NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF COUNTRY BANK SHARES, INC. Notice is hereby given that Country Bank Shares, Inc. amended its Articles of Incorporation by amending Article IV to add a series of preferred stock, a Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series C. The Articles of Amendment were filed and became effective on January 13, 2014. COUNTRY BANK SHARES, INC. 617 1st Street P.O. Box E Milford, NE 68405 MT — January 29, February 5, 12, 2014
