Form of Stock Certificate and Assignment for Transfer of Capital Stock

Summary

This document is a standard form used by a corporation to represent ownership of its capital stock and to facilitate the transfer of shares. It outlines the board's authority to create different classes or series of stock and provides instructions for transferring shares to another party. The form requires the seller to provide identifying information for the new owner and to appoint an attorney to handle the transfer. Signatures must be guaranteed by an approved financial institution, not a notary public.

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Exhibit 4.1

THE BOARD OF THIS CORPORATION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO CREATE AND DETERMINE THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF CLASSES OR SERIES OF SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OTHER THAN COMMON STOCK. THIS CORPORATION WILL FURNISH TO ANY SHAREHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST SENT TO ITS PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, AND WITHOUT CHARGE, A FULL STATEMENT OF THE BOARD’S AUTHORITY TO CREATE AND DETERMINE THE RELATIVE RIGHTS AND PREFERENCES OF CLASSES OR SERIES OF SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK AS WELL AS THE DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES, LIMITATIONS AND RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE SHARES OF EACH CLASS OR SERIES THEN OUTSTANDING OR AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED.

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:


			UTMA	–			Custodian
TEN COM	–	as tenants in common			(Cust)			(Minor)

TEN ENT	–	as tenants by entireties			under Uniform Transfers to Minors

JT TEN	–	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common			Act
						(State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in 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 ________________	X

	X
	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 GUARANTEED

ALL GUARANTEES MUST BE MADE BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (SUCH AS A BANK OR BROKER) WHICH IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM (“STAMP”), THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION SIGNATURE PROGRAM (“MSP”), OR THE STOCK EXCHANGES MEDALLION PROGRAM (“SEMP”) AND MUST NOT BE DATED. GUARANTEES BY A NOTARY PUBLIC ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.