EX-4.2





 Exhibit 4.2 
  

			
	 NUMBER
	  	SHARES

 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 

CUSIP [●] 

REDBALL ACQUISITION CORP. 

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES 
 THIS CERTIFIES
THAT          is the owner of Class A ordinary shares, par value US $0.0001 per share (each, a “Class A Ordinary Share”), of RedBall Acquisition
Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), subject to the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association thereof, transferable on the books and register of members of the Company in person or by
duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. 
 This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent
and registered by the Registrar of the Company. 
 Witness the facsimile signature of a duly authorized signatory of the Company. 

 

					
	Authorized Signatory	 		 	Transfer Agent
			
	   
	 		 	   














 RedBall Acquisition Corp. 

The Company will furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and
relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of equity or series thereof of the Company 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 Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company 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 Company), 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
	 	—	  	as tenants in common	  	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT	 	—	  	 Custodian

		 		  		  		 		  	 (Cust)

(Minor)

						
	 TEN ENT
	 	—	  	as tenants by the entireties	  		 		  	Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
						
		 		  		  		 		  	  

	 JT TEN
	 	—	  	as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common	  		 		  	(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(S) OF ASSIGNEE(S)) 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES), INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE(S)) 

Class A Ordinary Shares represented by the within certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the
said Class A Ordinary Shares on the books of the within named Company with 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) 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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE)).













 As more fully described in, and subject to the terms and conditions described in, the
Company’s final prospectus for its initial public offering dated ______________, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held in the trust
account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering in the event that (i) the Company redeems the Class A Ordinary Shares sold in its initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an
initial business combination within the time period set forth in the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time, or (ii) if the holder(s) properly redeem for cash
his, her or its respective Class A Ordinary Shares represented by this certificate in connection with (x) a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company seeks shareholder approval of the proposed initial business
combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial business combination or (y) a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (A) to modify the substance or timing of
the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with our initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Class A Ordinary Shares if it does not consummate an initial business combination within the time set forth in the
Company’s Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association, as the same may be amended from time to time or (B) with respect to any other material provisions relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial Business Combination activity. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.