EX-4.2



 Exhibit 4.2 

[FACE] 
 Number 

Warrants 
 THIS WARRANT
SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW 

HOSTESS BRANDS, INC. 

Incorporated Under the Laws of the State of Delaware 
  

					
		 	CUSIP	 	  


 Warrant Certificate 

This Warrant Certificate certifies that
                , or registered assigns, is the registered holder of                 
warrant(s) (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase shares of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common Stock”), of Hostess Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”). Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of
Common Stock as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in
the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement. 

Each Warrant is initially exercisable for one-half of one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock. The number
of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant Agreement. 

The initial Exercise Price per half-share of Common Stock for any Warrant is equal to $5.75 per half share; provided, however,
that a Warrant may not be exercised for a fractional share, so that only an even number of Warrants may be exercised at a given time. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events set forth in the Warrant
Agreement. 







 Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be
exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such
further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. 
 This Warrant
Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement. 

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York,
without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. 
  

			
	 HOSTESS BRANDS,
INC.



 
			
		
	 By: 
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:



 
			
	
	 CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, AS WARRANT
AGENT



 
			
		
	 By: 
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:




  
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 [Form of Warrant Certificate] 

[Reverse] 

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on
exercise to receive                  shares of Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of August 13, 2015 (the
“Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant
Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and
the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written
request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement. 

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as
specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants
evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants
not exercised. 
 Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be
exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the shares of Common Stock is
current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement. 
 The Warrant
Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. If, upon exercise of a
Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

 Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered
Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another
Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants. 

  
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 Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at
the office of the Warrant Agent a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the
limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith. 

The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant
Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant
Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Company. 

  
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 Election to Purchase 

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant) 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive
                 shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of Hostess Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) in the
amount of $         in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a certificate for such shares be registered in the name of
                    , whose address is
                     and that such shares be delivered to
                     whose address is
                            . If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock
purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of
                    , whose address is
                            , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to
                    , whose address is
                            . 

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6 of the Warrant
Agreement and the Company has required cashless exercise pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(b) and
Section 6.3 of the Warrant Agreement. 
 In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement Warrant that is to be
exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) of the
Warrant Agreement. 
 In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to
Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section 7.4 of the Warrant Agreement. 

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i)
the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The
undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Common Stock. If said number of shares is less than
all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of
                , whose address is                     , and that
such Warrant Certificate be delivered to                 , whose address is
                    . 

  
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Date:                    , 2016 

 

			
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		 	 (Address)

		 	
		 	  

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	 Signature Guaranteed:


 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). 

  
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