or legal representative) may exercise the Options. Other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, the Options may
not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, or otherwise encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the Options be made subject to execution, attachment, or similar process. If you attempt to do any of these things,
you will immediately and automatically forfeit your Options.
		
	Term	  	Your Options will expire in any event at the close of business at Company headquarters on the day before the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Grant Date, as shown on the cover
sheet. Your Options will expire earlier if your Continuous Service terminates, as described below.
		
	Vesting	  	 The Options are only exercisable before they expire and then only with respect to the vested portion of the Options.

 
 Your right to purchase shares of Stock under the Options vests as set forth in the Vesting
Schedule on the cover sheet, subject to your Continuous Service through the applicable vesting dates, except as provided in this Agreement; provided, however, that for purposes of vesting, fractional number of shares of Stock shall be rounded down
to the nearest whole number. You cannot vest in more than the number of shares of Stock covered by the Options.
  

No additional shares of Stock will vest after your Continuous Service has terminated for any reason.

		
	Termination	  	Disability. If your Continuous Service terminates as a result of your Disability, you may exercise the Options (to the extent you were entitled to exercise the Options as of the date of termination), but only within the
period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date twelve (12) months following the termination of your Continuous Service, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Options as set forth in this Agreement. If, after termination of your Continuous
Service, you do not exercise the Options within the time period specified, the Options shall automatically terminate.

  
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		  	Death. If your Continuous Service terminates as a result of your death or if you die within the period specified during which you may exercise the Options after the termination of your Continuous Service for a reason other
than death, then the Options may be exercised (to the extent you were entitled to exercise the Options as of the date of death) by your estate, by a person who acquired the right to exercise the Options by bequest or inheritance, or by a person
designated to exercise the Options upon your death, but only within the period ending on the earlier of (i) the date eighteen (18) months following your date of death, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Options as set forth in this Agreement.
If, after your death, the Options are not exercised within the time period specified, the Options shall automatically terminate.
		
		  	Termination for Cause. If your Continuous Service terminates for Cause, then you shall immediately forfeit all rights to your Options (both vested and unvested portions), and the Options shall automatically terminate upon
your date of termination.
		
		  	Other Termination of Continuous Service. If your Continuous Service terminates other than on account of death, Disability, or termination for Cause, you may exercise the Options (to the extent you were entitled to exercise
the Options as of the date of termination), but only within the period of time ending on the earlier of (i) the date three (3) months following the termination of your Continuous Service, or (ii) the expiration of the term of the Options as set
forth in this Agreement. If, after termination of your Continuous Service, you do not exercise the Options within the time period specified, the Options shall automatically terminate.
		
	Change in Control	  	In the event your Continuous Service terminates without Cause (other than as a result of Disability) or for Good Reason, in each case in anticipation of or after a Change in Control, the unvested portion of your Option shall vest in
full as of the later of (i) a date prior to the consummation of the Change in Control as the Committee shall determine (or, if the Committee shall not determine such a date, as of the date that is five (5) days prior to the consummation of the
Change in Control) and (ii) the date of your termination of Continuous Service. Your termination of Continuous Service shall be deemed to be in anticipation of a Change in Control if it occurs within the twelve (12)-month period prior to the
occurrence of the Change in Control.
		
	Leaves of Absence	  	For purposes of this Agreement, your Continuous Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing if the terms of the leave provide for Continuous Service crediting,
or when continuous service crediting is required by applicable law. However, your Continuous Service will be treated as terminating ninety (90) days after you went on employee leave, unless your right to return to active work is guaranteed by law or
by a contract. Your Continuous Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately return to active employee work.

  
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		 	The Committee determines, in its sole discretion, which leaves count for this purpose, and when your Continuous Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan.
		
	Notice of Exercise	 	 The Options may be exercised, in whole or in part, to purchase a whole number of vested shares of Stock of not less than fifty
(50) shares, unless the number of vested shares purchased is the total number available for purchase under the Options, by following the procedures set forth in the Plan and in this Agreement.

		
		 	When you wish to exercise the Options, you must notify the Company by filing the proper “Notice of Exercise” form at the address given on the form. Your notice must specify how many shares of Stock you wish to
purchase and how your shares of Stock should be registered (in your name only or in your and your spouse’s names as joint tenants with right of survivorship). The notice will be effective when it is received by the Company.
		
		 	If someone else wants to exercise the Options after your death, that person must prove to the Company’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.
		
	Forms of Payment	 	When you submit your notice of exercise, you must include payment of the aggregate exercise price for the shares of Stock you are purchasing. Payment may be made in one (or a combination) of the following
forms:
			
		 	 •       
	  	Cash;
			
		 	 •       
	  	Delivery to the Company of other shares of Stock of the Company; or
			
		 	 •       
	  	According to a deferred payment arrangement which charges an adequate rate of interest based on the applicable federal rate.
		
	Evidence of Issuance	 	The issuance of the shares of Stock under the Options evidenced by this Agreement shall be evidenced in such a manner as the Company, in its discretion, deems appropriate, including, without limitation, book-entry,
registration, or issuance of one or more Stock certificates. You will have no further rights with regard to the Options once the shares of Stock related to such Options have been issued.
		
