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                        GLOBAL BRANDS ACQUISITION CORP.
 	
   
 




 

CUSIP 378982 201

UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND ONE WARRANT EACH TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

THIS CERTIFIES THAT ____________________________________________________________________  

is the owner of _____________________________________________________________________________ Units.

Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), of Global Brands Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and one warrant (the “Warrant(s)”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of Common Stock for $7.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) the Company’s completion of a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination and (ii) ___________, 2008, and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on ____________, 2012, or earlier upon redemption (the “Expiration Date”) or liquidation of the “trust account” as described in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (No. 333-145684). The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to __________, 2008, subject to earlier separation in the discretion of Citigroup Global Markets Inc. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of _______, 2007, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 17 Battery Place, New York, New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost. 

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

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

 


	
                        By
 	
                         
 	

                                
	
                         
 	
                         
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 
	
                         
 	
                        Chairman of the Board
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        Secretary
 




 

 








Global Brands Acquisition Corp.

The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of 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. 

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
 	
                        under Uniform Gifts to Minors
 
	
                         
 	
                        and not as tenants in common
 	
                        Act
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 
	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                         
 	
                        (State)
 	
                         
 
								




Additional Abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

For value received, ___________________________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

 


	
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                        to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company will full power of substitution in the premises.
 
			




 


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	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.





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                        THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION

            (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH

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