INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
Exhibit 4.1
| Number | SOAPSTONE NETWORKS INC. | Shares | ||||
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
| Common Stock | This Certificate is transferable in Jersey City, NJ, New York, NY and Pittsburgh, PA | CUSIP 833570 10 4 | ||||
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFIES that
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE OF $0.0001 EACH OF
SOAPSTONE NETWORKS INC.
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of the Certificate properly endorsed.
This certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
| /s/ William J. Stuart Secretary | /s/ William J. Leighton President |
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
By: _________________________________________________
Authorized Signature
The Corporation shall furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating optional or other special rights of each class of stock of the Corporation or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Such rights shall be made to the Corporation.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the fact of this certificate 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) | |||
| JT TEN | — | as joint tenants with right of | under Uniform Gifts to Minors | |||
| survivorship and not as tenants in common | 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 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 names Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated ________________________________
X___________________________________________
X___________________________________________
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS 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, 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.
