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EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 
  

			
		  	 NUMBER UNITS

U-

		
	SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN	  	CUSIP                            
	DEFINITIONS	  	

 ESM ACQUISITION CORPORATION 

UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE AND ONE-THIRD OF ONE REDEEMABLE WARRANT, EACH WHOLE
WARRANT ENTITLING THE HOLDER TO PURCHASE ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE 
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT
                    is the owner of
                    Units. 
 Each Unit
(“Unit”) consists of one (1) Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), of ESM Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands
exempted company (the “Company”), and one-third (1/3) of one redeemable warrant (the “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one
(1) Class A Ordinary Share (subject to adjustment) for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Only whole Warrants are exercisable. Each Warrant will become exercisable on the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the Company’s
completion of a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each a “Business Combination”), and (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 Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate will begin separate trading on
            , 2021 unless Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC elects to allow separate trading earlier, 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 its initial public offering and issuing a press release announcing
when separate trading will begin. No fractional Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of
            , 2021, 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 One State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, and are available
to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost. 
 Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Units represented by
this certificate will automatically separate into the Class A Ordinary Shares and Warrants comprising such Units. 
 This certificate
is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar of the Company. 

 This certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of New York. 
 Witness the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers. 

 

					
	  
	 		 	  

	    [TITLE]	 		 	    [TITLE]

  
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 ESM ACQUISITION CORPORATION 

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 shares 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)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors

				
	JT TEN	 	 — as joint tenants with right of survivorship 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
             
  
  

 
 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 does
hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint 
 Attorney to transfer the said Units on the register of members of the within named Company with full power of
substitution in the premises. 
 Dated:
                     

  
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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.

  

	
	 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 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
            , 2023, or by such later date approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with 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 complete its initial business
combination by             , 2023, or by such later date approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association, or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the holder(s)’(s) rights or pre-initial business combination activity, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash
his, her, its or their 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 to or in the trust account. 

  
 4EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 
  

			
	NUMBER	  	NUMBER
	 	  	C
	 	  	SHARES
	 	  	SEE REVERSE FOR
	 	  	CERTAIN
	 	  	DEFINITIONS
	 	  	CUSIP

 ESM ACQUISITION CORPORATION 

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES 

 

			
	This Certifies that	 	  

			
	is the owner of	 	  

 FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF U.S.$0.0001
EACH OF 
 ESM ACQUISITION CORPORATION 

(THE “COMPANY”) 
 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 is unable to complete a business combination by             , 2023, or such by later date approved by the Company’s
shareholders in accordance with 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 of the Company. 
 Witness the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized officers. 

 

					
	  
	 		 	  

	[TITLE]	 		 	[TITLE]

 ESM ACQUISITION CORPORATION 

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 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)

under Uniform Gifts to Minors

				
	JT TEN	 	 — as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common
	  		  	 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 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(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 UNDER THE UNITED STATES 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             , 2023, or by such later date
approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with 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 complete its initial business combination by             , 2023, or by such
later date approved by the Company’s shareholders in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association, or (B) with respect to any other provision relating to the holder(s)’(s) rights or pre-initial business combination activity, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash his, her, its or their 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 to or in the trust account.

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