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067809 EXHIBIT 4.1
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF
BERMUDA
NUMBER [HARBOR GLOBAL COMPANY LTD. LOGO] SHARES
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN COMMON SHARES
CANTON, MA OR NEW YORK, NY $.0025 PAR VALUE
THIS CERTIFIES THAT CUSIP G4285W 10 0
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON SHARES, $.0025 PAR VALUE, OF
HARBOR GLOBAL COMPANY LTD. transferable only on the books of the Company by the
holder hereof in person or by attorney duly authorized upon surrender of this
certificate duly endorsed or assigned. This certificate and the shares
represented hereby are subject to the laws of Bermuda and to the Memorandum of
Association and Bye-laws of the Company as now or hereafter amended.
This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and
registered by the Registrar.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HARBOR GLOBAL COMPANY LTD. has caused the facsimile
seal of the Company and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers
to be hereunto affixed.
Dated:
/s/ John H. Valentine /s/ John D. Curtin Jr.
CHAIRMAN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR
BY Charles V. Rossi
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
[SEAL OF HARBOR GLOBAL COMPANY LTD.]
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HARBOR GLOBAL COMPANY LTD.
The Company will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests
the powers, designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or
other special rights of each class of shares 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 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT- Custodian
TEN ENT -as tenants by the ------ -------
entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -as joint tenants with under Uniform Gifts to
right of survivorship Minors Act
and not as tenants in -----------
common (State)
COM PROP -as community property
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE
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Shares
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of Harbor Global Company Ltd. and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
Attorney to transfer
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the said shares on the books of the within named Company 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(S) GUARANTEED:
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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.
