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Exhibit 4.1    
    


SPECIMEN
STOCK CERTIFICATE REPRESENTING COMMON STOCK

(FRONT) 



	NUMBER

	 	 	 	SHARES
	 	 	(BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC. LOGO)	 	 
	BAS	 	 	 	 
	THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN

NEW YORK, NY	 	 	 	COMMON STOCK



INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS

OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
	 	 	BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.	 	 
	 	 	 	 	CUSIP 06985P 10 0

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
	THIS CERTIFIES THAT





IS THE RECORD HOLDER OF	 	 	 	 
	

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.01, OF BASIC ENERGY SERVICES, INC.





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



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


Dated: 



	/s/ James J. Carter

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT	 	(CORPORATE SEAL)	 	/s/ Kenneth V. Huseman

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER	 	COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:

AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

(New York, N.Y.)
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
	

 	
 	

 	
 	

 	
 	

BY
	 	 	 	 	 	 	AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE









(REVERSE)



BASIC
ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 


        The
Corporation will furnish to any stockholder upon request and without charge a full statement of the designations, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers,
restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of shares of each class authorized to be issued and, with respect to the classes of shares which may
be issued in series, the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series, to the extent they have been set. Such request may be made to the Secretary of the
Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent. 


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. 


        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/TRANS MIN ACT—	 	          

(Cust)	 	CUSTODIAN	 	          

(Minor)
	TEN ENT	 	—	 	as tenants by the entireties	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	JT TEN	 	—	 	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	 	 	 	under Uniform Gifts/Transfers 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 Zip Code, of Assignee)





	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	
	 	shares
	of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do 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	 	
	 	

	 	 	 	 	NOTICE: The Signature(s) To This Assignment Must Correspond With The Name(s) As Written Upon The Face Of The Certificate In Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement Or Any Change Whatever.





	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	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.














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