Item 3.03 Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
On January 13, 2023, Redwood Trust, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland Articles Supplementary, also
referred to as the Articles Supplementary, to its charter, classifying and
designating 2,990,000 of its authorized capital stock as shares of the 10.00%
Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock").
As set forth in the Articles Supplementary, the Company will pay quarterly
cumulative cash dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock based on the stated
liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, in arrears, when authorized by the
Company's board of directors and declared by the Company, on the 15th day of
each April, July, October and January, beginning on April 15, 2023 (provided
that if any dividend payment date is not a business day, then the dividend which
would otherwise have been payable on that dividend payment date may be paid on
the next succeeding business day) (i) from, and including, the date of original
issuance to, but excluding, April 15, 2028, at a fixed rate equal to 10%
(equivalent to $2.50 per annum per share of Series A Preferred Stock), and
(ii) from and including April 15, 2028, during each reset period, at a rate per
annum equal to the five-year U.S. Treasury Rate as of the most recent reset
dividend determination date (as defined in the Articles Supplementary) plus a
spread of 6.278% per annum.
The Series A Preferred Stock ranks, with respect to rights to the payment of
dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of any liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company, (i) senior to all classes or series of
the Company's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), and
to all other equity securities issued by the Company other than equity
securities referred to in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this sentence; (ii) on a
parity with all other equity securities issued by the Company with terms
specifically providing that those equity securities rank on a parity with the
Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends and
the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Company; and (iii) junior to all equity securities issued by the Company
with terms specifically providing that those equity securities rank senior to
the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to rights to the payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up
of the Company.
If the Company is liquidated, dissolved or wound up, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors and subject to the preferential rights of the holders
of any class or series of stock of the Company that it may issue ranking senior
to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock will be entitled to be paid out of the assets the Company has
legally available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference
of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid
dividends to, but not including, the date of payment, before any distribution of
assets is made to holders of Common Stock or any other class or series of stock
of the Company that it may issue that ranks junior to the Series A Preferred
Stock as to liquidation rights, none of which exist on the date hereof. The
rights of the holders of shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to receive their
liquidation preference will be subject to the proportionate rights of each other
series or class of capital stock ranking on parity with the Series A Preferred
Stock as to liquidation.
Generally, the Company may not redeem the Series A Preferred Stock prior to
April 15, 2028, except in limited circumstances to preserve the Company's status
as a real estate investment trust, and pursuant to the special optional
redemption provision described below. On and after April 15, 2028, the Company
may, at its option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice,
redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, at any time or from
time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus any
accrued and unpaid dividends up to but excluding the redemption date. In
addition, upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control" (as defined below), the
Company may, at its option, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written
notice, redeem the Series A Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, on or within
120 days after the first date on which such Change of Control occurred, by
paying $25.00 per share, plus any accrued and unpaid dividends up to but
excluding the redemption date. If, prior to the Change of Control Conversion
Date (as defined below), the Company exercises any of its redemption rights
relating to the Series A Preferred Stock (whether the optional redemption right
or the special optional redemption right), the holders of Series A Preferred
Stock will not have the conversion rights described below.
Upon the occurrence of a "Change of Control" (as defined below), each holder of
Series A Preferred Stock will have the right (subject to the Company's election
to redeem the Series A Preferred Stock in whole or in part, as described above,
prior to the Change of Control Conversion Date (as defined below)) to convert
some or all of the Series A Preferred Stock held by such holder on the Change of
Control Conversion Date, which the Company refers to as the Change of Control
Conversion Right, into a number of shares of Common Stock per share of Series A
Preferred Stock equal to the lesser of:
· the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the $25.00 liquidation
preference per share of Series A Preferred Stock plus the amount of any
accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon to, but not including, the Change of
Control Conversion Date (unless the Change of Control Conversion Date is after
a record date for a Series A Preferred Stock dividend payment and prior to the
corresponding dividend payment date for the Series A Preferred Stock, in which
case no additional amount for such accrued and unpaid dividends will be
included in this sum) by (ii) the Common Stock Price (as defined below); and
· 6.98324 per share of Series A Preferred Stock (the "Share Cap"), subject to
certain adjustments;
subject, in each case, to provisions for the receipt of alternative
consideration, as described in the Articles Supplementary.
The Share Cap is subject to pro rata adjustments for any share splits (including
those effected pursuant to a distribution of Common Stock), subdivisions or
combinations with respect to the Common Stock as described in the Articles
Supplementary.
Upon such a conversion, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock will be
limited to a maximum number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Share Cap
multiplied by the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted. If the
Common Stock Price is less than $3.58 (which is approximately 50% of the closing
price per share of the Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange, or
. . .
Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
The information about the Articles Supplementary set forth under Item 3.03 of
this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item
5.03.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On January 18, 2023, in connection with the underwriting agreement, dated
January 10, 2023, among the Company and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as
representative of the several underwriters named therein, the Company issued
2,800,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, which includes 200,000 of Series A
Preferred Stock purchased pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase
additional shares, for net proceeds of approximately $67,145,000 million after
deducting the underwriting discount and other estimated expenses payable by the
Company. The offering of the Series A Preferred Stock was made pursuant to an
effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 4, 2022 (Registration No. 333-263301), a base prospectus,
dated March 4, 2022, included as part of the registration statement, and a
prospectus supplement, dated January 10, 2023, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
Attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K is a copy of the
opinion of Venable LLP regarding certain Maryland law issues, including the
legality and validity of the securities being registered pursuant to the
prospectus supplement.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
3.2 Articles Supplementary designating Redwood Trust, Inc.'s 10.00%
Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to Redwood Trust Inc.'s Form 8-A,
Exhibit 3.2, filed on January 13, 2023) (File No, 001-13759)
4.1 Form of Specimen Certificate for Redwood Trust, Inc.'s 10.00%
Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock
(incorporated by reference to Redwood Trust Inc.'s Form 8-A,
Exhibit 4.1, filed on January 13, 2023) (File No, 001-13759)
5.1 Opinion of Venable LLP.
23.2 Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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