(FACE OF CERTIFICATE) COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK NUMBER SHARES CCB ____________ VIGNETTE ______________ THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN CRANFORD, N.J. OR IN NEW YORK, N.Y. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA CUSIP 124875 10 5 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 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 _______________ (CORPORATE SEAL) /s/ ERNEST C. ROESSLER CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY OFFICER (CRANFORD, NEW JERSEY) /s/ LEO P. PYLYPEC TRANSFER AGENT SECRETARY AND REGISTRAR BY ___________________________ AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE (REVERSE SIDE OF 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. Legend printed on left margin: This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights ("Rights") as set forth in the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement between CCB Financial Corporation and Central Carolina Bank and Trust Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of October 1, 1988 and as amended and supplemented thereafter (the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal executive offices of CCB Financial Corporation. Under certain circumstances, as set forth in the Rights Agreement, such Rights will be evidenced by separate certificates and will no longer be evidenced by this certificate. CCB Financial Corporation will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement without charge after receipt of a written request therefor. As described in the Rights Agreement, Rights issued to any Person (including its Affiliates) who becomes an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) shall become null and void. For value received, __________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE (BOX) ____________________________________________________________ (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 ______________ 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. 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.