Exhibit 4.3
                    *Subject to Restrictions on Reverse Side*

NUMBER                                                                  SHARES
*PII-1*                                                                   *1*


                    ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
                                    DELAWARE



                            MAVERICK TUBE CORPORATION
                        Authorized 1 PREFERRED SERIES II
                  SPECIAL VOTING Shares of $.01 Par Value Each



This certifies that CIBC Mellon Trust Company, in Trust, is the owner of One (1)
Shares  of  the  Capital  Stock  of the  above-named  Corporation,  fully  paid,
non-assessable  and  transferable  only on the books of the  Corporation  by the
holder hereof in person or by duly  authorized  Attorney upon  surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed.

In Witness  Whereof,  the said  Corporation  has caused this  Certificate  to be
signed by its duly  authorized  officers and its  Corporate  Seal to be hereunto
affixed this twenty-second day of September 2000.



/s/ Barry R. Pearl                                       /s/ Gregg Eisenberg
--------------------------                              -----------------------
Secretary                                                President




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                              (BACK OF CERTIFICATE)


THE SERIES II SPECIAL VOTING SHARE REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO
THE RESTRICTIONS, LIMITATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CERTIFICATE OF
DESIGNATION  OF SERIES II SPECIAL VOTING STOCK FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2000 AND THE VOTING AND EXCHANGE TRUST
AGREEMENT   ENTERED  INTO  AS  OF  SEPTEMBER  22,  2000,   AMONG  MAVERICK  TUBE
CORPORATION,  MAVERICK TUBE (CANADA) LTD. AND CIBC MELLON TRUST COMPANY.  A COPY
OF THE  AGREEMENT  IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE  SECRETARY  OF MAVERICK  TUBE
CORPORATION.

                                   CERTIFICATE
                                       FOR
                                     SHARES
                                       *1*
                                       OF
                                  MAVERICK TUBE
                                   CORPORATION

                                    Issued to
                            CIBC Mellon Trust Company

                                      Dated
                               September 22, 2000

For   Value   Received,   ____   hereby   sell,   assign   and   transfer   unto
_________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ Shares of the Capital
Stock represented by the within Certificate,  and do hereby irrevocably consider
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:________________________

        In presence of
____________________________       __________________________________


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.