Ladder Announces Pricing of $500 Million Senior Notes Offering
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Ladder Capital Corp (“Ladder,” the “Company,” “we” or “our”) (NYSE: LADR) announced today that its subsidiaries, Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP (the “Issuer”) and Ladder Capital Finance Corporation (the “Co-Issuer” and collectively with the Issuer, the “Issuers”), have priced a public offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “Notes”). The sale of the Notes is expected to be completed on or about July 3, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Notes will be the Issuers’ senior unsecured obligations and will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company.
The Issuers intend to use a portion of the net proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the redemption, repurchase or other repayment of their outstanding 5.250% Senior Notes due 2025.
J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities and Societe Generale are acting as representatives of the underwriters for the offering.
The offering of the Notes is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement (including a prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement) (File Nos. 333-288227, 333-288227-01 and 333-288227-02) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You may obtain copies of these documents, when available, for free by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 1-212-834-4533; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 1-800-645-3751; BofA Securities, Inc., 1-800-294-1322; or SG Americas Securities, LLC, 1-855-881-2108.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other security, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Ladder
Ladder is a publicly listed, investment grade-rated commercial real estate finance company with a diversified, nationwide platform. We deliver tailored capital solutions across the commercial real estate landscape, with a focus on the middle market. Our investment objective is to preserve and protect shareholder capital while generating attractive, risk-adjusted returns.
Since our founding in 2008, Ladder has deployed more than $47 billion of capital across the real estate capital stack, serving both institutional and middle-market clients. Our primary business is originating fixed and floating rate first mortgage loans collateralized by all major commercial property types. As the only permanently capitalized commercial mortgage REIT with true autonomy from third-party secured financing, Ladder delivers certainty of execution. In addition, we own and operate predominantly net leased, income-producing real estate and invest in investment grade securities secured by first mortgage loans on commercial real estate.
Ladder is internally managed and led by a seasoned management team with deep industry expertise. With over 11% insider ownership, Ladder’s management and board of directors are collectively the Company’s largest shareholder, ensuring strong alignment with the interests of all stakeholders. Since inception, Ladder has maintained a conservative and durable capital structure—a strategy reflected in its investment grade credit ratings of Baa3 from Moody’s Ratings and BBB- from Fitch Ratings, both with stable outlooks.
The Company is headquartered in New York City, with a regional office in Miami, Florida. All data in this “About Ladder” section is as of March 31, 2025.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release may constitute “forward-looking” statements, including those regarding the Notes offering and the intended use of proceeds from the Notes offering. These statements are based on management’s current opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results. These forward-looking statements are only predictions, not historical fact, and involve certain risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions. Actual results, levels of activity, performance, achievements and events could differ materially from those stated, anticipated or implied by such forward-looking statements. While Ladder believes that its assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and, of course, it is impossible to anticipate all factors that could affect actual results on the Company’s business. There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements made herein including, most prominently, market factors affecting the Notes offering and the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as its consolidated financial statements, related notes, and other financial information appearing therein, and its other filings with the SEC. Such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this release. Except as required by applicable law, Ladder expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or changes in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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