COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK CCB NUMBER _____________ SHARES ___________ (VIGNETTE) THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CRANFORD, N.J. OR IN NEW YORK, N.Y. CUSIP 124875 10 5 INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND RIGHTS LEGEND CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION ____________________________________________________________________ |This is to Certify that | | | | | | | | | | | |is the owner of | |__________________________________________________________________| FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE OF $5.00 PER SHARE OF CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION transferable only on the Books of the Corporation by the registered owner hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. 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 __________________ /s/ E C ROESSLER COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: President and REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY Chief Executive Officer (CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY) TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR (SEAL OF CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION) /s/ LEO P PYLYPEC BY _____________________ Secretary AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE (REVERSE SIDE OF STOCK CERTIFICATE) CCB FINANCIAL CORPORATION CCB Financial Corporation is authorized to issue common and preferred stock. The Corporation will upon request furnish any shareholder, without charge, information as to the number of such shares authorized and outstanding and a copy of the portions of the charter or resolutions containing the designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights of all shares and any series thereof. Any such request may be addressed to the Secretary of the Corporation at its executive offices in Durham, North Carolina. 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 the right of survivorship and not as tenants in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______________ Custodian ____________ (Cust) (Minor) under Uniform Gifts 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 OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE _________________________________ | | | | |________________________________| ________________________________________________________________ (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ADDRESSEE) ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 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 _________________ SIGNATURE(S): _______________________________ _______________________________ 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) 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 SEC RULE 17 AD-15. This certificate also evidences and entitles the Holder hereof to certain Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between CCB Financial Corporation and Central Carolina Bank and trust Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of February 26, 1990 (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the executive offices of CCB Financial Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Right will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become null and void. The Secretary of the Corporation will mail to the Holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. 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 TOT HE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.