UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On January 25, 2022, NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) completed its offering of $35 million aggregate principal amount of additional 5.75% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Additional Notes”). The Additional Notes were offered as an additional issue of the Company’s existing $135 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Existing Notes”). The Additional Notes were issued under the same Indenture as the Existing Notes, dated April 13, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and UMB Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated April 20, 2021, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Additional Notes are treated as a single class of debt securities with the Existing Notes and will have the same terms, other than the issue date and offering price.
The Base Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 13, 2021 and is incorporated herein by reference. Disclosure regarding the terms of the Existing Notes is included in, and the Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to, the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 20, 2021, and are incorporated herein by reference. The above description of the material terms of the Indenture is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Base Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture.
| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On January 25, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Additional Notes. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits:
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| 5.1 | Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP | |
| 5.2 | Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of Winston & Strawn LLP | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1) | |
| 23.2 | Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2) | |
| 23.3 | Consent of Winston & Strawn LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1) | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of the Company, dated January 25, 2022. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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 thereunto duly authorized.
| NEXPOINT REAL ESTATE FINANCE, INC. | ||||||
| Date: January 25, 2022 | By: | /s/ Brian Mitts | ||||
| Name: | Brian Mitts | |||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer, Executive VP-Finance, Secretary and Treasurer | |||||