Exhibit 4.1 NUMBER CS-"CERTIFICATENUMBER" *"NUMBEROFSHARES"*SHARES GENTIVA HEALTH SERVICES, INC. A DELAWARE CORPORATION THIS CERTIFIES THAT "StockholderName" is the record holder of "ShareWrittenOut" ("NumberOfShares") shares of Common Stock of Gentiva Health Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, transferable only on the share register of said corporation by the holder, in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed or assigned. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of said corporation and any amendments thereto, to all of which the holder of this certificate, by acceptance thereof, assents. A statement of all of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights may be obtained by any stockholder upon request and without charge, at the principal office of the corporation, and the corporation will furnish any stockholder, upon request and without charge, at the principal office of the corporation. This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder hereof to certain rights (the "Rights") as set forth in a Rights Agreement between Gentiva Health Services, Inc. and __________________ as such may be amended from time to time (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 Gentiva Health Services, Inc. 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. Gentiva Health Services, Inc. will mail to the holder of this certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement as in effect on the date of mailing without charge within five Business Days (as defined in the Rights Agreement) after receipt of a written request therefor. Under certain circumstances set forth in the Rights Agreement, Rights beneficially owned by an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will become null and void. WITNESS the Seal of corporation and the signatures of its duly authorized officers this "Day" day of "Month", "Year". - -------------------------------- ----------------------------------- , Secretary ,President Page 2 of 2 FOR VALUE RECEIVED _______________________________________ HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO _________________________________________________________________________ SHARES REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE AND DO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER THE SAID SHARES ON THE SHARE REGISTER OF THE WITHIN NAMED CORPORATION WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES. DATED ___________________, ___________ IN THE PRESENCE OF ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT, OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER. ------------------------ (Stockholder)