Exhibit 4.2


 


	NUMBER	SHARES
	C-	 
	 	CUSIP-[●]


 


SEE
REVERSE FOR


CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS


 


NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP.


 


INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE

CLASS A COMMON STOCK


 


This Certifies that ______________________is
the owner of_______________________


 


FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF
THE PAR VALUE OF $0.0001 EACH OF THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP.

(THE “COMPANY”)


 


transferable on the books 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 shares of Class A common stock if it is unable to complete a business combination by                           , 2021, all as
more fully described                           in the Company’s final prospectus dated September [●], 2019.


 


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


 


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


 


	

Chief Executive Officer
	 	[Corporate Seal]	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	Delaware	 	 


 




     


     


    

 


NEW PROVIDENCE ACQUISITION CORP.


 


The Company 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 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 Company’s amended and restated 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 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	 	 
	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.


 




     


     


    

 


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))
	 


____________________shares of the capital stock represented
by the within Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints ________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock
on the books of the within named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.


 


Dated:_________


	
        
	 
	 	Shareholder
	 	 
	 	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:_________________________


 


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).


 


In each case, as more fully described in
the Company’s final prospectus dated September [●], 2019, 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 only in the event that (i) the Company redeems the shares of Class A common stock sold in the Company’s initial
public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination by                           , 2021, (ii) the Company redeems
the shares of Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering in connection with a stockholder vote to amend the Company’s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem
100% of the Class A common stock if it does not consummate an initial business combination by                           , 2021 or with respect to any other
provision relating to stockholders’ rights or pre-initial business combination activity, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s)
to redeem for cash his, her or its respective shares of Class A common stock in connection with a tender offer (or proxy solicitation,
solely in the event the Company 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.