Specimen Common Stock Certificate for ECB Bancorp, Inc.
This document is a specimen certificate representing shares of common stock in ECB Bancorp, Inc., a company incorporated in North Carolina. It outlines the rights of the holder to transfer ownership of the shares, subject to proper endorsement and registration by the transfer agent, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company. The certificate includes standard legal language for stock transfers and requires signatures from authorized officers to be valid. It serves as evidence of ownership and the ability to transfer shares according to company and legal procedures.
Exhibit 4.01
CERT.9999
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ECB BANCORP, INC.
CUSIP 268253 10 1
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
This Certifies that SPECIMEN
** 9,000,000*****
*** 9,000,000****
**** 9,000,000***
***** 9,000,000**
****** 9,000,000*
SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK PAR VALUE OF $3.50 EACH OF ECB BANCORP, INC.
transferable in the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of the Certificate properly endorsed. This certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
1/01/1999
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures or its duly authorized officers.
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED
(RALIGH.N.C.)
FIRST-CITIZENS BANK & TRUST COMPANY
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
Dated
SECRETARY
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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
TEN ENT -as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT- Custodian
(Cust) (Minor)
Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act
(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 S.E.C. RULE 17AD-75.
