Stratos Lightwave, Inc. Common Stock Certificate
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This document certifies that the named holder owns fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock in Stratos Lightwave, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The certificate allows the holder to transfer ownership of the shares according to the corporation’s bylaws and applicable laws. It must be properly endorsed and registered to be valid. The certificate is subject to the company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the holder can request information about the rights and preferences of the shares from the company’s Secretary.
EX-4.1 4 ex-4_1.txt EXHIBIT 4.1 EXHIBIT 4.1 COMMON COMMON SL STRATOS LIGHTWAVE, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE CUSIP 863100 10 3 THIS CERTIFIES that is the owner of FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, OF THE PAR VALUE OF $0.01 EACH OF STRATOS LIGHTWAVE, 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 and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be subject to all the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation as now or hereafter amended, to all of which the holder hereof by acceptance hereof assents. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Corporation. WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. Dated: /s/ James W. Ashley Jr. James W. McGinley Secretary President and Chief Executive Officer COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: BY: TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED OFFICER [Stratos Lighwave Seal] STRATOS LIGHTWAVE, INC. The record holder of this Certificate may obtain from the Secretary of the Corporation, upon request and without charge, a full statement of the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class authorized to be issued and the designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each series of preferred shares authorized to be issued so far as the same have been fixed and the authority of the Board of Directors to designate and fix the relative rights, preferences and limitations of other 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:
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/WRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________Shares of the Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint _______________________, Attorney, to transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution. Dated,_____________________ x__________________________ Signature(s) Guaranteed: X_____________________________________ NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE ON 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 WHATSOEVER - ------------------------------------ THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION, AS DEFINED IN RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED.
