HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE COMMON STOCK

This Certifies that

is the owner of

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Exhibit 4.2


NUMBER		SHARES

HIGHLAND ACQUISITION CORPORATION

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

COMMON STOCK

SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $0.0001 EACH OF THE

COMMON STOCK OF

HIGHLAND ACQUISITION 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 liquidate if it is unable to complete an initial business combination within the period of time as set forth in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, all as more fully described in the Corporation’s final prospectus dated , 2016

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

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


Dated:
CHAIRMAN				SECRETARY

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.

Highland Acquisition Corporation

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 shares of Preferred Stock (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.


For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

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IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE



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				shares
of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint



				Attorney
to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation will 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.

The holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of the funds from the trust account only in the event that (i) the Corporation is forced to liquidate because it does not consummate an initial business combination within the period of time set forth in the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Charter”) or (ii) if the holder seeks to convert his shares upon consummation of, or sell his shares in a tender offer in connection with, an initial business combination or in connection with certain amendments to the Charter. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.