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8-K — REDWOOD TRUST INC

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Filed: 2026-05-27

Period: 2026-05-27

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SIC: 6798 (REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS)

Item: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Item: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

Item: Financial Statements and Exhibits

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities

Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 27, 2026

REDWOOD

TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its

charter)

Maryland

(State or other

jurisdiction

of incorporation)

001-13759

(Commission

File Number)

68-0329422

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

One

Belvedere Place

Suite 300

Mill Valley, California

94941

(Address of principal executive offices and Zip Code)

(415)

389-7373

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General

Instruction A.2. below):

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17

CFR 230.425)

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

(17 CFR 240.14a-12)

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the

Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the

Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

Stock, par value $0.01 per share

RWT

New

York Stock Exchange

10%

Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

RWT

PRA

New

York Stock Exchange

9.125%

Senior Notes Due 2029

RWTN

New

York Stock Exchange

9.00%

Senior Notes Due 2029

RWTO

New

York Stock Exchange

9.125%

Senior Notes due 2030

RWTP

New

York Stock Exchange

9.500% Senior Notes due 2030

RWTQ

New

York Stock Exchange

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405

of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Emerging growth company

If an emerging

growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any

new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Completion of Public Offering of Senior Notes

On May 27, 2026, Redwood Trust, Inc. (the

“Company”) completed its registered underwritten public offering of $125,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the

Company’s 9.75% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting

Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC,

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Piper Sandler & Co. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the

“Offering”). In connection with the Offering, the Company granted the Underwriters (as defined below) a 30-day option to

purchase up to an additional $18,750,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes, to cover solely over-allotments, if any.

The Notes have been registered pursuant to the

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-285506), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Registration

Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as

amended (the “Act”), including the prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)

under the Act dated May 19, 2026 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement dated

March 3, 2025.

The resulting aggregate net proceeds to the Company

from the Offering were approximately $120.41 million (or approximately $138.57 million if the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment

option in full), after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering

for general corporate purposes, including funding its operating businesses and investment activities, such as its Sequoia, Aspire, and

CoreVest mortgage banking platforms, acquiring related assets for its Redwood Investments portfolio, and pursuing strategic acquisitions

and investments.

Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an indenture

dated as of March 6, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national

banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the eighth supplemental indenture dated as of May 27,

2026, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.75% per

year, payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2026. The Notes

are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment with the other existing and future senior unsecured

indebtedness of the Company and senior in right of payment to any indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes. The Notes,

however, are effectively subordinated in right of payment to the existing and future secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent

of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness, and structurally subordinated to the claims of the Company’s subsidiaries’

creditors, including trade creditors.

The Notes will mature on June 1, 2031 (the “Maturity

Date”), unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by the Company.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control repurchase

event (as defined in the Indenture) the Company must offer to repurchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal

amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or

in part, at its option at any time and from time to time, on or after June 1, 2028 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal

amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No “sinking fund”

is provided for the Notes, which means that the Company is not required to redeem or retire the Notes periodically.

If an event of default (as defined in the Indenture)

occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes

then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare 100% of

the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. In the case of an event of default arising out

of certain bankruptcy or insolvency events (as set forth in the Indenture), 100% of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on

the Notes will automatically become due and payable.

A copy of the Base Indenture is filed as Exhibit

4.1 to this Current Report. A copy of the Supplemental Indenture, including the form of Note, is filed as Exhibit 4.2 to this Current

Report.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial

Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information required by this Item 2.03 relating

to the Notes and the Indenture is contained in Item 1.01 above and is incorporated herein by reference.

Attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report

is a copy of the opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP relating to the validity of the Notes sold in the Offering. Attached as Exhibit 5.2

to this Current Report is a copy of the opinion of Venable LLP regarding certain Maryland law issues.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

No.

Description

4.1

Indenture, dated March 6, 2013, between Redwood Trust, Inc. and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed March 6, 2013).

4.2

Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 27, 2026, between Redwood Trust, Inc. and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed May 27, 2026).

4.3

Form of certificate representing the 9.75% Senior Note due 2031 (included as Exhibit A to the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated May 27, 2026).

5.1

Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.

5.2

Opinion of Venable LLP.

23.1

Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2

Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,

as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 27, 2026

REDWOOD TRUST, INC.

By:

/s/ Brooke E. Carillo

Name: Brooke E. Carillo

Title: Chief Financial Officer

EX-5.1 — EXHIBIT 5.1

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Exhibit 5.1

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100

Los Angeles, California

90071-1560

Tel: +1.213.485.1234 Fax: +1.213.891.8763

www.lw.com

May 27, 2026

FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES

Austin

Milan

Beijing

Munich

Boston

New York

Brussels

Orange County

Chicago

Paris

Dubai

Riyadh

Düsseldorf

San Diego

Frankfurt

San Francisco

Hamburg

Seoul

Hong Kong

Silicon Valley

Houston

Singapore

London

Tel Aviv

Los Angeles

Tokyo

Madrid

Washington, D.C.

Redwood Trust, Inc.

