EXHIBIT 4.2


 


THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID AFTER 5:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON SEPTEMBER
29, 2019 (THE “EXPIRATION DATE”)


 


No. _______


 


FIVE OAKS INVESTMENT CORP.


 


WARRANT TO PURCHASE THE DESIGNATED NUMBER
(AS DEFINED BELOW) OF SHARES OF


COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE


 


For VALUE RECEIVED, XL Investments Ltd
(“Warrantholder”), is entitled to purchase, subject to the provisions of this Warrant, from Five Oaks Investment
Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), commencing July 25, 2013, 120 days after the closing of
the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”), but not later than 5:00 P.M., Eastern time, on the
Expiration Date (as defined above), at an exercise price per share equal to $15.75, 105% of the IPO price for the Company’s
common stock (the exercise price in effect being herein called the “Warrant Price”), the Designated Number (as
defined below) of shares (“Warrant Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common
Stock”). The number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject
to adjustment from time to time as described herein. In no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle the warrant exercise.
For purposes of this Warrant, the “Designated Number” shall mean 3,125,000.


 


Section 1. Registration.
The Company shall maintain, or cause to be maintained by a duly appointed transfer agent identified to the Warrantholder pursuant
to Section 13 below, books for the registration of the Warrant. Upon the initial issuance of this Warrant, the Company shall
issue and register the Warrant in the name of the Warrantholder.


 


Section 2. Transfers.
As provided herein, this Warrant may be transferred in whole or in integral-numbered parts only pursuant to a registration statement
filed under the Securities Act, or an exemption from such registration. Subject to such restrictions, the Company shall transfer,
or cause such transfer agent to transfer, this Warrant from time to time upon the books to be maintained by the Company or such
transfer agent for that purpose, upon surrender hereof for transfer, properly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instructions
for transfer and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Company or such transfer agent, including, if required
by the Company or such transfer agent, an opinion of its counsel to the effect that such transfer is exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act and a new Warrant shall be issued to the transferee and in the case of a transfer of warrants
representing less (after aggregating all prior transfers) than the Designated Number of Shares, a new Warrant shall be issued for
the number of Warrant Shares equal to (i) the Designated Number of Shares less (ii) the sum of the current and all prior
transferred and exercised Warrant Shares. The surrendered Warrant shall be canceled by the Company.


 


Section 3. Exercise of Warrant.
Subject to the provisions hereof, the Warrantholder may exercise this Warrant, in whole or in part, at any time prior to its expiration
upon surrender of the Warrant, together with delivery of a duly executed notice of exercise, in the form attached hereto as Appendix A
(the “Notice of Exercise”) and payment by cash, certified check or wire transfer of funds of the aggregate Warrant
Price for that number of Warrant Shares then being purchased, to the Company during normal business hours on any business day at
the Company’s principal executive offices (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice to
the Warrantholder). The Warrant Shares so purchased shall be deemed to be issued to the Warrantholder or the Warrantholder’s
designee, as the record owner of such shares, as of the close of business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been surrendered
(or the date evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof and security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company has been provided
to the Company), the Warrant Price shall have been paid and the completed Notice of Exercise shall have been delivered. Certificates
for the Warrant Shares so purchased shall be delivered to the Warrantholder within a reasonable time, not exceeding five (5) business
days, after this Warrant shall have been so exercised. The certificates so delivered shall be in such denominations as may be requested
by the Warrantholder and shall be registered in the name of the Warrantholder or such other name as shall be designated by the
Warrantholder, as specified in the Notice of Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised only in part, then, unless this
Warrant has expired, the Company shall, at its expense, at the time of delivery of such certificates, deliver to the Warrantholder
a new Warrant representing the right to purchase the number of shares with respect to which this Warrant shall not then have been
exercised. As used herein, “business day” means a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on which banks in New York
City are open for the general transaction of business.


 




    	 



    	 



    

  


Section 4. Registrable Securities.
For the avoidance of doubt, both the Warrants and the Warrant Shares will be considered “Registrable Securities” for
purposes of the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2012, by and among the Company, XL
Investments Ltd and the other parties named therein, as may be amended from time to time, and will be entitled to the registration
rights set forth therein.


 


Section 5. Payment of Taxes.
The Company will pay any documentary stamp taxes attributable to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise
of the Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect
of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of any certificates for Warrant Shares or for any Warrants in a name other
than that of the Warrantholder in respect of which such shares are issued, and in such case, the Company shall not be required
to issue or deliver any certificate for Warrant Shares or any Warrant until the person requesting the same has paid to the Company
the amount of such tax or has established to the Company’s reasonable satisfaction that such tax has been paid. The Warrantholder
shall be responsible for all other taxes, including income taxes due under federal, state or other law, if any such tax is due.


 


Section 6. Mutilated or Missing
Warrants. In case any Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue in exchange and substitution
of and upon surrender and cancellation of the mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant lost, stolen or
destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and for the purchase of a like number of Warrant Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of the Warrant, or with respect to a lost, stolen or
destroyed Warrant, reasonable indemnity with respect thereto, if requested by the Company.


