Company: RWT-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930236-25-000007
Chunk: 278

Company: REDWOOD TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 278
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 to other types of investments. Risks related to the economy, the financial markets, our industry, our investing activity, our operations and regulatory compliance, our other business activities, our financial results, the amount of dividends we distribute, the manner in which we conduct our business, and the way we have structured our operations could result in a reduction in, or the elimination of, the value of our stock. The level of risk associated with an investment in our stock may not be suitable for the risk tolerance of many investors. Investors may experience volatile returns and material losses. In addition, the trading volume of our stock (i.e., its liquidity) may be insufficient to allow investors to sell their stock when they want to or at a price they consider reasonable.

Our earnings, cash flows, book value, and dividends can be volatile and difficult to predict. Investors in our stock should not rely on our estimates, projections, or predictions, or on management’s beliefs about future events. In particular, the sustainability of our earnings and our cash flows will depend on numerous factors, including our level of business and investment activity, our access to debt and equity financing, the returns we earn, the amount and timing of credit losses, prepayments, the expense of running our business, and other factors, including the risk factors described herein. Additionally, our preferred stock has a preference on dividend payment and liquidating distributions that could limit our ability to pay dividends to the holders of our common stock. As a consequence, although we seek to pay regular stock dividends that are sustainable, we may reduce our common stock dividend rate, stop paying dividends to our common stockholders or defer paying dividends to our preferred stockholders, in the future for a variety of reasons. We may not provide public warnings of dividend reductions or deferrals prior to their occurrence. Although we have paid special dividends in the past, we have not paid a special dividend since 2007 and we may not do so in the future. Changes to the amount or form of dividends we distribute may result in a reduction in the value of our stock. In addition, if dividends on any shares of our Series A preferred stock are in arrears for six or more quarterly dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, the number of directors constituting our board of directors will, subject to the maximum number of directors authorized under our bylaws then in effect, be automatically increased by two and the holders of Series A preferred stock will be entitled to vote for the election of those two additional directors at a special meeting of shareholders, and at