\nPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (NYSE: PMT) (the \u201cCompany\u201d) today announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 of its 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest (the \u201cSeries C Preferred Shares\u201d), liquidation preference $25.00 per share, for gross proceeds of $250 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Company intends to apply to list the Series C Preferred Shares on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol \u201cPMT PrC.\u201d The offering is expected to close on August 24, 2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Company has granted the underwriters an option for 30 days to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 Series C Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments, if any.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund its general business purposes, including funding its correspondent production and investment activity, which may include investments in mortgage servicing rights, as well as the repayment of indebtedness and working capital.\n<\/p>\n
\nMorgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and prospectus and related prospectus supplement, a copy of which, when available, may be obtained by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, Attn: Prospectus Department, telephone: 1-866-718-1649; BofA Securities, Inc., 200 North College Street, NC1-004-03-43, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: 1-800-294-1322 or email: dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com<\/a>; Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone 1-866-471-2526 or email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com<\/a>; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 787 Seventh Avenue, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10019, telephone 1-800-966-1559; RBC Capital Markets, LLC, 200 Vesey Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10281-8098, telephone: 1-866-375-6829 or email: rbcnyfixedincomeprospectus@rbccm.com<\/a>; UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: 1-888-827-7275; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attn: WFS Customer Service, telephone: 1-800-645-3751 or email: wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \nThis press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.\n<\/p>\n About PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust<\/b><\/p>\n \nPennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust is a mortgage real estate investment trust (\u201cREIT\u201d) that invests primarily in residential mortgage loans and mortgage-related assets. The Company is externally managed by PNMAC Capital Management, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PennyMac Financial Services, Inc. (NYSE: PFSI).\n<\/p>\n \nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding management\u2019s beliefs, estimates, projections and assumptions with respect to, among other things, the Company\u2019s financial results, future operations, business plans and investment strategies, as well as industry and market conditions, all of which are subject to change. Words like \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cpromise,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d and other expressions or words of similar meanings, as well as future or conditional verbs such as \u201cwill,\u201d \u201cwould,\u201d \u201cshould,\u201d \u201ccould,\u201d or \u201cmay\u201d are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results and operations for any future period may vary materially from those projected herein and from past results discussed herein. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from historical results or those anticipated include, but are not limited to: the Company\u2019s exposure to risks of loss and disruptions in operations resulting from adverse weather conditions, man-made or natural disasters, climate change and pandemics such as the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact to the Company\u2019s credit risk transfer arrangements and agreements of increased borrower requests for forbearance under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act; changes in the Company\u2019s investment objectives or investment or operational strategies, including any new lines of business or new products and services that may subject it to additional risks; volatility in the Company\u2019s industry, the debt or equity markets, the general economy or the real estate finance and real estate markets specifically, whether the result of market events or otherwise; events or circumstances which undermine confidence in the financial and housing markets or otherwise have a broad impact on financial and housing markets, such as the sudden instability or collapse of large depository institutions or other significant corporations, terrorist attacks, natural or man-made disasters, or threatened or actual armed conflicts; changes in general business, economic, market, employment and domestic and international political conditions, or in consumer confidence and spending habits from those expected; elimination of the Federal Housing Finance Agency adverse market refinance fee; declines in real estate or significant changes in U.S. housing prices or activity in the U.S. housing market; the availability of, and level of competition for, attractive risk-adjusted investment opportunities in loans and mortgage-related assets that satisfy the Company\u2019s investment objectives; the inherent difficulty in winning bids to acquire loans, and the Company\u2019s success in doing so; the concentration of credit risks to which the Company is exposed; the degree and nature of the Company\u2019s competition; the Company\u2019s dependence on its manager and servicer, potential conflicts of interest with such entities and their affiliates, and the performance of such entities; changes in personnel and lack of availability of qualified personnel at its manager, servicer or their affiliates; the availability, terms and deployment of short-term and long-term capital; the adequacy of the Company\u2019s cash reserves and working capital; the Company\u2019s substantial amount of debt; the Company\u2019s ability to maintain the desired relationship between its financing and the interest rates and maturities of its assets; the timing and amount of cash flows, if any, from the Company\u2019s investments; unanticipated increases or volatility in financing and other costs, including a rise in interest rates; the performance, financial condition and liquidity of borrowers; the ability of the Company\u2019s servicer, which also provides the Company with fulfillment services, to approve and monitor correspondent sellers and underwrite loans to investor standards; incomplete or inaccurate information or documentation provided by customers or counterparties, or adverse changes in the financial condition of the Company\u2019s customers and counterparties; the Company\u2019s indemnification and repurchase obligations in connection with loans it purchases and later sells or securitizes; the quality and enforceability of the collateral documentation evidencing the Company\u2019s ownership and rights in the assets in which it invests; increased rates of delinquency, default and\/or decreased recovery rates on the Company\u2019s investments; the performance of loans underlying mortgage-backed securities in which the Company retains credit risk; the Company\u2019s ability to foreclose on its investments in a timely manner or at all; increased prepayments of the mortgages and other loans underlying the Company\u2019s mortgage-backed securities or relating to the Company\u2019s mortgage servicing rights, excess servicing spread and other investments; the degree to which the Company\u2019s hedging strategies may or may not protect it from interest rate volatility; the effect of the accuracy of or changes in the estimates the Company makes about uncertainties, contingencies and asset and liability valuations when measuring and reporting upon the Company\u2019s financial condition and results of operations; the Company\u2019s ability to maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting; technology failures, cybersecurity risks and incidents, and the Company\u2019s ability to mitigate cybersecurity risks and cyber intrusions; the Company\u2019s ability to obtain and\/or maintain licenses and other approvals in those jurisdictions where required to conduct its business; the Company\u2019s ability to detect misconduct and fraud; the Company\u2019s ability to comply with various federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern its business; developments in the secondary markets for the Company\u2019s mortgage loan products; legislative and regulatory changes that impact the loan industry or housing market; changes in regulations that impact the business, operations or governance of mortgage lenders and\/or publicly-traded companies or such changes that increase the cost of doing business with such entities; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its issued and future rules and the enforcement thereof; changes in government support of homeownership; changes in government or government-sponsored home affordability programs; limitations imposed on the Company\u2019s business and its ability to satisfy complex rules for it to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes and qualify for an exclusion from the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the ability of certain of the Company\u2019s subsidiaries to qualify as REITs or as taxable REIT subsidiaries for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, and the Company\u2019s ability and the ability of its subsidiaries to operate effectively within the limitations imposed by these rules; changes in governmental regulations, accounting treatment, tax rates and similar matters (including changes to laws governing the taxation of REITs, or the exclusions from registration as an investment company); the Company\u2019s ability to make distributions to its shareholders in the future; the Company\u2019s failure to deal appropriately with issues that may give rise to reputational risk; and the Company\u2019s organizational structure and certain requirements in its charter documents. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement and should consider all of the uncertainties and risks described above, as well as those more fully discussed in reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or any other information contained herein, and the statements made in this press release are current as of the date of this release only.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n