---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-114083"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RWT"
cik: "0000930236"
company_name: "REDWOOD TRUST INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T18:40:12.728242+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Redwood Trust closes $100M public offering of 9.500% Senior Notes due 2030

## Summary
- Offering of $100M aggregate principal amount of 9.500% Senior Notes due 2030 completed Nov 19, 2025.
- Over-allotment option for up to an additional $15M of Notes; 30-day option.
- Net proceeds approximately $96.4M ($110.9M if over-allotment fully exercised).
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes, including mortgage banking platforms Sequoia, Aspire, CoreVest.
- Notes mature Dec 1, 2030; interest payable quarterly starting Mar 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-114083
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RWT
- cik: 0000930236
- company_name: REDWOOD TRUST INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930236/000110465925114083/0001104659-25-114083-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930236/000110465925114083/tm2531406d5_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  REDWOOD TRUST INC incurred senior notes of $100,000,000 (plus up to $15,000,000 over-allotment option) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., and Piper Sandler & Co. at 9.500% per annum maturing December 1, 2030.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $100,000,000 (plus up to $15,000,000 over-allotment option)
  - Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., and Piper Sandler & Co.
  - Rate: 9.500% per annum
  - Maturity: December 1, 2030
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On November 19, 2025, Redwood Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its registered underwritten public offering of $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 9.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (“Goldman”), RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC”), UBS Securities LLC (“UBS”), Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (“Wells Fargo”), Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (“KBW”) and Piper Sandler & Co. (“Piper Sandler”), as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Offering”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930236/000110465925114083/0001104659-25-114083-index.htm

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