Equinix, Inc. Common Stock Certificate Form

Summary

This document is a template for a common stock certificate issued by Equinix, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Equinix common stock, which can be transferred on the company's books by the holder or an authorized agent. The certificate must be properly endorsed and countersigned by the transfer agent to be valid. It also outlines procedures for transferring shares and provides information on obtaining details about the rights and preferences of the stock.

EX-4.2 3 0003.txt FORM OF REGISTRANT'S COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE EXHIBIT 4.2 COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK --------------- --------------- SHARES [LOGO OF EQUINIX] NUMBER --------------- --------------- THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CUSIP 29444U 10 6 NEW YORK, N.Y. OR CANTON, M.A. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the owner of FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF EQUINIX, INC. transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of the 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 signatures of its duly authorized officers. Dated: /s/ Philip J. Koen [SEAL] /s/ Peter Van Camp SECRETARY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

A statement 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 as established, from time to time, by the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and by any certificate of designation, and the number of shares constituting each class and series and the designations thereof, may be obtained by the holder hereof upon request and without charge from the Corporation at its principal office. 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 under Uniform Gift to Minors right of survivorship Act______________________ and not as tenants in (State) common 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, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE - -------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do(es) 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(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) 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-15.