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COMMON STOCK COMMON STOCK
NUMBER SHARES
CX
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE
OF THE STATE OF OHIO IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK
LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION CUSIP 513847 10
SEE LEGEND ON REVERSE SIDE
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT
IS THE OWNER OF
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK WITHOUT PAR VALUE OF
LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION
transferable in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this
certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented
hereby are subject to all the terms, conditions, and limitations of the
Certificate of Incorporation and all amendments thereto. This Certificate is not
valid unless countersigned by a Transfer Agent and registered by a Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile
signatures of its duly authorized officers.
LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION
Date:
SEAL
John L. Boylan John B. Gerlach, Jr.
____________________ STATE OF OHIO ___________________
TREASURER PRESIDENT
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
(NEW YORK, N.Y.)
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
BY
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
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LANCASTER COLONY CORPORATION
Lancaster Colony Corporation (the "Company") will furnish without
charge to each shareholder who so requests the 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. Requests may be directed to the Secretary of
the Company.
This certificate also evidences and entitles the holder of certain
Rights as set forth in a Rights Agreement between the Company and The
Huntington Trust Company, N.A. (the "Rights Agent") dated as of April 20, 1990
(the "Rights Agreement"), the terms of which are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and a copy of which is on file at the principal offices of the
Company. 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. The Company will mail to the holder of this
certificate a copy of the Rights Agreement, as in effect on the date of
mailing, without charge after receipt of a written request therefor.
Transfer of the shares represented by this Certificate is subject to
the provisions of Article TENTH of the Company's Articles of Incorporation as
the same may be in effect from time to time. Upon written request delivered to
the Secretary of the Company at its principal place of business, the Company
will mail to the holder of the Certificate a copy of such provisions without
charge within five (5) days after receipt of written request therefor. By
accepting this Certificate the holder hereof acknowledges that it is accepting
same subject to the provisions of said Article TENTH as the same may be in
effect from time to time and covenants with the Company and each shareholder
thereof from time to time to comply with the provisions of said Article TENTH
as the same may be in effect from time to time.
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 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT -- ___________ Custodian ___________
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the entireties (Cust) (Minor)
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with right under Uniform Gifts to Minors
of survivorship and not Act _____________________________
as tenants in common (State)
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, _______________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
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(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS 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 as written upon the face of the certificate
in every particular without alteration or enlargement
or any change whatever.
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