{"url_path":"/sec/rwt/8-k/2026-05-20/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930236/0001104659-26-064584-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-064584","cik":"0000930236","ticker":"RWT","issuer_name":"REDWOOD TRUST INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/930236/0001104659-26-064584-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000930236","primary_entity_name":"REDWOOD TRUST INC"},"word_count":258,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 8.01**\n**Other Events.**\n\n \n\nOn May 19, 2026, Redwood\nTrust, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan\nStanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC\nand Piper Sandler & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”),\npursuant to which the Company agreed to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company, $125,000,000\naggregate principal amount of its 9.75% senior notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) (the “Offering”). In connection with\nthe Offering, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $18,750,000 aggregate principal amount\nof Notes, to cover solely over-allotments. Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the parties have agreed to indemnify each\nother against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”).\n\n \n\nThe Notes have been registered\npursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-285506), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment\nNo. 1 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”)\nunder the Act, including the prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the\nCommission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act dated May 19, 2026 to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement\ndated March 3, 2025, as amended on August 21, 2025. The Offering is expected to close on May 27, 2026.\n\n \n\nA copy of the Underwriting\nAgreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report."}