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interchangeably transferable, and identical in color and form, except as to
names of transfer agent and registrar; and the combined amounts of stocks
registered in all cities shall not exceed the amount authorized to be listed.
Interchangeable certificates must bear a legend reciting the right of
transfer in New York and other cities.
The registrar must file with the Secretary of the Stock Exchange an
agreement to comply with the requirements in regard to registration and
not to register any listed stock, or any increase thereof, until authorized
by the Committee.
Certifications of transfer and registry must be dated and signed by an
authorized officer of the transfer agent and registrar, respectively.
A change in the form of a security of a transfer agency, or of a registrar,
shall not be made without the approval of the Committee.
Forms or CERTIFICATES, ENGRAVING, ETC.
General Requirements
(See Specific Requirements below.)
All securities for which listing upon the Exchange is requested, except
as otherwise herein stated must be engraved and printed in a manner satis-
factory to the Committee from at least two steel plates by an engraving
company whose work the Committee is authorized by the Governing Com-
mittee to pass upon; the name of the engraving company must appear upon
the face of all securities and also upon the face of coupons and the title
panel of each bond. Securities must bear a vignette upon their face.
Said plates shall be: (1) A border and tint plate from which should
be made a printing in color underlying important portions of the face print-
ing; (2) A face plate containing the vignettes and descriptive or promissory
portion of the document, which should be printed in black or in black mixed
with a color. The combined effect of the impression from these plates
must be as effectual security as possible against counterfeiting.
The printing of securities must be in distinctive colors, to make classes
and denominations readily distinguishable.
All certificates, except as otherwise stated herein, must provide for
transfer and for registration with dates. When a corporation makes
transfers of its shares in other cities, certificates shall be identical in color
and form, except as to name$ of transfer agent and registrar; certificates
interchangeably transferable must bear a legend reciting the right of trans-
fer in New York and other cities.
The Committee recommends that the text of securities shall provide
for transfer in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of
the security properly endorsed.
A change in the form of a security, transfer agency, registrar, or trustee
of bonds, shall not be made without the approval of the Committee.
The Committee will object to any security upon which an impress is
made by a hand stamp, except for a date or power of substitution.
Bonds
(In addition to the General Requirements Shave guise, the following apply specifically
to bonds.
All bonds must be fully engraved and printed in a manner satisfactory
to the Committee; face of bonds and coupons must bear a vignette.
The text of bonds should recite conditions of issuance, tax exemption,