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Exhibit 4.2
NUMBER
C
SHARES SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS CUSIP |
HICKS ACQUISITION COMPANY II, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
COMMON STOCK
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
COMMON STOCK
This Certifies that |
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is the owner of |
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FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF
HICKS ACQUISITION COMPANY II, INC.
(THE CORPORATION)
(THE CORPORATION)
transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly authorized attorney upon
surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.
The Corporation will be forced to redeem all of its shares of common stock and liquidate if it is
unable to complete a business combination
by ,2012
[TWENTY-ONE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE
CORPORATIONS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING] all as more fully described
in the Corporations final prospectus dated , 2010.
This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the
Registrar.
Witness the seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized
officers.
[Corporate Seal] | ||||
Secretary
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Delaware | President |
HICKS ACQUISITION COMPANY II, INC.
The Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers,
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each
class of stock or series thereof of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations, or
restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the shares represented
thereby are issued and shall be held subject to all the provisions of the Certificate of
Incorporation and all amendments thereto and resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for
the issue of securities (copies of which may be obtained from the secretary of the Corporation), to
all of which the holder of this certificate by acceptance hereof assents. 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
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| as tenants in common | UNIF GIFT MIN ACT | | Custodian | |||||
TEN ENT
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| as tenants by the entireties | (Cust) (Minor) | |||||||
JT TEN
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| as joint tenants with right | under Uniform Gifts to Minors | |||||||
of survivorship and not as tenants in common | Act | |||||||||
(State) |
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received,
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES), INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE(S))
Dated:
NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) 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.
Signature(s)
Guaranteed:
By
By
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).
In each
case, as more fully described in the Corporations final
prospectus dated ______, 2010, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of funds from the
trust account only in the event that the Corporation redeems the shares of Common Stock sold in its
initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate
an initial business combination by
___, 2012[TWENTY-ONE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE
CLOSING OF THE CORPORATIONS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING], or if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem
for cash his, her or its respective
shares of Common Stock in connection with a tender offer (or proxy
solicitation, solely in the event the
Corporation seeks stockholder approval of the proposed initial
business combination) setting forth the
details of a proposed initial
business combination. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any
right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.