 


Section 7. Reservation of
Common Stock. The Company hereby represents and warrants that there have been reserved, and the Company shall at all applicable
times keep reserved until issued (if necessary) as contemplated by this Section 7, out of the authorized and unissued shares
of Common Stock, sufficient shares to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant. The Company
agrees that all Warrant Shares issued upon due exercise of the Warrant in accordance with the terms hereof shall be, at the time
of delivery of the certificates for such Warrant Shares, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares
of Common Stock of the Company.


 


Section 8. Adjustments.
Subject and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the Warrant Price and number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant
shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth hereinafter.


 


(a) If the Company shall, at any time
or from time to time while this Warrant is outstanding, pay a dividend or make a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of
Common Stock, subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares
of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or issue by reclassification of its outstanding shares of Common Stock any shares
of its capital stock (including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is
the continuing corporation), then (i) the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall
become effective shall be adjusted by multiplying such Warrant Price by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number
of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such change and the denominator of which shall be the number of shares
of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such change and (ii) the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon exercise of this Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant
immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Warrant
Price in effect immediately prior to the date on which such change shall become effective and the denominator of which shall be
the Warrant Price in effect immediately after giving effect to such change, calculated in accordance with clause (i) above.
Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event listed above shall occur.


 




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(b) If (i) any capital reorganization,
reclassification of the capital stock of the Company, (ii) consolidation or merger of the Company with another entity in which
the Company is not the survivor, (iii) sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
to another Company shall be effected or (iv) purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer pursuant to which holders of Common
Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other shares of stock, securities or assets and such offer has
been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock (each a “Fundamental Transaction”)
shall be effected, then, as a condition of such Fundamental Transaction, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby each
Warrantholder shall thereafter have the right to purchase and receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions herein specified
and in lieu of the Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, the highest amount of such shares
of stock, securities or assets as would have been issuable or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of Warrant Shares
equal to the number of Warrant Shares immediately theretofore issuable upon exercise of the Warrant, had such Fundamental Transaction
not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of each Warrantholder
to the end that the provisions hereof (including, without limitation, provision for adjustment of the Warrant Price) shall thereafter
be applicable, as nearly equivalent as may be practicable in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable
upon the exercise hereof. The Company shall not effect any such Fundamental Transaction unless prior to or simultaneously with
the consummation thereof the successor entity (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger, or the entity
purchasing or otherwise acquiring such assets or other appropriate entity shall assume the obligation to deliver to the Warrantholder,
at the last address of the Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company or the Company’s transfer agent, such shares
of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Warrantholder may be entitled to purchase,
and the other obligations under this Warrant. The provisions of this paragraph (b) shall similarly apply to successive Fundamental
Transactions.


 


(c) In case the Company shall fix
a payment date for the making of a distribution to all holders of Common Stock (including any such distribution made in connection
with a consolidation or merger in which the Company is the continuing Company) of evidences of indebtedness or assets (other than
cash dividends or cash distributions payable out of consolidated earnings or earned surplus or dividends or distributions referred
to in Section 8(a)), or subscription rights or warrants, the Warrant Price to be in effect after such payment date shall be
determined by multiplying the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such payment date by a fraction, the numerator of which
shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by the Market Price (as defined below) per share of
Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date, less the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of
Directors in good faith) of such assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed, or of such subscription rights or warrants,
and the denominator of which shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding multiplied by such Market Price per
share of Common Stock immediately prior to such payment date. “Market Price ” as of a particular date (the “Valuation
Date”) shall mean the following: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed on the New York Stock Exchange or any other
national securities exchange, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on such exchange on the last trading day prior
to the Valuation Date; (b) if the Common Stock is then quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (the “Bulletin
Board”) or such similar quotation system or association, the closing sale price of one share of Common Stock on the Bulletin
Board or such other quotation system or association on the last trading day prior to the Valuation Date or, if no such closing
sale price is available, the average of the high bid and the low asked price quoted thereon on the last trading day prior to the
Valuation Date; or (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Bulletin
Board or such other quotation system or association, the fair market value of one share of Common Stock as of the Valuation Date,
as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder. If the Common Stock is not then listed
on a national securities exchange, the Bulletin Board or such other quotation system or association, the Board of Directors of
the Company shall respond promptly, in writing, to an inquiry by the Warrantholder prior to the exercise hereunder as to the fair
market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company. In the event that the Board of
Directors of the Company and the Warrantholder are unable to agree upon the fair market value in respect of subpart (c) of
this paragraph, the Company and the Warrantholder shall jointly select an appraiser, who is experienced in such matters. The decision
of such appraiser shall be final and conclusive, and the cost of such appraiser shall be borne equally by the Company and the Warrantholder.
Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a payment date is fixed.


 


(d) An adjustment to the Warrant Price
shall become effective immediately after the payment date in the case of each dividend or distribution and immediately after the
effective date of each other event which requires an adjustment.


 


(e) In the event that, as a result
of an adjustment made pursuant to this Section 8, the Warrantholder shall become entitled to receive any shares of capital
stock of the Company other than shares of Common Stock, the number of such other shares so receivable upon exercise of this Warrant
shall be subject thereafter to adjustment from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the
provisions with respect to the Warrant Shares contained in this Warrant.


