EXHIBIT 4.4

0271

                                                               SEE REVERSE
                                                         FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
                                                         AND RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS


                                      SC&T
                               INTERNATIONAL, INC.

                            SC&T INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                            SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK
               INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA
           1000 SHARES OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK ($0.01) PAR VALUE)
                                   AUTHORIZED


THIS CERTIFIES THAT

Is The Owner of

        Shares of Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Series A Preferred Stock
                              ($0.01 Par Value) of

                            SC&T INTERNATIONAL, INC.

transferable  only  on the  books  of  the  Corporation  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.
         WITNESS  the  facsimile  seal  of the  Corporation  and  the  facsimile
signatures of its duly authorized officers.

Dated:

/s/ Timothy J. Stocker                                   /s/ J.L. Copland 
       Secretary                                            President
                                        
                                                  
                            SC&T INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                  INCORPORATED
                                    June 23,
                                      1993
                                  * Arizona *
                                                  

COUNTERSIGNED:
         American Securities Transfer & Trust, Inc.
         P.O. Box 1596
         Denver, Colorado 80201

By        SIGNATURE ILLEGIBLE
         -----------------------------
         Transfer Agent & Registrar Authorized Signature

                            SC&T INTERNATIONAL, INC.


         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:

         The  Corporation  will  furnish to any  shareholder  upon  request  and
without charge, a full statement of the designations,  preferences, limitations,
and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued.


                                               
TEN COM -as tenants in common                     UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-    Custodian                     
TEN ENT -as tenants by the entireties                               ------------------                
JT TEN  -as joint tenants with right of                              (Cust)       (Minor)              
            survivorship and not as tenants                 under Uniform Gifts to Minors 
            in common                                      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
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________________________________________________________________________________
  (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________Shares
of the Series A Preferred  Stock  represented by the within  Certificate, and do
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
________________________________________________________________attorney-in-fact
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(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 WHATSOEVER.


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
S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.