SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE



 Exhibit 4.4 
  


	 No. FBU 17644 
	 _______ Shares 


  
 INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 
  

UNITIL CORPORATION 
 SEE REVERSE FOR

 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 
  
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE EITHER IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 
  
 COMMON STOCK 
 CUSIP 913259 10 7 
  
 THIS
CERTIFIES that 
  
  
  
  
 SPECIMEN 
 is the registered holder of 
  
 FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, WITHOUT NOMINAL OR PAR VALUE, OF UNITIL CORPORATION, transferable on the books of the Company in
person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed or assigned. This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to the laws of The State of New Hampshire and to the Articles of Incorporation
and By-Laws of the Company, and amendments to each. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Company. 
  
 WITNESS the corporate seal of the Company and the signatures of its duly authorized officers. 
  
 [SEAL: UNITIL CORPORATION 
 INCORPORATED NEW HAMPSHIRE 1984] 
  
 Dated
______________________________ 
  

	 /s/ MARK H. COLLIN 
	 /s/ ROBERT G. SCHOENBERGER 


  

	 TREASURER 
	 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND 


 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
  
  
 COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED 
 EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. 
  

	 BY 
	 TRANSFER AGENT 
 AND REGISTRAR

	

  
 AUTHORIZED OFFICER 







 UNITIL CORPORATION 
  
 THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SHAREHOLDER, WITHOUT CHARGE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY,
A STATEMENT OF THE TERMS OF THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK. 
  
 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..........
                                        
   (Cust)                (Minor)
                       under 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 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 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 Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  
 Dated: _______________________ 
  
 In the presence of 
  
 ____________________________________________ 
  
 _______________________________________ 
 NOTICE: The signature to this assignment 
 must correspond with the name(s) written upon 
 the face of the certificate, in every particular, 
 without alteration or enlargement, or any change 
 whatever.