EX-4.2 16 file005.htm SPECIMEN COMMON STOCK CERTIFICATE



                                                                     Exhibit 4.2


NUMBER                                                                    SHARES

[SYMBOL]


                          NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

       INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

                                  COMMON STOCK

                                                                 SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                             CERTAIN DEFINITIONS


THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                             CUSIP __________


IS THE OWNER OF



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

                          NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

        transferable on the books of the Corporation in person or by duly
    authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed.
    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.

Dated:                    NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

                                    CORPORATE
                                      SEAL
---------------------------------     2005      --------------------------------
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD                           SECRETARY

                        REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS





















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 Act
                           and not as tenants in common
                                                                                                   ----------------------
                                                                                                           (State)





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

                          NAVIOS MARITIME HOLDINGS INC.

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

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


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


                                                                          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
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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:

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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).


The holder of this certificate shall be entitled to receive funds from the trust
fund only in the event that the holder seeks to convert his respective shares
into cash upon a business combination which he voted against and which is
actually completed by the Company. In no other circumstances shall the holder
have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust fund.