Cepheid (CPHD) 10-Q 2002 Q2 Quarterly report

Common Stock
Number
CPH
Cepheid INCORPORATED UNDER THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Common Stock
Shares
SEE REVERSE FOR STATEMENTS RELATING TO RIGHTS, PREFERENCES, PRIVILEGES AND RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY
CUSIP 15670R 10 7

THIS CERTIFIES THAT

is the record holder of

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE, OF

Cepheid

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 is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.

WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

/s/ Kurt Petersen	Cepheid Incorporated March 4, 1996 CALIFORNIA	/s/ Thomas L. Gutshall
SECRETARY		CHAIRMAN

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
AMERICAN SECURITIES TRANSFER & TRUST, INC.
P.O. Box 1596, Denver, Colorado 80201
By
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY.

Cepheid

A statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the respective classes or series of shares and upon the holders thereof as established, from time to time, by the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and by any certificate of determination, and the number of shares constituting each class and series and the designations thereof, may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request and without charge from the Secretary of the Corporation at its corporate headquarters.

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
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT – Custodian (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (State)
UNIF TRF MIN ACT – Custodian (until age ____) under Uniform Transfers (Minor) to Minors Act (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used through 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 ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

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Shares of the capital 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 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 WHATSOEVER. 

Signature(s) Guaranteed

By                                     

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.