Exhibit 4.1


 


 


	
  NUMBER

   

  E

  	
  

  	
  SHARES

  
	
  COMMON STOCK

  	
  ENERSYS

  INCORPORATED
  UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

  	
  SEE
  REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

  



 


THIS CERTIFICATE IS
TRANSFERABLE IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK


OR IN CLEVELAND, OHIO


 


	
  This Certifies that

  	
  CUSIP

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  
	
   

  



 


is the owner of


FULLY PAID AND
NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF $0.01 PAR VALUE COMMON STOCK OF


ENERSYS


 


 


	
  transferable only on the
  books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized
  Attorney on  surrender of this Certificate
  properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the
  Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar.

  
	
   

  
	
  Witness the facsimile seal
  of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized
  officers.  

  
	
   

  
	
  Dated:

  
	
  [Seal]

  
	
  Secretary

  	
   

  	
  President

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Countersigned and  Registered: NATIONAL CITY BANK (Cleveland, Ohio)

  By:                                                     Transfer
  Agent and
  Registar                                                               Authorized
  Signature

  



 

















 


ENERSYS


 


                EnerSys will
furnish to any shareholder, upon request and without charge, a full statement
of the designations, relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares
of each class of common stock which it is authorized to issue, and the
designation, relative rights, preferences and limitations of each series of any
class of preferred stock which it is authorized to issue. Such request should
be addressed to the Secretary of EnerSys at 2366 Bernville Road, Reading, PA
19605 or to the Transfer Agent named on the face of this Certificate.


 


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)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  UNIF TRANS MIN ACT-

  	
   

  	
  Custodian

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  (Cust)

  	
  (Minor)

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
  under Uniform Transfers 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 common stock

  
	
  represented by the within
  Certificate, and to hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

  
	
   

  
	
  Attorney to transfer the said shares on the books of the within-named
  Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

  
	
   

  
	
  Dated:

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Signature

  	
   

  
	
   

  
	
  SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:

  	
   

  	 

	
   

  	
  THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
  INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT
  UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM),
  PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

  	 

	
   

  
	
  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.

  
	
   

  
	
  KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST,
  STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF
  INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.