SALES OF LOANS AND REAL ESTATE OWNED
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold, in separate transactions, two performing hotel loans with an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $148.5 million. The sales prices were 98.0% and 100.0% of par, producing a weighted average sales price of 99.2% of par.
On November 22, 2021, the Company sold a 17-acre undeveloped land parcel near the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip generating cash proceeds (net of transaction costs) of $54.4 million and a gain for GAAP and income tax purposes of $15.8 million. The Company intends to utilize existing capital loss carryforwards to offset the taxable gain on sale, reduce its taxable income, and retain capital for reinvestment.
These sales transactions generated $66.6 million of aggregate net cash proceeds, after the repayment of associated borrowings, available to invest in new loan investments.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company owned one 10-acre parcel of largely undeveloped land near the north end of the Las Vegas Strip adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center with a carrying value of $60.6 million.
CAPITAL MARKETS ACTIVITY
For the full-year 2021, the Company completed several capital markets transactions to reduce the cost and extend the tenor of its capital structure, and increase the percentage of non-mark-to-market debt used to finance its loan portfolio:
| • | | Closed TRTX 2021-FL4, a $1.25 billion managed CRE CLO with a weighted average interest rate at issuance of LIBOR plus 1.60%, before transaction costs. |
| • | | Redeemed 9.0 million shares of 11.0% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock at an aggregate redemption price of $247.5 million, including a $225.0 million par redemption price and a $22.5 million make-whole payment. |
| • | | Issued 8.05 million shares of 6.25% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, generating net proceeds of $194.4 million. |
As of December 31, 2021, the Company’s non-mark-to-market debt represented 70.4% of its total loan portfolio borrowings compared to 63.5% as of December 31, 2020.
For each of the third and fourth quarter of 2021, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.24 per common share, an increase of $0.04, or 20%, from $0.20 per common share for each of the first and second quarter of 2021.
ABOUT TRTX
TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. is a commercial real estate finance company that originates, acquires, and manages primarily first mortgage loans secured by institutional properties located in primary and select secondary markets in the United States. The Company is externally managed by TPG RE Finance Trust Management, L.P., a part of TPG Real Estate, which is the real estate investment platform of global alternative asset firm TPG. For more information regarding TRTX, visit https://www.tpgrefinance.com/.
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