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)
January 7, 2020
READY CAPITAL CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Maryland | 001-35808 | 90-0729143 | ||
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
Of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer
Identification No.) |
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1251 Avenue of the Americas, 50th Floor New York, NY 10020
(Address of principal executive
offices)
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Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 257-4600
(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:
| ¨ | 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)) |
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share 7.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023 6.50% Senior Notes due 2021 6.20% Senior Notes due 2026 |
RC RCA RCP RCB |
New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange 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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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 8.01 | Other Events |
As previously reported on a Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2019, Ready Capital Corporation (the “Company”), Sutherland Partners, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) and Waterfall Asset Management, LLC (“Waterfall”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (the “Underwriters”), in connection with the offer and sale by the Company to the Underwriters of 6,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, at a price of $15.30 per share. On January 2, 2020, the Underwriters fully exercised their option to purchase an additional 900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, and the issuance of such shares was completed on January 7, 2020.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits:
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Ready Capital Corporation | ||
| By: | /s/ Andrew Ahlborn | |
| Name: | Andrew Ahlborn | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| Dated: January 7, 2019 | ||
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Exhibit 5.1
| CLIFFORD CHANCE US LLP | |
| 31 West 52nd Street | |
| New York, NY 10019-6131 | |
| Tel +1 212 878 8000 | |
| Fax +1 212 878 8375 | |
| www.cliffordchance.com |
January 7, 2020
Ready Capital Corporation
1251 Avenue of the Americas
50th Floor
New York, NY 10020
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Ready Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-219213) (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). We are furnishing this letter to you in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of 900,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Additional Shares"), pursuant to the exercise by the Underwriters (as defined below) of their option to purchase the Additional Shares as set forth in Section 4 of the underwriting agreement, dated December 4, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, Sutherland Partners, L.P., Waterfall Asset Management LLC, on the one hand, and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., on the other hand (the "Underwriters").
In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have examined and relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, documents, certificates and other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate. As to factual matters relevant to the opinion set forth below, we have relied upon certificates of officers of the Company and public officials.
Based on, and subject to, the foregoing, the qualifications and assumptions set forth herein and such other examination of law and fact as we have deemed necessary, we are of the opinion that following the (i) issuance of the Additional Shares pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) receipt by the Company of the consideration for the Additional Shares specified in the resolutions of the the board of directors and the pricing committee of the board of directors of the Company, the Additional Shares will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable.
The opinion set forth in this letter relates only to the Maryland General Corporation Law. We express no opinion as to the laws of another jurisdiction and we assume no responsibility for the applicability, or effect of the law of any other jurisdiction.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K that shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the reference to us under the caption “Legal Matters” in the prospectus supplement which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not concede that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ Clifford Chance US LLP |
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Exhibit 99.1
Ready Capital Corporation Announces Closing of Over-Allotment Option
NEW YORK, NY – January 7, 2020 – Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE: RC) (“Ready Capital” or the “Company”) today announced that the underwriters of its recent public offering of 6,000,000 shares of common stock have fully exercised their option to purchase an additional 900,000 shares of common stock, bringing the total net proceeds from the offering to approximately $105.2 million, after discounts. The issuance of the additional shares closed on January 7, 2020.
Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Wells Fargo Securities, and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, A Stifel Company, acted as the joint book-running managers for the offering.
A registration statement relating to the shares was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 27, 2017. The offering was made by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus, which have been filed with the SEC. A copy of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or from the underwriters by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, Second Floor, New York, NY 10014, or email: prospectus@morganstanley.com; 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; Wells Fargo Securities, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10019 (Attn: Capital Markets) or by telephone at (800) 966-1559.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Company’s securities, nor shall there be any sale of the Company’s securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
About Ready Capital Corporation
Ready Capital Corporation (NYSE: RC) is a multi-strategy real estate finance company that originates, acquires, finances and services small- to medium-sized balance commercial loans. Ready Capital specializes in loans backed by commercial real estate, including agency multifamily, investor and bridge as well as SBA 7(a) business loans. Headquartered in New York, New York, Ready Capital employs over 400 lending professionals nationwide. The company is externally managed and advised by Waterfall Asset Management, LLC.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "could," "would," "may," "potential"" or the negative of those terms or other comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the inherent uncertainties in predicting future results and conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, including, without limitation, the risk factors and other matters set forth in the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC and in its other filings with the SEC. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
Contacts:
Investor Relations
Ready Capital Corporation
212-257-4666
InvestorRelations@readycapital.com
Source: Ready Capital Corporation
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