Specimen Common Stock Certificate for Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc.

Summary

This document is a specimen common stock certificate for Peet's Coffee & Tea, Inc., a corporation incorporated in Washington. It certifies ownership of fully paid and nonassessable shares of the company's common stock, which can be transferred by the holder or their authorized agent. The certificate is subject to the company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws. It must be countersigned by the transfer agent to be valid. The certificate also outlines procedures for transfer, signature guarantees, and replacement if lost or destroyed.

EX-4.1 3 0003.txt SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE EXHIBIT 4.1 Peet's Coffee & Tea(TM) NUMBER PEET SHARES PEET'S COFFEE & TEA, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE CUSIP 705560 10 0 IN CANTON, MA AND NEW YORK, NY SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS THIS CERTIFIES THAT is the owner of FULLY-PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE, OF PEET'S COFFEE & TEA, INC. (the "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 and the shares represented hereby are subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation and all amendments thereto to all of which the holder hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Dated: SECRETARY PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER [CORPORATE SEAL] COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE Page 1 PEET'S COFFEE & TEA, INC The issuing corporation is authorized to issue different classes of shares and different series within a class. The corporation will furnish the shareholder, without charge on request in writing, a statement of the designations, relative rights, preferences, and limitations applicable to each class and the variations in rights, preferences, and limitations determined for each series, and the authority of the board of directors to determine variations for future 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___________ TEN ENT - as tenants by the (Cust) (Minor) entireties under Uniform Gifts to Minors JT TEN - as joint tenants Act_____________________ with right of (State) survivorship and not as tenants 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 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:________________________ ___________________________________________________ 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. SIGNATURE GUARANTEE: ___________________________________________________________ THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD 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. 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. Page 2