New York Mortgage Trust Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of Common Stock
February 10 2020 - 07:11PM
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYMT) (“NYMT” or the
“Company”) announced today that it priced an underwritten public
offering of 44,000,000 shares of its common stock for gross
proceeds of approximately $269.7 million. The offering was upsized
from the previously announced offering of 40,000,000 shares. The
underwriters may offer the common stock from time to time to
purchasers directly or through agents, or through brokers in
brokerage transactions on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, or to
dealers in negotiated transactions or in a combination of such
methods of sale, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed,
or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
NYMT also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up
to an additional 6,600,000 shares of common stock. The offering is
expected to close on February 13, 2020, subject to customary
closing conditions. Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and UBS Investment
Bank acted as joint bookrunning managers for the offering.
NYMT intends to use the net proceeds of this
offering for general business purposes, which may include, among
other things, acquiring its targeted assets, including both
single-family residential and multi-family credit investments, and
various other types of mortgage-related and residential
housing-related assets that the Company may target from time to
time and general working capital purposes.
The offering was made pursuant to the Company’s
existing shelf registration statement, which automatically became
effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) on August 9, 2018. The offering of these securities was
made only by means of a prospectus and a related prospectus
supplement, which will be filed with the SEC. Copies of the
prospectus and prospectus supplement related to this offering may
be obtained, when available, from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC,
Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New
York, NY 10014, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge
Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717,
Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling 866-803-9204, and
UBS Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue
of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, by telephone at 888-827-7275
or by email at ol-prospectusrequest@ubs.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the shares or any
other securities, nor shall there be any sale of such shares or any
other securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration
or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or
other jurisdiction.
About New York Mortgage
Trust
New York Mortgage Trust, Inc. is a Maryland
corporation that has elected to be taxed as a real estate
investment trust for federal income tax purposes (“REIT”). NYMT is
an internally managed REIT in the business of acquiring, investing
in, financing and managing mortgage-related and residential
housing-related assets and targets structured multi-family property
investments such as multi-family CMBS and preferred equity in, and
mezzanine loans to, owners of multi-family properties, residential
mortgage loans (including distressed residential mortgage loans,
non-QM loans, second mortgage loans and other residential mortgage
loans), non-Agency RMBS, Agency RMBS and other mortgage-related and
residential housing-related assets.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties. The Company’s
actual results may differ from the Company’s beliefs, expectations,
estimates, and projections and, consequently, you should not rely
on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future
events. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and
can be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,”
“will,” “should,” “expect,” “believe,” “intend,” “seek,” “plan” and
similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to
strategy, plans, or intentions. Forward-looking statements are
based on the Company’s beliefs, assumptions and expectations of the
Company’s future performance, taking into account all information
currently available to it. No assurance can be given that the
offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described
or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as
indicated. Completion of the offering on the terms described and
the application of the net proceeds of the offering are subject to
numerous possible events, factors and conditions, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company and not all of which are known to
it, including, without limitation, market conditions and those
described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the prospectus
supplement related to this offering and in the Company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as
updated by those risk factors included in the Company's subsequent
filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
which can be accessed at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. All
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they
are made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is
not possible to predict those events or how they may affect the
Company. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise
any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by
law.
CONTACT: For Further Information
AT THE COMPANYKristine R. Nario-EngInvestor RelationsPhone:
(646) 216-2363Email: knario@nymtrust.com
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