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Exhibit 4.2

 

SPECIMEN CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE CERTIFICATE

 

	NUMBER	SHARES

 

RICE ACQUISITION CORP. II

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN
ISLANDS

CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES

 

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

CUSIP [●]

 

	This Certifies that	is the owner of

 

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE CLASS A
ORDINARY SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF

US$0.0001 EACH OF RICE ACQUISITION CORP. II
(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 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 Class A ordinary shares and any Class A Units of Rice Acquisition Holdings II LLC (“Opco”) (other than those held
by Rice Acquisition Corp. II) if it is unable to complete a business combination within the 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, 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 signatures of its duly
authorized officers.

 

		Dated:	                             	                        

 

	Chief Executive Officer	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 

 

     

     

    

 

RICE ACQUISITION
CORP. II

 

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 Company’s amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association, as the same may be amended from time to time, and resolutions of the 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. 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.

 

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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 does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

 

Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books
of the within named Corporation 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 [●], 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 Class A Units of Opco (other than those held by the Company)
and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination within the period of 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, (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  that would modify the substance or timing of the Company’s
obligation to provide holders of the Class A ordinary shares the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with the Company’s
initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Class A ordinary shares if the Company does not complete its initial business
combination within the time period set forth therein, 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.

 

 

3Exhibit 4.3

 

[FACE]

 

Number

 

Warrants

 

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED
PRIOR TO

THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED
FOR

IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

 

Rice Acquisition Corp. II

Incorporated Under the Laws of the Cayman Islands

 

CUSIP [●]

 

Warrant Certificate

 

This Warrant Certificate certifies that [                                 ],
or registered assigns, is the registered holder of [                      ] warrant(s) (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”)
to purchase Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value (“Ordinary Shares”), of Rice Acquisition Corp. II,
a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”). Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the
period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and nonassessable Ordinary
Shares as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant
Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement)
of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of
the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this
Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for
one fully paid and non-assessable Ordinary Share. Fractional shares shall not be issued upon exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise
of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary Share, the Company shall, upon exercise, round
down to the nearest whole number the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of Ordinary Shares issuable
upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The initial Exercise Price per one Ordinary Share
for any Warrant is equal to $11.50 per share. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set
forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant
Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period,
such Warrants shall become void. The Warrants may be redeemed, subject to certain conditions, as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions
of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as
though fully set forth at this place.

 

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless
countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

     

     

    

 

	 	RICE ACQUISITION CORP. II
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title:	Authorized Signatory
	 	 	 	 
	 	CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
	 	as Warrant Agent
	 	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:	 
	 	 	Title:	 

 

     

     

    

 

[Form of Warrant Certificate]

 

[Reverse]

 

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate
are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive [                ]
Ordinary Shares and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of [●], 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”),
duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company,
as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made
a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder”
meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by
the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have
the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

 

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the
Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by
surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of Election to Purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together
with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided
for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants
evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued
to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

 

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate
or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the issuance
of the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating
to the Ordinary Shares is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

 

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence
of certain events the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain
conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in an Ordinary
Share, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of Ordinary Shares to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

 

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal
corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized
in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any
service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

 

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer
of this Warrant Certificate at the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing
in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the
limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and
treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership
or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for
all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants
nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a shareholder of the Company.

 

     

     

    

 

Election to Purchase

 

(To Be Executed
Upon Exercise of Warrant)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise
the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive [                ]
Ordinary Shares and herewith tenders payment for such Ordinary Shares to the order of Rice Acquisition Corp. II (the “Company”)
in the amount of $[                ] in accordance with
the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of [                ],
whose address is [                ] and that such Ordinary
Shares be delivered to [                ] whose address
is [                ]. If said [                ]
number of Ordinary Shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate
representing the remaining balance of such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of [                ],
whose address is [                ] and that such Warrant
Certificate be delivered to [                ], whose
address is [                ].

 

In the event that the Warrant has been called for
redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement and a holder thereof elects to exercise its Warrant
pursuant to a Make-Whole Exercise, the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance
with subsection 3.3.1(c) or Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.

 

In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement
Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement,
the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c)
of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised
on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of Ordinary Shares that this
Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

 

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised,
to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of Ordinary Shares that this Warrant is
exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise
and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented
by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive Ordinary Shares. If said number
of shares is less than all of the Ordinary Shares purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned
requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such Ordinary Shares be registered in the name of [                ],
whose address is [                ] and that such Warrant
Certificate be delivered to [                ], whose
address is [                ].

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

     

     

    

 

Date: [                ],
20

 

	 	(Signature)
	 	 
	 	(Address)
	 	 
	 	 
	 	(Tax Identification Number)

 

	Signature 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 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED).

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