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| CAPITAL STOCK | CAPITAL STOCK | |
PAR VALUE $.01 200,000,000 SHARES AUTHORIZED |
THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN NEW YORK, NY OR DENVER, CO |
| Certificate Number | [GRAPHIC DESIGN] | Shares | ||
| [SPECIMEN] | [SPECIMEN] |
ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
| THIS CERTIFIES THAT [SPECIMEN] | CUSIP 792228 10 8 | |
| SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS | ||
| is the owner of [SPECIMEN] |
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE CAPITAL STOCK OF
St. Mary Land & Exploration Company, 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.
In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation.
| ANTHONY J. BEST | DATED: | |||
| Chief Executive Officer and President | COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: | |||
| COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, | ||||
| [CORPORATE SEAL] | N.A. (DENVER) | |||
| TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR | ||||
| DAVID W. HONEYFIELD | ||||
| Senior VP-CFO, Secretary, and Treasurer | By
Authorized Signature |
SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE
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ST. MARY LAND & EXPLORATION COMPANY
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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| TEN ENT | — | as tenants by the entireties | (Cust) | (Minor) | ||||||||||
| JT TEN | — | as joint tenants with right of | under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act | |||||||||||
(State) |
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UNIF TRF MIN ACT |
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survivorship and not as tenants in common Custodian (until age ) |
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| (Cust) | (Minor) | |||||||||||||
| under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act | ||||||||||||||
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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
ASSIGNEE
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) |
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Shares of the Common 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: |
20 |
Signature: |
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Signature(s) Guaranteed: |
Signature: |
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS |
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| BY: | 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. |
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. | |||||
SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS
THIS IS WATERMARKED PAPER. DO NOT ACCEPT WITHOUT NOTING WATERMARK. HOLD TO LIGHT TO VERIFY WATERMARK.
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