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Exhibit 4.0    
    


 
 

GEMINI PARTNERS, INC.
  INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE  
  



	Common Stock	 	See Reverse for Certain Definitions





This

Certifies

that 


is
the owner of 


        Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Shares of the $.001 Par Value Common Stock  


transferable only on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by a duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. This
certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent. This certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued
and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation and all amendments thereto, copies of which are on file with the Transfer Agent,
to all of which the holder of this certificate, by acceptance hereof, assents. 


        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers and to be sealed with the facsimile seal of the
Corporation. 



	 	 	CORPORATE

SEAL	 	 
	

 	
 	

2003

Delaware	
 	

 
	Secretary	 	 	 	Chairman




©Security-Columbian        United States Banknote Corporation 





 
 

GEMINI PARTNERS, 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: 



	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 of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Act	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 (State)







        Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 


FOR
VALUE RECEIVED,            hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto 



	Please Insert Social Security or Other

Identifying Number of Assignee	 	 
	

	
 	

 
	

	
 	

 
	

(Please print or typewrite name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee)
	


	 	 	 
	







	
 	
 	

Shares
	
	 	 
	of the common stock represented by the within Certificate and does 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.





THESE SECURITIES SHALL BE PROMPTLY DEPOSITED INTO AN ESCROW ACCOUNT UNTIL THE CLOSING OF THE COMPANY'S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES AND THE CLOSING OF A BUSINESS
COMBINATION, SUCH AS A MERGER OR ACQUISITION.


THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND MAY ONLY BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW.  









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Exhibit 4.0


GEMINI PARTNERS, INC. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

GEMINI PARTNERS, INC.