Exhibit 4.1

 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

No.

NSTS Bancorp, Inc.

Shares

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE

PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CUSIP: _______

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS

CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO

RESTRICTIONS, SEE REVERSE SIDE

 

 

 

THIS CERTIFIES that

 

 

 

is the owner of

 

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE,

of

NSTS Bancorp, Inc.

a Delaware corporation

 

The shares evidenced by this certificate are transferable only on the books of NSTS Bancorp, Inc. by the holder hereof, in person or by attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. The capital stock evidenced hereby is not an account of an insurable type and is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal or state governmental agency.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, NSTS Bancorp, Inc. has caused this certificate to be executed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and has caused a facsimile of its seal to be hereunto affixed.

By

 

[SEAL]   

By

 

 

CRISTINE E. STICKLER

 

 

STEPHEN G. LEAR

 

CORPORATE SECRETARY

 

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

 

 

The Board of Directors of NSTS Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”) is authorized by resolution or resolutions, from time to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of more than one class of stock, including preferred stock in series, and to fix and state the voting powers, designations, preferences, limitations and restrictions thereof. The Company will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge the powers, designations, preferences and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights of each class of stock and any series thereof. 

 

The shares evidenced by this certificate are subject to a limitation contained in the Certificate of Incorporation to the effect that in no event shall any record owner of any outstanding common stock which is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person who beneficially owns in excess of 10% of the outstanding shares of common stock (the “Limit”) be entitled or permitted to any vote in respect of shares held in excess of the Limit.

 

The shares represented by this certificate may not be cumulatively voted on any matter. The Certificate of Incorporation require that, with limited exceptions, no amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal of the Certificate of Incorporation shall be made, unless such is first approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and approved by the stockholders by a majority of the total shares entitled to vote, or in certain circumstances approved by the affirmative vote of at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the shares entitled to vote.

 

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
_____________

 

 

 

(Cust) (Minor)

 

TEN ENT

- as tenants by the entireties

 

 

 

 

 

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

JT TEN

- as joint tenants with right

 

 

 

of survivorship and not as

 

 

 

tenants in common

 

(State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list

 

For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

 

 

(please print or typewrite name and address including postal 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 shares on the books of the within named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated, ___________________

 

 

 

 

 

In the presence of

 

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME OF THE STOCKHOLDER(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER.