Common Stock Certificate Form for Quality Distribution, Inc.

Summary

This document is a form certificate representing ownership of common stock in Quality Distribution, Inc., a Florida corporation. It certifies that the named holder owns fully paid and non-assessable shares, which can be transferred by endorsement and registration with the transfer agent, Wachovia Bank, N.A. The certificate includes instructions for transfer, assignment, and replacement if lost or destroyed. It also outlines the rights of stockholders to request information about the company's stock classes and their rights.

EX-4.20 10 dex420.txt FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR COMMON STOCK OF QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC. Exhibit 4.20 QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC. COMMON STOCK INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS CUSIP 74756M 10 2 THIS CERTIFIES that_____________________________________________________________ is the owner of_________________________________________________________________ FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE, OF Quality Distribution, Inc., transferable on the books of the Corporation by the owner 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 and the facsimile signatures of the duly authorized officers of the Corporation. Dated:__________________________________ Secretary_______________________________________________________________________ Chairman President and Chief Executive Officer__________________________________ Countersigned and Registered:___________________________________________________ WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. (CHARLOTTE, N.O.) Transfer Agent and Registrar By______________________________________________________________________________ Authorized Signature QUALITY DISTRIBUTION, INC. The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a full statement of the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each authorized class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights, to the extent that the same have been determined. Such request may be made to the Corporation or its Transfer Agent. 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 TEN ENT JT TEN as tenants in common as tenants by the entireties as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-______________________Custodian_______________________________ (Cust) (Minor) 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 postal 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 I NEVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.. 2 Signature(s) Guaranteed:________________ 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. 3