Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc. Common Stock Certificate

Summary

This document certifies that the named holder owns fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock in Advanced Lighting Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation. The shares are transferable on the company's books by the owner or an authorized agent upon proper endorsement and surrender of the certificate. The certificate must be countersigned by the transfer agent to be valid. The company will provide details of the share terms upon written request. The document also includes instructions for transferring ownership and requirements for signature guarantees.

EX-4.2 3 l84100aex4-2.txt EXHIBIT 4.2 1 Exhibit 4.2 NUMBER SHARES ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OHIO COMMON STOCK SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THIS CERTIFIES that CUSIP: 007530 10 2 is the owner of FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE, OF ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed in facsimile by its duly authorized officers. Date: COUNTERSIGNED: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY (NEW YORK, NY) TRANSFER AGENT BY: AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE ~~Executive Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer Chairman and Chief Executive Officer~~

2 ADVANCED LIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. The Corporation will mail to the shareholder a copy of the express terms of common shares and the express terms, if any, of all series of its preferred shares without charge within five days after receipt of a written request therefor. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ________ Custodian ____________________________ TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors survivorship and not as tenants Act ___________________ in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For Value Received, ____________________, hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - -------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: ________________ ----------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. Signature(s) Guaranteed: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15.