One Belvedere Place

Suite 300

Mill Valley, California 94941

Re: Registration

Statement on Form S-3 and Prospectus Supplement; Up to $143,750,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Redwood Trust, Inc.’s 9.75% Senior

Notes Due 2031

To the addressee set forth above:

We have acted as special counsel

to Redwood Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance of up to $143,750,000

aggregate principal amount of 9.75% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) under an indenture dated as of March

6, 2013 (the “Base Indenture”) between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the

“Trustee”), in the form most recently filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (as herein defined),

as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental

Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), and pursuant to a registration

statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), filed with the Securities

and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 3, 2025 (Registration No. 333-285506) (as so filed

and as amended, the “Registration Statement”), a base prospectus dated March 3, 2025 (the “Base

Prospectus”) and a prospectus supplement dated May 19, 2026 (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”),

and an underwriting agreement dated May 19, 2026 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and Morgan

Stanley & Co. LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Piper

Sandler & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. This opinion is being furnished in connection with the

requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the

contents of the Registration Statement or Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Notes.

As such counsel, we have examined

such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied

upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified

such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to

the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws

of any local agencies within any state. Various issues concerning Maryland law are addressed in the opinion of Venable LLP, which has

been separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions

are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters.

May 27, 2026

Page 2

Subject to the foregoing and

the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Notes have been duly authorized, executed,

issued, and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered against payment therefor in the circumstances contemplated

by the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company

in accordance with their respective terms.

Our opinion is subject to:

(i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating

to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding

in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness,

good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; and (iii) the invalidity under

certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with

respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy. We express no opinion as to (a) any provision

for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent

such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration,

remedies, or judicial relief; (c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Section 4.04 of the Base Indenture; (d) any provision

requiring the payment of attorney’s fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy, (e) any provision permitting,

upon acceleration of the Notes, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute

unearned interest thereon; (f) any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to the Notes (or a judgment in respect

of such a claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides;

(g) provisions for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, prepayment or make-whole premiums or other

economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty; (i) advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted

by law, or notice, opportunity for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural

rights; (j) waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights; (k) covenants not to compete; (l) provisions for exclusivity, election or cumulation

of rights or remedies; (m) provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations; (n) grants of setoff rights;

(o) proxies, powers and trusts; (p) provisions prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or

property; and (q) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect. With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the

Indenture and the Notes (collectively, the “Documents”) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by

the parties thereto, (b) that the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, enforceable against

each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (c) that the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations

of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes,

rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or

make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities.

May 27, 2026

Page 3

This opinion is for your benefit

in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable

provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 8-K filed on May 27, 2026 and

to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do

not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations

of the Commission thereunder.

Sincerely,

/s/ LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

EX-5.2 — EXHIBIT 5.2

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Exhibit 5.2

May 27, 2026

Redwood Trust, Inc.

One Belvedere Place

Suite 300

Mill Valley, California 94941

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-285506)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have served as Maryland counsel to Redwood Trust,

Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the sale and

issuance by the Company of up to $143,750,000 (5,750,000 units, each unit representing $25) aggregate principal amount of its 9.75% Senior

Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), including up to $18,750,000 (750,000 units, each unit representing $25) aggregate principal

amount of Notes issuable pursuant to the exercise of an overallotment option granted to the underwriters, covered by the above-referenced

Registration Statement, and all amendments thereto (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”).

The Notes are to be issued in an underwritten public offering pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement, dated May 19, 2026 (the “Prospectus

Supplement”).

In connection with our representation of the Company,

and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,

of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):

1.            The Registration

Statement, and the related form of prospectus included therein, in the form filed by the Company with the Commission under the 1933 Act;

2.             The

Prospectus Supplement, in the form filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act;

3.            The charter

of the Company (the “Charter”), certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”);

4.            The Bylaws

of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

5.            A certificate

of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;

Redwood Trust, Inc.

May 27, 2026

Page 2

6.            Resolutions

(the “Resolutions”) adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company, and a duly authorized pricing committee thereof, relating

to the authorization of the issuance of the Notes, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;

7.            A certificate

executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and

8.            Such

other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions,

limitations and qualifications stated herein.

In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have

assumed the following:

Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally competent to

do so.

Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.

Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of

the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and

are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.

All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts

do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents

submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All

public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information

contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents,

and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions,

limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:

1.            The Company

is a corporation duly incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with

the SDAT.

2.            The issuance

of the Notes has been duly authorized by the Company.

Redwood Trust, Inc.

May 27, 2026

Page 3

The foregoing opinion is limited to the substantive

laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We express no opinion as to compliance

with any federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding

fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction

other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter.

The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters

specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement

this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed

herein after the date hereof.

This opinion is being furnished to you for submission

to the Commission as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the offering of the Notes (the “Current

Report”), which is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an

exhibit to the Current Report and the said incorporation by reference and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent,

we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act. Latham & Watkins

LLP, counsel to the Company, may rely on this opinion in connection with an opinion to be issued by it of even date herewith relating

to the issuance of the Notes.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Venable LLP

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