Company: NXDT
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001356115-25-000003
Chunk: 427

Company: NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-31
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 427
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 To the extent we purchase securities with borrowed funds, our net assets will tend to increase or decrease at a greater rate than if borrowed funds are not used. If the interest expense on borrowings were to exceed the net return on the portfolio securities purchased with borrowed funds, our use of leverage would result in a lower rate of return than if we were not leveraged.

We may invest in preferred equity securities which contain provisions that may result in a decline in the value of such preferred security in certain situations. 

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We may invest in preferred equity securities which contain provisions that may result in a decline in the value of such preferred security in certain situations. Preferred shares, which may include preferred shares in real estate transactions, represents an equity or ownership interest in an issuer that pays dividends at a specified rate and that has precedence over common shares in the payment of dividends. In the event an issuer of preferred shares is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of creditors and owners of debt take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred and common shares. If interest rates rise, the fixed dividend on preferred shares may be less attractive, causing the price of preferred shares to decline. Preferred shares may have mandatory sinking fund provisions, as well as provisions allowing the shares to be called or redeemed prior to its maturity, which can have a negative impact on the share’s price when interest rates decline. Unlike interest on debt securities, preferred share dividends may only be payable if declared by the issuer’s board of directors or other governing body. The value of convertible preferred shares can depend heavily upon the value of the security into which such convertible preferred share is converted, depending on whether the market price of the underlying security exceeds the conversion price. 

We may invest in or write options on securities, which may result in our bearing the risk of loss should the underlying security change in value during the life of the option.

We may invest in options on securities, which may result in our bearing the risk of loss should the underlying security decline in value during the life of the option. There are several risks associated with transactions in options on securities. For example, there are significant differences between the securities and options markets that could result in an imperfect correlation between these markets, causing a given transaction not to achieve its objectives. A transaction in options or securities may be unsuccessful to some degree because of market behavior or unexpected events. 

If we write a covered call option, we forgo, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit from increases in the market value of the security covering the call option above