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Exhibit 4
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS COMMON STOCK
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
[LOGO] PAR VALUE $.01
CUSIP 804137 10 7
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN
NEW YORK, N.Y. AND CHICAGO, IL.
SAUER-DANFOSS INC.
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
IS THE OWNER OF
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
Sauer-Danfoss 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 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 the duly authorized officers of the Corporation.
Dated:
/s/ David L. Pfeifle
[GRAPHIC]
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: PRESIDENT
EQUISERVE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR
BY
/s/ Kenneth D. McCuskey
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE SECRETARY AND TREASURER
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SAUER-DANFOSS INC.
The Corporation will furnish any stockholder upon request without charge a
statement of the powers, designations, preferences and rights, and the
qualifications, limitations and restrictions of such preferences and rights, of
all classes and series of the capital stock of the Corporation.
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 GIFT MIN ACT-____________Custodian______________
(Cust) (Minor)
under Uniform Gifts 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
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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 INCLUDING POSTAL 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
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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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Signature:
X
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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) SHOULD 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.
