Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Palm, Inc.

Summary

This document is a specimen of a common stock certificate issued by Palm, Inc., a Delaware corporation. It certifies ownership of fully paid and non-assessable shares of Palm, Inc. common stock, which are transferable on the company's books by the holder or an authorized attorney. The certificate is only valid when countersigned by the transfer agent and registrar. It also references certain rights under a separate Rights Agreement with Fleet National Bank, which may affect the holder's rights under specific circumstances.

EX-4.2 4 0004.txt SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE OF PALM, INC. Exhibit 4.2 COMMON SHARES [LOGO] COMMON SHARES NUMBER Palm, Inc. SHARES PAL THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE CUSIP 696642 10 7 IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS This Certifies that is the record holder of FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE, OF - ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------------------------------- Palm, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------ - ---------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ transferable only 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. In Witness thereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed and attested to by the manual or facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers, under a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto. Dated: [SEAL] SECRETARY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY: AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

Palm, Inc. Upon request the Corporation will furnish any holder of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation, without charge, with a full statement of the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation, and the qualifications, limitations or 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 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -- Custodian ---------------------------------- TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of Act______________________________ survivorship and not as tenants (State) in common 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 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 _______________________________________________ In presence of X_______________________________________ X________________________________________________________ THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS NOTICE: 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, STOCK-BROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM). PURSUANT TO SEC RULE 17Ad-15.

THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN PALM, INC. AND FLEET NATIONAL BANK, AS THE RIGHTS AGENT, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 (THE "RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE HEREBY INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF PALM, INC. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS WILL BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND WILL NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE. PALM, INC. WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE AFTER RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, RIGHTS ISSUED TO, OR HELD BY, ANY PERSON WHO IS, WAS OR BECOMES AN ACQUIRING PERSON OR ANY AFFILIATE OR ASSOCIATE THEREOF (AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT), WHETHER CURRENTLY HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF SUCH PERSON OR BY ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER, MAY BECOME NULL AND VOID.