Specimen Common Stock Certificate for America Service Group, Inc.

Summary

This document is a specimen certificate representing shares of common stock in America Service Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares, which can be transferred by the holder or their authorized agent upon proper endorsement and surrender of the certificate. The certificate is subject to the company's Certificate of Incorporation and must be countersigned by the transfer agent and registered by the registrar to be valid. Stockholders may request information about the rights and preferences of each class or series of stock from the company.

EX-4.1 5 g77734exv4w1.txt SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE EXHIBIT 4.1 NUMBER AS 1110 SHARES Common Stock AMERICA SERVICE GROUP, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS CUSIP 02364L 10 9 OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THIS CERTIFIES THAT IS THE OWNER OF FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 PER SHARE, OF AMERICA SERVICE GROUP INC. transferable on the books of the Corporation or its agent by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as now, or hereafter amended (copies of which are on file with the Transfer Agent) filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. Witness the seal of the Corporation and the signatures of its duly authorized officers. DATED [AMERICAN SERVICE GROUP, INC. CORPORATE SEAL 1990 DELAWARE] The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a copy of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Any such request is to be addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the transfer agent named on the face of this certificate. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on 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 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, __________________ SIGNATURE(S): _________________________________________________ SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED BY: _________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY COMMERCIAL BANK OR BY MEMBER FIRM OF ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STOCK EXCHANGES: NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE, MIDWEST STOCK EXCHANGE OR PACIFIC STOCK EXCHANGE.