Common Stock Certificate Form for Beacon Education Management, Inc.

Summary

This document is a form of stock certificate issued by Beacon Education Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and nonassessable shares of the company's common stock, which can be transferred by the holder or their authorized agent upon proper endorsement and registration. The certificate is subject to the company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. It also outlines procedures for transfer, signature guarantees, and replacement in case of loss or destruction. The company will provide stockholders with information about stock rights upon request.

EX-4.1 4 g69023a3ex4-1.txt FORM OF CERTIFICATE 1 EXHIBIT 4.1 FORM OF CERTIFICATE (Beacon Education Management, Inc. Logo) NUMBER BEM ________ SHARES COMMON STOCK CUSIP NO. 073575 10 2 $.01 PAR VALUE SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS BEACON EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE This Certifies that is the owner of FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF Beacon Education Management, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), transferable on the books of the Company 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 held subject to all of the provisions of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (a copy of which certificate is on file with the Transfer Agent), to all of which the holder by acceptance hereof assents. This certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. In witness whereof, the Company has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers. Dated: COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE /s/ Jodi Tucker /s/ Michael B. Ronan SECRETARY PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 2 BEACON EDUCATION MANAGEMENT, INC. Beacon Education Management, Inc. will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement or summary of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof which Beacon Education Management, Inc. is authorized to issue and of the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Any such request is to be addressed to the Secretary of Beacon Education Management, Inc. 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 and 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 Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of survivorship and not as tenants _____________________________ in common (State) UNIF TRAN MIN ACT - ________CUSTODIAN___________ (Cust) (Minor) Under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act _____________________________________ (State)

Additional abbreviations may be used though not in the above list. For Value Received hereby sell, assign and transfer unto ------------------------ SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please print or type name and address of assignee) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ shares 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 Company with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated --------------------- ------------------------------------------_ NOTICE: The Signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. Signature(s) guaranteed by: ------------------------------------------- The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution (Banks, Stockholders, Savings and Loan Associations and Credit Unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15. KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST OR STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE COMPANY MAY REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.