GLOBAL EAGLE ACQUISITION CORP. INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE COMMON STOCK

 

NUMBER

 

C

 

	SHARES
	SEE REVERSE FOR
	CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
	CUSIP _________________

 

This Certifies that
is the owner of

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.0001 EACH OF THE COMMON STOCK OF

 

 

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 common stock and liquidate if it is unable to complete a business combination by        , 20__ [TWENTY-ONE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE CORPORATION’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OR TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS FROM THE CLOSING OF THE CORPORATION’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING IF A LETTER OF INTENT OR DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT RELATING TO A PROSPECTIVE INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION IS EXECUTED BEFORE THE TWENTY-ONE MONTH PERIOD ENDS] all as more fully described in the Corporation’s final prospectus dated _, 2011.

 

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.

 

		[Corporate Seal]
Secretary		Delaware		President

 

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		under Uniform Gifts to Minors
		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))

 

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Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints

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Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

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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

 

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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).

 

In each case, as more fully described in the Corporation’s final prospectus dated ______, 2011, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of funds from the trust account only in the event that the Corporation redeems the shares of common stock sold in its initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial business combination by ___, 20__ [TWENTY-ONE MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE CLOSING OF THE CORPORATION’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING OR TWENTY-FOUR MONTHS FROM THE CLOSING OF THE CORPORATION’S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING IF A LETTER OF INTENT OR DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT RELATING TO A PROSPECTIVE INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION IS EXECUTED BEFORE THE TWENTY-ONE MONTH PERIOD ENDS], or if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash his, her or its respective shares of 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.