EXHIBIT 4.0



 EXHIBIT 4.0 
 (FORM OF STOCK CERTIFICATE - FRONT SIDE) 
  

			
	NUMBER	 	SHARES

  

			
	 COMMON STOCK
	  	CUSIP _____________
	 (Par Value $.01 Per Share)
	  	See reverse for
		  	certain definitions

 HOME BANCORP, INC. 
 A Louisiana Corporation 
 This certifies that
____________________________________________________________________ is the registered holder of __________________ fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Home Bancorp, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana (the
“Corporation”). 
 The shares evidenced by this Certificate are transferable in person or by a duly authorized attorney or
legal representative, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to all the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation and any and all
amendments thereto. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. This security is not a deposit or savings account and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other Federal or state governmental agency. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate
to be executed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and has caused its facsimile seal to be affixed hereto. 
 Dated: 
  

					
	 _____________________ (SEAL)
	  		  	__________________________________________
	 Henry W. Busch
	  		  	John W. Bordelon
	 Corporate Secretary
	  		  	President and Chief Executive Officer








 (FORM OF STOCK CERTIFICATE - BACK SIDE) 
 The Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock, including a class of preferred stock which may be issued in one or more series. The
Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, upon written 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 and, with respect to the
issuance of any preferred stock to be issued in series, the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series so far as the rights and preferences have been fixed and determined and the authority of the Board of Directors to fix and
determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series. 
 The Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation includes a provision
which generally prohibits any person (including an individual, company or group acting in concert) from directly or indirectly offering to acquire or acquiring the beneficial ownership of more than 10% of any class of equity securities of the
Corporation. In the event that stock is acquired in violation of this 10% limitation, the excess shares will no longer be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares for purposes of any matter involving stockholder action and the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may cause such excess shares to be transferred to an independent trustee for sale in the open market or otherwise, with the expenses of such sale to be paid out of the proceeds of the sale. 
 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 right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

 UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - __________________ Custodian _________________ under
                                        (Cust)

                 (Minor) 
                 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 
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER 
 TAXPAYER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE 
  

																																									
	 	 	 	  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
	 	 		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
	 	 	 	  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	

  
 unto
________________________________________________________________________ 
 PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE

 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 
 _______________________________________ shares of Common Stock represented by this Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ______________________________ as Attorney, to transfer the said shares on the books of the
within named Corporation, with full power of substitution. 
 Dated ____________________ _____, _____ 
  

			
	
		
		 	 
		 	Signature


  

			
	
		
		 	 
		 	Signature


 Notice: The signature(s) to this assignment must correspond with the name(s) written upon the face of this
Certificate in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.