Company: NREF
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001437749-25-007771
Chunk: 100

Company: NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: 424B5
Chunk 100
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 we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland (or, if and only if the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland lacks subject matter jurisdiction, any state court located within the State of Maryland or, if and only if all such state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland) will be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any internal corporate claim, as such term is defined in the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor provision thereof, (b) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (c) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by any of our directors or officers or other employees to us or to our stockholders, (d) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees arising pursuant to any provision of the Maryland General Corporation Law or our charter or bylaws, (e) any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of our charter or bylaws (including any right, obligation, or remedy thereunder), (f) any action or proceeding as to which the Maryland General Corporation Law confers jurisdiction on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, or (g) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the court’s having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants. Our bylaws also provide that the exclusive forum provisions of our bylaws will not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Our bylaws further provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Effects of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws

Our charter and bylaws and Maryland law contain provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a change in control or other transaction that might involve a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders, including business combination provisions, supermajority vote requirements and advance notice requirements for director nominations and other stockholder proposals