Specimen Common Stock Certificate for Houston Wire & Cable Company
This document is a specimen certificate representing shares of common stock in Houston Wire & Cable Company, a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares, which are transferable on the company's books upon proper endorsement and surrender of the certificate. The certificate must be countersigned by the transfer agent and registered by the registrar to be valid. It also outlines standard stock transfer instructions and legal requirements for signature guarantees. No specific time limits or unusual conditions are included.
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Exhibit 4.1
Form of Specimen Common Stock Certificate
NUMBER
COMMON STOCK
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HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
SHARES
COMMON STOCK
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
CUSIP 44244K 10 9
This Certifies that
is the record holder of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR
VALUE PER SHARE, OF
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of the Certificate property 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/
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TREASURER AND SECRETARY
[SEAL]
/s/
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY /s/
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
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 Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
(Cust) (Minor)
Act
(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
PLEASEINSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE
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(S) 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.
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