UNITED STATES

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www.investorvote.com/HBMD Step 1: Go to www.investorvote.com/HBMD. Step 2: Click on the icon on the right to view meeting materials. Step 3: Return to the investorvote.com window and follow the instructions on the screen to log in. Online Go to www.investorvote.com/HBMD or scan the QR code — login details are located in the shaded bar below. The Sample Company Stockholder Meeting Notice 030NID + + Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Howard Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Meeting to be Held on May 22, 2019 Under Securities and Exchange Commission rules, you are receiving this notice that the proxy materials for the annual stockholders’ meeting are available on the Internet. Follow the instructions below to view the materials and vote online or request a copy. The items to be voted on and location of the annual meeting are on the reverse side. Your vote is important! This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. We encourage you to access and review all of the important information contained in the proxy materials before voting. The notice of annual meeting and proxy statement and 2018 annual report to stockholders are available at: Obtaining a Copy of the Proxy Materials – If you want to receive a copy of these documents, you must request one. There is no charge to you for requesting a copy. Please make your request for a copy as instructed on the reverse side on or before May 13, 2019 to facilitate timely delivery. 2 N O T Easy Online Access — View your proxy materials and vote. When you go online, you can also help the environment by consenting to receive electronic delivery of future materials. Votes submitted electronically must be received by 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 22, 2019. Step 4: Make your selections as instructed on each screen for your delivery preferences. Step 5: Vote your shares.

 

Here’s how to order a copy of the proxy materials and select delivery preferences: Current and future delivery requests can be submitted using the options below. If you request an email copy, you will receive an email with a link to the current meeting materials. PLEASE NOTE: You must use the number in the shaded bar on the reverse side when requesting a copy of the proxy materials. — Internet – Go to www.investorvote.com/HBMD. — Phone – Call us free of charge at 1-866-641-4276. — Email – Send an email to investorvote@computershare.com with “Proxy Materials Howard Bancorp, Inc.” in the subject line. Include your full name and address, plus the number located in the shaded bar on the reverse side, and state that you want a paper copy of the meeting materials. To facilitate timely delivery, requests for a paper copy of proxy materials must be received by May 13, 2019. Howard Bancorp, Inc.’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on May 22, 2019 at 3301 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD 21224 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. Proposals to be voted on at the meeting are listed below along with the Board of Directors’ recommendations. The Board of Directors recommend a vote FOR all the nominees listed and FOR Proposals 2, 3, 4 and 6 and EVERY YEAR for Proposal 5: 1. Election of Directors Class II - terms expiring in 2022. 2. To approve the amendment to the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended (the "Charter") to allow the Company’s Stockholders to amend the Company's Amended and Restated Bylaws. 3. To approve amendments to the Charter to change the current super-majority vote requirement to amend certain sections of the Charter to a majority vote standard. 4. To approve a non-binding advisory proposal to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. 5. To approve a non-binding advisory proposal regarding the frequency of stockholder advisory vote on executive compensation. 6. To ratify the appointment of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for 2019. PLEASE NOTE – YOU CANNOT VOTE BY RETURNING THIS NOTICE. To vote your shares you must go online or request a paper copy of the proxy materials to receive a proxy card. If you wish to attend and vote at the meeting, please bring this notice with you. Stockholder Meeting Notice