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EXHIBIT 3.1
NOT VALID UNLESS COUNTERSIGNED BY TRANSFER AGENT
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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CUSIP NO. 564609 10 5
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AUTHORIZED COMMON STOCK: 50,000,000 SHARES . NO PAR VALUE
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF
Shares of OUR PETS COMPANY Common Stock
transferable 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 until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the
Registrar.
Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures
of its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
_________________________________ [SEAL] _______________________________
SECRETARY PRESIDENT
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NOTICE: Signature must be guaranteed by a firm which is a member of a
registered national stock exchange, or by a bank (other than a saving
bank), or a trust company. 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:
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TEN COM -- as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT...........Custodian...........
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts to Minors
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of Act...........................
survivorship and not as tenants (State)
in common
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 OF OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)
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_________________________________________________________________________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
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The Shares represented by this certificate are not registered under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and such shares may not be sold,
transferred or otherwise disposed of unless there is in effect with respect
thereto a registration statement pursuant to said Act or unless the
registered owner of such shares delivers to the issuer the written opinion
of counsel satisfactory to the issuer that such sale, transfer or other
disposition is exempt from the registration provision of said Act.
The corporation will mail to the shareholder a copy of the express terms,
if any, of the shares represented by this certificate and of the other
class or classes and series of shares, if any, which the corporation is
authorized to issue, without charge within five days after receipt of
written request therefore.
