UNITED STATES OMB APPROVAL
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB Number: 3235-0101
Washington, D.C. 20549 Expires: May 31, 2017
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES SEC USE ONLY
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
   
  CUSIP NUMBER

ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

 

    
1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) (b) IRS IDENT. NO. (c) S.E.C. FILE NO WORK LOCATION
The Community Financial Corporation 52-1652138 0-18279  
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER  STREET  CITY STATE ZIP CODE (e) TELEPHONE NO
  3035 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, Maryland 20601        (301) 645-5601
   
2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD   (b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER

(c) ADDRESS STREET 

 

185 Buckeye Circle
La Plata, Maryland 20646

 CITY STATE ZIP CODE
Gregory C. Cockerham   Officer        
                   

INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

 

3 (a) (b) SEC USE ONLY (c) (d) (e) (f) (g)
Title of the     Number of Shares Aggregate Number of Shares Approximate Name of Each
Class of Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Broker-Dealer or Other Units Market or Other Units Date of Sale Securities
Securities to be Sold Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker File Number to be Sold Value Outstanding (See instr. 3(f)) Exchange
  who is Acquiring the Securities   (See instr. 3(c)) (See instr. 3(d)) (See instr. 3(e)) (MO.  DAY  YR.) (See instr. 3(g))

Common

Stock

Infinex Investments

Attn: South East Region

538 Preston Avenue

Meriden, Connecticut 06450

     6,812 $149,864 4,652,292 05-02-2016  `   NASDAQ

 

INSTRUCTIONS:        
1. (a) Name of Issuer   3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b) Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number     (b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c) Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any     (c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d) Issuer’s address, including zip code     (d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to filing of this notice
  (e) Issuer’s telephone number, including area code     (e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the Issuer
          (f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold     (g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
  (b) Such person’s relationship to the Issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)        
  (c) Such person’s address, including zip code        

 

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SEC 1147 (08-07)

 

 

 

  

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

 

Title of

the Class

Date you

Acquired

 Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

Amount of

Securities Acquired

Date of

Payment

 Nature of Payment
Common Stock 12/31/2014 Transfer from filer’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan Account to his IRA pursuant to an ESOP diversification distribution The Community Bank of the Chesapeake Employee Stock Ownership Plan 7,255 N/A N/A

 

 

INSTRUCTIONS:   If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

 

 

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

 

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 

 

Name and Address of Seller Title of Securities Sold Date of Sale

Amount of

Securities Sold

 Gross Proceeds
Gregory C. Cockerham Common Stock 4/28/2016 200 $4,340
185 Buckeye Circle
La Plata, Maryland 20646		 Common Stock 4/29/2016 243 $5,306

 

EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:

 

REMARKS:

 

 INSTRUCTIONS:   ATTENTION:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.   The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

 

 

 

 

  May 2, 2016     /s/ Gregory C. Cockerham  
  DATE OF NOTICE     (SIGNATURE)
         
  DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF
INSTRUCTION, IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1		  

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one

copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 

 

  ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

 

SEC 1147 (02-08)