Specimen Common Stock Certificate for NewPage Holding Corporation
This document is a specimen of a common stock certificate issued by NewPage Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock, which are transferable on the corporation's books upon proper endorsement and registration. The certificate outlines procedures for transfer, requirements for valid signatures, and the corporation's obligation to provide information about stock classes and rights upon request. It also includes instructions for assignment and notes the need for a bond if the certificate is lost or destroyed.
Exhibit 4.5
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NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION
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 per share, of NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
DATED:
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| SECRETARY | Holding Corporation. CORPORATE SEAL | PRESIDENT |
| Countersigned and Registered: | ||
| Transfer Agent and Registrar | ||
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| Authorized Signature | ||
NEWPAGE HOLDING CORPORATION.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each class of stock of this Corporation authorized to be issued; the designation, relative rights, preferences, and limitations of each series thereof so far as the same have been prescribed; and the authority of the Board of Directors of this Corporation to designate and prescribe the relative rights, preferences and limitations of other series.
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 (Cust) (Minor) | ||||
| TEN ENT | - | as tenants by the entireties | ||||||
| JT TEN | - | as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common | 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 common 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:
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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. |
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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. |
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| THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANK, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS OR CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. | ||
KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.
