Deltagen, Inc. Common Stock Certificate

Summary

This document is a stock certificate issued by Deltagen, Inc., a Delaware corporation, certifying that the named holder owns fully paid and nonassessable shares of the company's common stock. The certificate can be transferred to others by proper endorsement and surrender to the transfer agent, EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. It includes instructions for transfer, legal abbreviations for ownership types, and a notice about signature guarantees. The certificate is not valid until countersigned and registered by the transfer agent and registrar.

EX-4.1 3 ex-4_1.txt EXHIBIT 4.1 COMMON SHARES LOGO COMMON SHARES - -----NUMBER-------- --------SHARES------ DGN - ------------------- -------------------- INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS IN BOSTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY CUSIP 24783R 10 3 This Certifies that is the record holder of - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $.001 PAR VALUE, OF ---------- ---------- --------------------- DELTAGEN, INC. --------------------- ---------- ---------- transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers. Dated: [DELTAGEN, INC. /s/ Augustine G. Yee CORPORATE SEAL] /s/ William Matthews ------------------ ----------------------- SECRETARY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: TRANSFER AGENT EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AND REGISTRAR, BY /s/ CHARLES ROSSI AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE The Corporation shall furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock of the Corporation or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such requests shall be made to the Corporation's Secretary at the principal office of the Corporation. 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 entities (Cust) (Minor) JT TEN - as joing tenants with right of under Uniform Gifts to Minors survivorship and not as tenants Act.......................... in common (State) UNIF TRF MIN ACT-......Custodian (until age...) (Cust) .......under Uniform Transfers (Minor) to Minors Act.................. (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For Value Received,______________hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) 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 common 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 ANY CHANGE WHATEVER Signature(s) Guaranteed By_______________________________________ THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST 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 S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-18