Specimen Common Stock Certificate

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EX-4.1 4 k63086ex4-1.txt SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE 1 EXHIBIT 4.1 ---------- [PULTE HOMES LOGO] ---------- NUMBER SHARES PC ---------- ---------- PULTE HOMES, INC. ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CUSIP 745867 10 1 CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY OR IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK THIS CERTIFIES THAT SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS IS THE OWNER OF FULLY PAID AND NON ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.01 PER SHARE OF =============================== PULTE HOMES, INC. ============================= 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 by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. This certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Corporation, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. Dated: /s/ John R. Stoller [PULTE HOMES, INC. CORPORATE /s/ Roger A. Cregg SECRETARY SEAL MICHIGAN] SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE 2 PULTE HOMES, INC. The Corporation will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof 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 (until age _______________) TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties (Cust) JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship __________ under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act and not as tenants in common (Minor) ________________________________________________ COM PROP - as community property (State) UNIF TRF MIN ACT - __________ Custodian (until age _______________) (Cust) __________ under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (Minor) ________________________________________________ (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 TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Shares of the 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 __________________________________________________ SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: X __________________________________________________ NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. __________________________________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THIS SPACE MUST NOT BE COVERED IN ANY WAY