REDWOOD TRUST, INC. (NYSE:RWT) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 9.01

On January 29, 2019, Redwood Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), related to the public offering by the Company of 10,000,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).

Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Underwriters had an option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Option Shares”) from the Company, which they exercised in full on January 30, 2019.

The Shares and the Option Shares were delivered against payment therefor on February 1, 2019.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit1.1 to this Current Report.

In connection with the closing of the Company’s offering of shares of its Common Stock described in Item 9.01 of this Current Report, the Company is filing the opinion of its Maryland counsel, Venable LLP, regarding the legality of the shares of Common Stock issued in connection therewith. The opinion is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report.

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About REDWOOD TRUST, INC. (NYSE:RWT)

Redwood Trust, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, focuses on investing in mortgage- and other real estate-related assets. The Company operates through three segments: residential mortgage banking, residential investments, and commercial mortgage banking and investments. Its residential mortgage banking segment consists of operating a mortgage loan conduit that acquires residential whole loans from third-party originators for subsequent sale, securitization or transfer to its investment portfolio. Its residential investments segment includes a portfolio of investments in residential mortgage-backed securities retained from its Sequoia securitizations, as well as residential mortgage-backed securities issued by third parties. Its commercial mortgage banking and investments segment consists of a mortgage loan conduit that originated senior commercial loans for subsequent sale to third-party commercial mortgage backed securities (CMBS) sponsors or other investors.