Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. Common Stock Certificate Form

Summary

This document is a template for a common stock certificate issued by Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares of the company's common stock, which can be transferred on the corporation'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 includes standard legal language for stock transfers and instructions for assignment, as well as signature and guarantee requirements.

EX-4.1 2 g90285a2exv4w1.txt EX-4.1 FORM OF REGISTRANTS COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE . . . EXHIBIT 4.1 COMMON STOCK [GREAT WOLF RESORTS LOGO] COMMON STOCK NUMBER SHARES WOLF- GREAT WOLF RESORTS(TM) THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CANTON, MA. CUSIP 391523 10 7 JERSEY CITY, NJ OR NEW YORK, NY SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE THIS CERTIFIES THAT IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF GREAT WOLF RESORTS INC. transferable on the books of the Corporation 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 signatures of its duly authorized officers. COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY /s/ STEPHEN CESSO AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE DATED: /s/ J. MICHAEL SCHROEDER /s/ BRUCE D. NEVIASER ------------------------ [GREAT WOLF RESORTS ---------------------- SECRETARY SEAL] CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

GREAT WOLF RESORTS, INC. 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 right under Uniform Gifts to Minors of survivorship and not as Act _______________________________________________ tenants 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, 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 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 ______________________________________________________ THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND NOTICE: WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. SIGNATURES 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.