	Withholding Taxes	 	You agree as a condition of the Options that you will make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the exercise or receipt of the Options delivered pursuant thereto.
In the event that the Company determines that any federal, state, or local tax or withholding payment is required relating to the exercise or receipt of the Options, in addition to the Company’s right to withhold any compensation paid to you by
the Company, you may also satisfy the withholding obligations by (i) tendering a cash payment or (ii) delivering owned and unencumbered shares of Stock to the Company.

  
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	Retention Rights	  	Neither your Options nor this Agreement gives you the right to be retained or employed by the Company (or any of its Affiliates) in any capacity. The Company (and any Affiliate) reserves the right to terminate your Continuous
Service with or without notice and with or without Cause.
		
	Stockholder Rights	  	 You (and your estate or heirs) have no rights as a stockholder with respect to the shares of Stock underlying the Options unless and until
the shares of Stock underlying the Options have been issued upon exercise of your Options and either a certificate evidencing your Stock has been issued or an appropriate entry has been made on the Company’s books. No adjustments are made for
dividends, distributions, or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your certificate is issued (or an appropriate book entry is made), except as described in the Plan.

 
 If you dispose of shares of Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of these Options prior
to the second (2nd) anniversary of the Grant Date or the first (1st) anniversary of the applicable date of exercise, you must notify the
Company of such disposition within ten (10) days thereafter.

		
	Adjustments	  	In the event of a stock split, stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, or exchange of shares or a similar change in the Stock, the number
of shares of Stock covered by the Options and the exercise price per share will be adjusted by the Committee (and rounded down to the nearest whole number) in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The Committee adjustments will be final, binding,
and conclusive on all persons.
		
	Corporate Activity	  	Your Option shall be subject to the terms of any applicable agreement of merger, liquidation, or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity, consistent with Section 14 of the Plan.
		
	Forfeiture of Rights	  	 If you should take actions in violation or breach of, or in conflict with, any non-competition agreement, any agreement prohibiting
solicitation of employees or clients of the Company or any Affiliate, any confidentiality obligation with respect to the Company or any Affiliate, otherwise in competition with the Company or any Affiliate, any material Company or Affiliate policy
or procedure, any other material agreement, or any other material obligation to the Company or any Affiliate, the Company has the right to cause an immediate forfeiture of your rights to the Options, and the Options shall immediately and
automatically expire.
  
 In addition, if you have exercised any portion of the Options
during the two (2)-year period prior to your actions, you will owe the Company a cash payment (or forfeiture of shares of Stock) in an amount determined as follows: (i) for any shares of Stock that you have sold prior to receiving notice from the
Company, the amount will be the proceeds received from the sale(s), less the exercise price, and (ii) for any shares of Stock that you still own, the amount will be the number of shares of Stock owned times the Fair Market Value of the shares of
Stock on the date you receive notice from the Company, less the exercise price (provided, that the Company

  
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		  	may require you to satisfy your payment obligations hereunder either by forfeiting and returning to the Company the shares or any other shares of Stock or making a cash payment or a combination of these methods as determined by the
Company in its sole discretion).
		
	Clawback	  	 The Options are subject to mandatory repayment by you to the Company to the extent you are or in the future become subject to (i) any Company
“clawback” or recoupment policy or (ii) any law, rule, or regulation that requires the repayment by you to the Company of compensation paid by the Company to you in the event that you fail to comply with, or violate, the terms or
requirements of such policy or law, rule, or regulation.
  
 If the Company is required to
prepare an accounting restatement due to the material noncompliance of the Company, as a result of misconduct, with any financial reporting requirement under the securities laws and you knowingly engaged in the misconduct, were grossly negligent in
engaging in the misconduct, knowingly failed to prevent the misconduct, or were grossly negligent in failing to prevent the misconduct, you will reimburse the Company the amount of any payment in settlement of the Options earned or accrued during
the twelve (12)-month period following the first public issuance or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (whichever first occurred) of the financial document that contained such material noncompliance.

		
	Applicable Law	  	The laws of the State of Maine will govern all questions concerning the construction, validity, and interpretation of this Agreement, without regard to any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer
construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
		
	The Plan	  	 The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference. This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between
you and the Company regarding the Options. Any prior agreements, commitments, or negotiations concerning the Options are superseded.
  

Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

		
	Data Privacy	  	To administer the Plan, the Company may process personal data about you. Such data includes, but is not limited to the information provided in this Agreement and any changes thereto, other appropriate personal and financial data
about you such as home address and business addresses and other contact information, and any other information that might be deemed appropriate by the Company to facilitate the administration of the Plan. By accepting the Options, you give explicit
consent to the Company and its Affiliates to process any such personal data.
		
	Consent to Electronic Delivery	  	By accepting the Options, you consent to receive documents related to the Options by electronic delivery and, if requested, agree to participate in the Plan through an on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the
Company or another third party designated by the Company, and your consent shall remain in effect throughout your term of Continuous Service and thereafter until you withdraw such consent in writing to the Company.

  
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	Code Section 409A	  	 The grant of the Options under this Agreement is intended to comply with Code Section 409A (“Section 409A”) to
the extent subject thereto, and, accordingly, to the maximum extent permitted, this Agreement will be interpreted and administered to be in compliance with Section 409A.
  

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Agreement, neither the Company, any Affiliate, the Board, nor the Committee will have any
obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any excise tax or penalty on you under Section 409A, and neither the Company, any Affiliate, the Board, nor the Committee will have any liability to you or other person for such tax or
penalty.

 By signing this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and 

conditions described in this Agreement and in the Plan. 

  
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