Exhibit 4.2

 

		NUMBER OF NEW UNITS NU-
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS		CUSIP: [•]

Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI

NEW UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE, AND THREE QUARTERS (3/4) OF

ONE CLASS 2 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 (“New Unit”) consists of one (1) Class A Ordinary Share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Ordinary Shares”), of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Company”), and three-quarters (3/4) of one redeemable warrant (a “Class 2 Warrant”). Each whole Class 2 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 Class 2 Warrants are exercisable. Each Class 2 Warrant will become exercisable thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each a “Business Combination”), and will (except for Class 2 Warrants attached to Class A Ordinary Shares that are redeemed prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, which Class 2 Warrants will expire upon redemption of such shares) expire, unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the date that is seven (7) years after the date on which the Company completes its initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation. No fractional Class 2 Warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of [•], 2026, 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 New Units represented by this certificate will automatically separate into the Class A Ordinary Shares and Class 2 Warrants comprising such New 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]

Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. VI

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 — asjoint 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:

 

 

 

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 [•], 2026, 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 [INSERT DATE THAT IS 24 MONTHS FROM IPO CLOSING], 2028 or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may approve, 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 [INSERT DATE THAT IS 24 MONTHS FROM IPO CLOSING], 2028, or such earlier date as the Company’s board of directors may approve, 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.