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EXHIBIT 4.1
Form of the Registrant's Class P Preferred Stock Certificate.
[front of Certificate]
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Number P Shares
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Class P Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock Incorporated under the laws of the State of Maryland
This certificate is transferable in
Boston, MA or New York, NY CUSIP 03748R 86 1
See reverse for certain definitions
Countersigned and registered
Fleet National Bank Transfer Agent and Registrar
By
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Authorized Signature
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This certifies that ________________is the owner of ____________________________
fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Class P Convertible Cumulative
Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, of Apartment Investment and Management Company,
transferable only 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 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 /s/ Terry Considine
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Chief Executive Officer
[SEAL]
/s/ Joel Bonder /s/ Peter Kompaniez
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Secretary President
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[back of Certificate]
APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
This certificate and the shares represented thereby shall be held subject
to all of the provisions of the Charter and the By-Laws of Apartment Investment
and Management Company (the "Corporation"), a copy of each of which is on file
at the office of the Corporation, and made a part hereof as fully as though the
provisions of said Charter and By-Laws were imprinted in full on this
certificate, to all of which the holder of this certificate, by acceptance
hereof, assents and agrees to be bound. The shares represented hereby are
convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Corporation at the option of the holder hereof.
The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder on request and without
charge a full statement of the designations and any preferences, conversion and
other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends,
qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each
class which the Corporation is authorized to issue, of the differences in the
relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series of a preferred
or special class in series which the Corporation is authorized to issue, to the
extent they have been set, and of the authority of the Board of Directors to set
the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series of a preferred or
special class of stock. Such request may be made to the secretary of the
Corporation or to its transfer agent.
The shares of Class P Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock represented
by this certificate are subject to restrictions on transfer. No person may
Beneficially Own shares of Class P Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock in
excess of the Ownership Restrictions, as applicable, with certain further
restrictions and exceptions set forth in the Charter (including the Articles
Supplementary setting forth the terms of the Class P Convertible Cumulative
Preferred Stock). Any Person that attempts to Beneficially Own shares of Class P
Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock in excess of the applicable limitation
must immediately notify the Corporation. All capitalized terms in this legend
have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Charter (including the Articles
Supplementary setting forth the terms of the Class P Convertible Cumulative
Preferred Stock), as the same may be amended from time to time, a copy of which,
including the restrictions on transfer, will be sent without charge to each
stockholder that so requests. If the restrictions on transfer are violated (i)
the transfer of the shares of Class P Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock
represented hereby will be void in accordance with the Charter (including the
Articles Supplementary setting forth the terms of the Class P Convertible
Cumulative Preferred Stock) or (ii) the shares of Class P Convertible Cumulative
Preferred Stock represented hereby will automatically be transferred to a
Trustee of a Trust for the benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries.
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
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___________(Cust)____________(Minor)
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act _____________________
JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of (State)
survivorship and not as tenants
in common
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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 TRANSFEREE (NAME AND ADDRESS OF TRANSFEREE SHOULD BE
PRINTED OR TYPEWRITTEN) __________________ Shares of the Class P Convertible
Cumulative Preferred 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: SIGNATURE
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NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) OF THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH NAME(S) AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION
OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.
SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED
By:
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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.
CONVERSION FORM
(To be executed only upon conversion of Class P Convertible
Cumulative Preferred Stock)
To: Apartment Investment and Management Company
The undersigned registered holder of the within shares of Class P
Convertible Cumulative Preferred Stock hereby irrevocably converts such shares
into ______________shares of Class A Common Stock of Apartment Investment and
Management Company pursuant to the terms of the Class P Convertible Cumulative
Preferred Stock, and requests that the certificates for such shares be issued:
in the name of ________________________________________________________________
and delivered to________________________________________________________________
whose address is________________________________________________________________
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Dated:
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Signature must conform in all
respects to name of holder as
specified on the face of the Class P
Convertible Cumulative Preferred
Stock certificate.
Signed in the presence of:
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(Street Address)
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City State Zip Code
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