 




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Section 9. Ownership Limitations.
The Warrant Shares are subject to restrictions on beneficial ownership and constructive ownership and transfer for the purpose
of the Company’s maintenance of its qualification as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, as set forth in Article VII of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation.


 


Section 10. Fractional Interest.
The Company shall not be required to issue fractions of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant. If any fractional share
of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of the first sentence of this Section 10, be deliverable upon such exercise, the
Company, in lieu of delivering such fractional share, shall pay to the exercising Warrantholder an amount in cash equal to the
Market Price of such fractional share of Common Stock on the date of exercise.


 


Section 11. Benefits. Nothing
in this Warrant shall be construed to give any person, firm or Company (other than the Company and the Warrantholder) any legal
or equitable right, remedy or claim, it being agreed that this Warrant shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company
and the Warrantholder.


 


Section 12. Notices to Warrantholder;
Notice to the Company. Upon the occurrence of any event requiring an adjustment of the Warrant Price, the Company shall promptly
give written notice thereof to the Warrantholder at the address appearing in the records of the Company, stating the adjusted Warrant
Price and the adjusted number of Warrant Shares resulting from such event and setting forth in reasonable detail the method of
calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based. Failure to give such notice to the Warrantholder or any defect
therein shall not affect the legality or validity of the subject adjustment; provided, however, that any failure by the Company
to give notice to the Warrantholder of a Fundamental Transaction not involving a Public Successor shall preclude the Company from
consummating such Fundamental Transaction.


 


Section 13. Identity of Transfer
Agent. The Company’s transfer agent for the Common Stock is American Stock Transfer Trust Company, LLC. Upon the appointment
of any subsequent transfer agent for the Common Stock or other shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise
of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrant, the Company will mail to the Warrantholder a statement setting forth the
name and address of such transfer agent.


 


Section 14. Successors. All
the covenants and provisions hereof by or for the benefit of the Warrantholder shall bind and inure to the benefit of its respective
successors and assigns hereunder.


 


Section 15. Governing Law; Consent
to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Warrant shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws
of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions thereof other than those giving effect to this choice
of law. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York located in New York County and the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York for the purpose of any suit, action, proceeding or judgment relating to or arising out of this Warrant and the transactions
contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on each party hereto
anywhere in the world by the same methods as are specified for the giving of notices under this Warrant. The Company and, by accepting
this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or proceeding
and to the laying of venue in such court. The Company and, by accepting this Warrant, the Warrantholder, each irrevocably waives
any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts and irrevocably waives any claim
that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  EACH OF
THE COMPANY AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE WARRANTHOLDER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO REQUEST A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LITIGATION
WITH RESPECT TO THIS WARRANT AND REPRESENTS THAT COUNSEL HAS BEEN CONSULTED SPECIFICALLY AS TO THIS WAIVER.


 


Section 16. No Rights as Stockholder.
Prior to the exercise of this Warrant, the Warrantholder shall not have or exercise any rights as a stockholder of the Company
by virtue of its ownership of this Warrant.


 




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Section 17. Amendment; Waiver.
Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived upon the written consent of the Company and the holders of the Warrants representing
at least 50.1% of the number of shares of Common Stock then subject to all outstanding Warrants; provided , that (x) any
such amendment or waiver must apply to all Warrants; and (y) the number of Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant, the Warrant
Price and the Expiration Date may not be amended, and the right to exercise this Warrant may not be altered or waived, without
the written consent of the Warrantholder.





 


Section 18. Section Headings.
The section headings in this Warrant are for the convenience of the Company and the Warrantholder and in no way alter, modify,
amend, limit or restrict the provisions hereof.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company
has caused this Warrant to be duly executed and issued, as of the [—]th day
of [—], 20[—].


 


	FIVE OAKS INVESTMENT CORP.
	 	 	 
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


 




    	 



    	 



    

  


Appendix A


 


FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE


 


(To be executed by the Holder to exercise
the right to purchase shares of


Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant)


 


To Five Oaks Investment Corp.:


 


The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No.         
(the “Warrant”) issued by Five Oaks Investment Corp., a Maryland Company (the “ Company ”).
The undersigned Holder acknowledges that the sale, transfer, assignment or hypothecation of the Warrant Shares to be issued upon
exercise of this Warrant is subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Warrant. Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.


 


		1.	The Warrant is currently exercisable to purchase a total of                 
Warrant Shares.



 


		2.	The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase                 
Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.



 


		3.	The holder shall pay the sum of $          to the Company in accordance with
the terms of the Warrant.



 


		4.	Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the holder                 
Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.



 


		5.	Following this exercise, the Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase a total of                 
Warrant Shares.



 





	Dated:              ,         	Name of Holder:
	 	 
	 	(Print)	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Name:	 
	 	 	 
	 	Title:	 
	 	(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder as specified on the face of the Warrant) Taxpayer Identification __________Number










 


	ACKNOWLEDGED AND	 
	AGREED TO this___ day of	 
	___, 20__	 
	 	 
	FIVE OAKS INVESTMENT CORP.	 
	 	 
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title: