EX-4 5 ex4-1.txt EXHIBIT 4.1 FORM OF STOCK CERTIFICATE NUMBER Cohen & Steers, Inc. SHARES CNS SHARES OF CUSIP 19247A 10 0 COMMON STOCK SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS PAR VALUE $.01 THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ OR NEW YORK, NY A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE THIS CERTIFIES THAT IS THE OWNER OF FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01 OF Cohen & Steers, 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 and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and all amendments thereto, to all of which the holder, by acceptance hereof, assents. 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: CERTIFICATE OF STOCK Cohen & Steers, Inc. CO-CHAIRMAN CORPORATE CO-CHAIRMAN COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED SEAL SECRETARY MELLON INVESTOR SERVICES LLC 2004 TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR BY DELAWARE AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE COHEN & STEERS, INC. The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a copy of the designations, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of shares of each class authorized to be issued and, with respect to the classes of shares which may be issued in series, the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series, to the extent they have been set. Such request may be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent. 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/TRANS MIN ACT- ______________Custodian____________ TEN ENT -as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor) JT TEN -as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common under Uniform Gifts/Transfers 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 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OF OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, of Assignee) _______________________________________________________________________shares of the Common 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: NOTICE: The Signature(s) To This Assignment Must Correspond WIth The Name(s) As Written Upon The Face Of The Certificate In Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement Or Any Change Whatever. SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED: _______________________________________________________ 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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.