EX-4.2





 Exhibit 4.2 
  

			
	NUMBER	  	SHARES

 BLACK SPADE ACQUISITION CO 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS 

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES 

SEE REVERSE FOR 
 CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS 
  

			
	This Certifies that
                                         
   is the owner of	  	CUSIP [     ]

 FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES OF THE PAR
VALUE OF 
 US$0.0001 EACH OF BLACK SPADE ACQUISITION CO (THE “COMPANY”) 

Subject to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, as the same may be amended from time to time, and
transferable on the register of members of the Company in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. 

The Company will be forced to redeem all of its Class A ordinary shares if it has not completed a business combination by the
applicable date referenced in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, all as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated [•], 2021. 

This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar. 

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

Dated: 
  

	
	  
 CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER


  
  

 












 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. 

BLACK SPADE ACQUISITION CO 
 The Company will
furnish without charge to each shareholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of shares 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 and all
amendments thereto and resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors providing for the issue of Class A ordinary shares (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. 
 For value
received,                hereby sell, assign and transfer unto 
  

			
	(PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE(S))	 	
	 	 	

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

 

	
	 shares


 represented by the within Certificate, and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint 

________________________________________________________________________Attorney to transfer the said shares on the register of members 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) (OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULE) UNDER THE SECURITIES 

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED). 
  












 In each case, as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated [•], 2021, 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 its initial public offering only 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 by the applicable date referenced in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association,
(ii) the Company redeems the Class A ordinary shares sold in its initial public offering in connection with 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 the Company’s initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Class A ordinary shares if it does not consummate an initial business
combination by a date that is calculated by reference to the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association or (b) with respect to any other material provision relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash his, her or its respective Class A ordinary shares in connection with 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. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right or interest
of any kind in or to the trust account.