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Exhibit
4.1

 

NUMBER
UNITS

U-

 

SEE
REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP
[●]

 

VANTAGE
ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

UNITS
CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK AND

ONE-THIRD OF ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE SHARE OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK

 

THIS
CERTIFIES THAT                                       
is the owner of                                                       Units.

 

Each
Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common
Stock”), of Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
and one-third of one warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one (1) share (subject to adjustment) of Common Stock for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will
become exercisable on the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a merger, capital stock exchange,
asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each a “Business
Combination”), or (ii) twelve (12) months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, and will
expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company
completes its initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation (the “Expiration Date”).
The Common Stock and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to                ,
2017, unless Citigroup Global Markets Inc. elects to allow earlier separate trading, subject to the Company’s filing of
a Current Report on Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s
receipt of the gross proceeds of the offering and issuing a press release announcing when separate trading will begin. The terms
of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of                ,
2017, 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.

 

This
certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

Witness
the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers.

 

	 	 	 
	Secretary	 	Chief Executive Officer

  

     

     

    

 

Vantage
Energy Acquisition Corp.

 

The
Company will furnish without charge to each unitholder 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)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
			as
joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in	 	 	 	under
                                         Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

        

        

	JT
    TEN	–	common	 	 	 	(State)

 

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

 

For
value received,                          
hereby sell, assign and transfer unto                                             

 

PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER

IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

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

 

Units
represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said Units 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 (OR ANY SUCCESSOR
RULE)).	 	 

 

    	 	2	 

     

    

 

In
each case, as more fully described in the Company’s final prospectus dated , 2017, 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 its initial
public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination by , 2019, (ii) the Company redeems
the shares of Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment
to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect 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 , 2019, 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.

 

 

 

3Exhibit 4.2

 

NUMBER

 

C-

 

	 	SHARES

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

CUSIP [Ÿ]

 

VANTAGE ENERGY 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

 

VANTAGE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

(THE “CORPORATION”)

 

transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by
duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. The Corporation will be forced to redeem all of
its shares of Class A common stock if it is unable to complete a business combination by                       , 2019, as more fully described in the
Corporation’s final prospectus dated                       , 2017.

 

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

 

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

 

 

	Secretary	[Corporate Seal]

Delaware	Chief Executive Officer

 

     

     

    

 

VANTAGE ENERGY ACQUISITION CORP.

 

The Corporation 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 Corporation 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 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 Corporation), 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 Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

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
Corporation’s final prospectus dated , 2017, 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 Corporation’s initial public offering only
in the event that (i) the Corporation redeems the shares of Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering and liquidates
because it does not consummate an initial business combination by                      , 2019, (ii)
the Corporation redeems the shares of Class A common stock sold in its initial public offering in connection with a stockholder
vote to approve an amendment to the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the
substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Class A common stock if it does not consummate
an initial business combination by                       , 2019 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 Corporation 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.

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