FORM OF COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE [COMPANY LOGO]
EXHIBIT 4.1
FORM OF COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE
[COMPANY LOGO]
| NUMBER | TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | SHARES | ||||||
| TSR | INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE | |||||||
| SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | ||||||||
| CUSIP 88164L 10 0 | ||||||||
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THIS CERTIFIES THAT
is the owner of
|
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
transferable only on the books of the Corporation 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 of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.
Dated
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
| [SIGNATURE]
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT | Tessera Technologies Inc. CORPORATE SEAL JULY 26, 2002 DELAWARE « | [SIGNATURE]
VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION AND CORPORATE SECRETARY | ||
| COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, INC. P.O. Box 1596 Denver, Colorado 80201 TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE |
THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH STOCKHOLDER WHO SO REQUESTS FROM
ITS SECRETARY, THE POWERS, 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
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
UNIF TRANS MIN ACT - ________ Custodian _________
(Cust)
________ under Uniform Transfers
(Minor)
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 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.
