INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OFLOUISIANA

EX-4.1 4 dex41.htm SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE

Exhibit 4.1

 

   
 

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA

  

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

 

 

SPECIMEN

 

is the owner of

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, $.10 PAR VALUE, OF

MIDSOUTH BANCORP, INC. transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by Attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed.

DATED:

 

   
 

 
SECRETARY     PRESIDENT
   

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

BY          ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR

MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. will furnish to any shareholder upon request and without charge a summary of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class and of each series of each preferred or special class, so far as the same have been fixed and the authority of the Board to establish other series and to fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of any class or series by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation.

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 of

      

under Uniform Gifts to Minors

    

survivorship and not as tenants in common

      

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    
     
     

 

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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

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_______________________________________________________________________________________ shares represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated __________________________

 

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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.