2 www.raitft.com www.raitft.com Forward Looking Disclosure and Use of Non- GAAP Financial Measures This document and the related presentation may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about RAIT Financial Trust’s (“RAIT”) plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services and other statements that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of RAIT's management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally not within RAIT’s control. In addition, these forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions with respect to future business strategies and decisions that are subject to change. Actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results discussed in these forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: the risk factors discussed and identified in filings by RAIT with the Securities and Exchange Commission; adverse market developments and credit losses have reduced, and may continue to reduce, the value of trust preferred securities (“ TruPS”), subordinated debentures and other debt instruments directly or indirectly held by RAIT; adverse market developments and credit losses have reduced, and may continue to reduce, the value of other assets in RAIT’s investment portfolio; RAIT’s liquidity may be adversely affected by the reduced availability of short-term and long-term financing, including a significant curtailment of the market for securities issued in securitizations and of the availability of repurchase agreements and warehouse facilities; RAIT’s liquidity may be adversely affected by margin calls; RAIT may be unable to obtain adequate capital at attractive rates or otherwise; payment delinquencies or failure to meet other collateral performance criteria in collateral underlying RAIT’s securitizations have restricted, and may continue to restrict, RAIT’s ability to receive cash distributions from RAIT’s securitizations and have reduced, and may continue to reduce, the value of RAIT’s interests in these securitizations; failure of credit rating agencies to confirm their previously issued credit ratings for debt securities issued in RAIT’s securitizations seeking to go effective may restrict RAIT’s ability to receive cash distributions from those securitizations; covenants in RAIT’s financing arrangements may restrict RAIT’s business operations; fluctuations in interest rates and related hedging activities against such interest rates may affect RAIT’s earnings and the value of RAIT’s assets; borrowing costs may increase relative to the interest received on RAIT’s investments, thereby reducing RAIT’s net investment income; RAIT may be unable to sponsor and sell securities issued in securitizations, and, even if RAIT is able to do so, RAIT may be unable to acquire eligible securities for securitization transactions on favorable economic terms; RAIT may experience unexpected results arising from litigation that is currently pending or may arise in the future; RAIT and RAIT’s subsidiary, Taberna Realty Finance Trust (“ Taberna”), may fail to maintain qualification as real estate investment trusts (“REITs”); RAIT and Taberna may fail to maintain exemptions under the Investment Company Act of 1940; investment portfolios with geographic concentrations of residential mortgage loans could be adversely affected by economic factors unique to such concentrations; the market value of real estate that secures mortgage loans could diminish further due to factors outside of RAIT’s control; adverse governmental or regulatory policies may be enacted; management and other key personnel may be lost; competition from other REITs and other specialty finance companies may increase; and general business and economic conditions could impair the credit quality of our investments and reduce our ability to originate and finance investments. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this presentation. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to RAIT or any person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this document and the related presentation. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, RAIT undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. This document contains, and the related presentation may contain, non-U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financial measures. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is included in this document which is available on RAIT’s website at www.raitft.com. |