Specimen Common Stock Certificate and Assignment Form

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Summary

This document is a specimen certificate for shares of common stock, outlining the standard form and instructions for transferring ownership of stock in a corporation. It includes spaces for the assignee's information and requires a signature guarantee from a qualified financial institution. The certificate also explains common abbreviations used in stock ownership and transfer, such as joint tenancy and custodianship. The document is intended for use in the transfer and assignment of shares and must be completed and signed according to specific legal requirements.

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EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm SPECIMEN CERTIFICATE FOR SHARES OF COMMON STOCK Specimen certificate for shares of common stock

Exhibit 4.1

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    UTMA    –   

 

   Custodian   

 

               (Cust)      (Minor)

TEN ENT

    –    as tenants by entireties       under Uniform Transfers to Minors

JT TEN

    –    as joint tenants with right of survivorship       Act  

 

      and not as tenants in common       (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in 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 capital 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.

 

SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  
ALL GUARANTEES MUST BE MADE BY A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION (SUCH AS A BANK OR BROKER) WHICH IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE SECURITIES TRANSFER AGENTS MEDALLION PROGRAM (“STAMP”), THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. MEDALLION SIGNATURE PROGRAM (“MSP”), OR THE STOCK EXCHANGES MEDALLION PROGRAM (“SEMP”) AND MUST NOT BE DATED. GUARANTEES BY A NOTARY PUBLIC ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.