FOURTH AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

                

On or as of December 18, 2012, PEOPLES BANCORP INC., an Ohio corporation (“Borrower”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (“Lender”) entered in a certain Loan Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Agreement” or the “Loan Agreement. Borrower and Lender desire to amend the Loan Agreement as set forth below and effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below).

2.1    Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined will be given the definitions set forth in the Loan Agreement.

2.2    Borrower represents and warrants that Borrower has no claims, counterclaims, setoffs, actions or causes of actions, damages or liabilities of any kind or nature whatsoever whether at law or in equity, in contract or in tort, whether now accrued or hereafter maturing (collectively, “Claims”) against Lender, its direct or indirect parent corporation or any direct or indirect affiliates of such parent corporation, or any of the foregoing’s respective directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and legal representatives, or the heirs, administrators, successors or assigns of any of them (collectively, “Lender Parties”) that directly or indirectly arise out of, are based upon or are in any manner connected with any Prior Related Event. As an inducement to Lender to enter into this Amendment, Borrower on behalf of itself, and all of its successors and assigns hereby knowingly and voluntarily releases and discharges all Lender Parties from any and all Claims, whether known or unknown, that directly or indirectly arise out of, are based upon or are in any manner connected with any Prior Related Event. As used herein, the term “Prior Related Event” means any transaction, event, circumstance, action, failure to act, occurrence of any sort or type, whether known or unknown, which occurred, existed, was taken, permitted or begun at any time prior to the Effective Date (as defined below) or occurred, existed, was taken, was permitted or begun in accordance with, pursuant to or by virtue of any of the terms of the Loan Agreement or any documents executed

in connection with the Loan Agreement or which was related to or connected in any manner, directly or indirectly to the extension of credit represented by the Loan Agreement.

2.3    Except as previously amended or amended hereby, the Loan Agreement, the Revolving Credit Note and the Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed as obligations of Borrower. Nothing contained herein shall affect or impair any rights, remedies, or powers of Lender under the Loan Agreement or under any other Loan Document. It is the intent of Borrower and Lender that all Collateral previously granted by Borrower or any Guarantor to Lender under the Transaction Documents or otherwise, to secure Borrower’s Obligations shall continue to secure Borrower’s obligations under the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, and that the aforementioned Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect. Any references to the Loan Agreement and/or any Loan Document shall mean such documents as amended from time to time. It is the intent of the parties hereto that the execution and delivery of this Amendment, or any amendment to any of the Transaction Documents in conjunction herewith shall not constitute a novation of the Revolving Credit Loan, the Term Loan or any other Obligations of Borrower to Lender nor shall it affect the priority of any security interest previously granted to Lender securing the obligations under the Loan Agreement or any other Obligation of Borrower to Lender. Except as is explicitly set forth in Section 1 of this Third Amendment, nothing contained herein shall be construed as obligating Lender to further lend additional funds, increase the principal amount of any Loan, release any Collateral, renew any maturity date or to further extend credit to any party, either now or in the future or to consent to any further modifications of the Loan Agreement.

2.4    Time is of the essence.

2.5    Borrower agrees to execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, in addition to this Amendment, any all other documents or instruments deemed necessary by Lender to perfect or continue the perfection of any security interest and Borrower further agrees to pay all fees and out of pocket expenses of Lender charged or incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Amendment and all related documents and the failure of Borrower to make the aforementioned fees and costs and to execute and deliver, or have executed and delivered, the aforementioned documents shall render this Amendment null and void regardless of the fact that Lender and Borrower may have already executed the Amendment.

2.7    Borrower warrants and represents that no Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement) or event or condition which with the lapse of time or giving of notice or both would constitute an Event of Default exists on the date hereof.

conditions of the Loan Agreement and to amend the Loan Agreement, and the fact that Lender may at any time agree to grant certain limited forbearances to Borrower with respect to events of defaults under the Loan Agreement, any Note or any other Loan Document shall not constitute any form of a waiver, modification, amendment, consent by Lender or give rise to any claim or defense of a course of dealings existing between Borrower and Lender. Any consents, waivers, amendments or modifications of the Loan Agreement, any Note or any other document execution in connection with the Loan Agreement, any Loan or any Note shall be in a writing expressly and specifically stating that it is amending the respective document, agreement or instrument and which shall be fully executed by Borrower and Lender.

2.9    All representations and warranties made by Borrower herein will survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

By: /s/ Charles W. Sulerzyski

Print Name: Charles W. Sulerzyski

Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

ACCEPTED:

By: s/s Bradley B. Clark                        

Print Name: Bradley G. Clark

Title: Vice President