Exhibit 2.3
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Incorporated under the Laws of
the State of Delaware
Number [Specimen] PATHMARK STORES, INC. [ ] Shares
Common Stock
THIS CERTIFIES THAT [Name of Subscriber] is the registered
holder of [Number of Shares to be issued] fully paid and nonassessable shares,
par value $.01 per share, of the Common Stock of Pathmark Stores, Inc.
(hereinafter and on the reverse hereof called the "Corporation"), transferable
on the books of the Corporation only upon request of the holder hereof in person
or of such holder's attorney, thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly
executed and filed with the Secretary of the Corporation, and upon surrender of
this Certificate properly endorsed or accompanied by a stock power duly
executed.
The Corporation is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 each.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this
Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers this __ day of _______,
20__.
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Chief Executive Officer Senior Vice President and Secretary
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, ________________________ does hereby sell,
assign and transfer unto _______________________________________________________
(Please print or type name and address of assignee)
Shares evidenced by the within Certificate, and does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint ________________________ attorney to transfer the said
Shares on the books of the within-named Corporation, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated __________________
In presence of: ______________________________
_________________________________
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.
