Company: RWT-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930236-25-000007
Chunk: 282

Company: REDWOOD TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 282
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 in combination with cash, in respect of our dividend obligations to common stockholders, which, among other things, could result in dilution to existing common stockholders.

To the extent we determine that future dividends would represent a return of capital to investors or would not be required under applicable REIT tax laws and regulations, rather than the distribution of income, we may determine to discontinue dividend payments on our common stock or Series A preferred stock until such time that dividends would again represent a distribution of income or be required under applicable REIT tax laws and regulations. Any reduction or elimination of our payment of dividend distributions would not only reduce the amount of dividends you would receive as a holder of our stock, but could also have the effect of reducing the market price of our stock and our ability to raise capital in future securities offerings. 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 each subsequent annual meeting of shareholders until all dividends accumulated on the Series A preferred stock for all past dividend periods and the then-current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment.

The rate at which holders of our stock are taxed on dividends we pay and the characterization of our dividend — be it ordinary income, qualified dividends, long-term capital gains, or a return of capital — could have an impact on the market price of our stock. After we announce the expected characterization of dividend distributions we have paid, the actual characterization (and, therefore, the rate at which holders of our stock are taxed on the dividend distributions they have received) could vary from our expectations, including due to errors, changes made in the course of preparing our corporate tax returns, or changes made in response to an audit by the IRS, with the result that holders of our stock could incur greater income tax liabilities than expected.

We may pay taxable dividends on our common stock in cash and in shares of common stock, in which case stockholders may sell shares of our stock to pay tax on such dividends, placing downward pressure on the market price of our stock.

We may satisfy the REIT 90% distribution test with taxable distributions of our