EX-4.2



 Exhibit 4.2 

 

			
	PREFERRED STOCK	  	PREFERRED STOCK
		  	CUSIP 14067E 605

 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS 

CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION 
 THIS CERTIFIES
THAT                                        
                                         
                                         
                                    

is the owner
of                                        
                                         
                                     

FULLY PAID AND NONASSESSABLE SHARES OF 7.50% SERIES E CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK, LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE $25.00 PER SHARE, $0.10 PAR VALUE PER
SHARE, OF 
 CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION 
 (the “Corporation”), transferable on the books of the Corporation by the registered holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed.
This Certificate and the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) and the bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto. This
Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Registrar. 

Dated:                        
   
  

					
	  
	 		  	  

	Secretary	 		  	President

 Countersigned and Registered: 
 Wells Fargo Shareholder Services 
 Transfer Agent And Registrar 

CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION 
 MARYLAND 







  
 CAPSTEAD MORTGAGE CORPORATION 
 The Corporation is authorized to issue
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share. 
 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 and not as tenants in common	 		 		 	 under Uniform Gifts to Minors

Act of                     

                (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) 

     

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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 with full power of substitution in the premises. 

Dated: __________________________________________ 
  

					
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		 		 	 NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR,
WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.


 Signature(s) Guaranteed 
  

	
	 By_____________________________________________________

	 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









 The transferability of the shares represented hereby is subject to certain restrictions and
such shares are subject to redemption as provided in the Charter of the Corporation to which reference is hereby made, to prevent disqualification of the Corporation from taxation as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 to 860 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and to prevent ownership of such shares by certain disqualified organizations, including governmental bodies and tax-exempt entities that are not subject to tax on unrelated business
taxable income, as defined in Section 860E(e)(5) of the Code. A copy of the applicable provisions of the Charter will be furnished to any stockholder upon request and without charge. The Corporation will also furnish to any stockholder upon request
and without charge a full statement of the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of each class of stock of the
Corporation authorized to be issued and the variations in the relative rights and preferences between shares of any series of any authorized preferred or special class so far as they have been fixed and determined and the authority of the Board of
Directors to classify unissued shares and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences thereof and of any subsequent series of preferred or special classes. Such request may be made to the Secretary of the Corporation or to its transfer
agent.