Specimen Common Stock Certificate



 Exhibit 4.2 
  

			
	 NUMBER
	  	SHARES

              C 
 KBL HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP. III 
 INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 COMMON STOCK 
 SEE REVERSE FOR 
 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

  

			
	This Certifies that	  	CUSIP                     

  

			
	is the owner of	  	

 FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

 KBL HEALTHCARE ACQUISITION CORP. III 
 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 liquidate if it is unable to complete a business combination by ____________, 2009, all as more fully described in the 
 Corporation’s final prospectus dated ________, 2007 
 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:	 		 		 		 	
						
		 	  	 		 	

	 		 	  
		 	CHAIRMAN	 		 	 		 	SECRETARY








 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)                    


 Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
 KBL Healthcare Acquisition Corp. III 
 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 shares of Preferred Stock (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. 
 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 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 Corporation will full power of substitution in the premises.

 Dated
                     
  

			
		  	____________________________________________________________________________
		  	 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.


 Signature(s) Guaranteed: 
  

			
	  	  	
	THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD 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).	  	

 The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust fund only in the event of the
Company’s liquidation upon failure to consummate a business combination or if the holder seeks to convert his respective shares into cash upon a business combination which he voted against and which is actually completed by the Company. In no
other circumstances shall the holder have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust fund.