Redwood Trust Plans C-Corporation Conversion and Preferred-for-Common Stock Exchange Offer at a Premium
Redwood Trust's board unanimously approved converting from a REIT to a taxable C-corporation effective for the tax year ending December 31, 2027, a structural shift management says will lower its cost of capital and let it retain and reinvest earnings in its mortgage banking platforms. The conversion comes with a dividend realignment to $0.02 per common quarter (down sharply from REIT-level payouts), an estimated $0.73-$0.77 per share book value benefit in Q4 2026 from utilizing roughly $304 million of NOLs, and a Tax Benefits Preservation Rights Plan triggered at 4.9% ownership.
Key figures
- Guidance
- Book value per share benefit of $0.73-$0.77 in Q4 2026 from C-corp conversion; quarterly dividend realigned to $0.02 per common share effective Q4 2026
- Nol carryforwards
- $304 million
- Exchange offer size
- $50 million of common stock
- Reverse split ratio
- 1-for-5
- Rights plan threshold
- 4.9%
- Dividend new quarterly
- $0.02 per common share
- Reverse split effective
- January 4, 2027
- Series b preferred coupon
- 11.00%
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