Tremont Mortgage Trust Reports Fourth Quarter and Year End 2017 Financial Results

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tremont Mortgage Trust (Nasdaq: TRMT) today announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2017.

David Blackman, Chief Executive Officer of TRMT, made the following statement:

“Since completing our initial public offering, we have been active in the market meeting with owners of commercial real estate and intermediaries across the U.S., sourcing potential loan opportunities. During this time, our originations team has evaluated more than 140 prospective financing opportunities with a combined transaction value greater than $3 billion. As a result, we currently have seven outstanding term sheets totaling approximately $186 million and three outstanding loan applications totaling approximately $62 million for loan opportunities where we believe TRMT can be competitive. Unfortunately, we have not closed any investments and we are behind where we expected to be at this time. Because we are a new and relatively small company, we are proceeding cautiously. Nevertheless, we believe we are finding our niche and remain hopeful that we will be able to successfully deploy the capital raised in our IPO in the coming months.”

Results for 2017:

For the quarter ended December 31, 2017 net loss was $1.1 million, or $0.34 per diluted share. For the year ended December 31, 2017, net loss was $1.3 million, or $0.85 per diluted share.

Financing Activities:

On September 18, 2017, TRMT sold 2,500,000 common shares at a price of $20.00 per share in its initial public offering, or IPO. Concurrently with its IPO, TRMT sold an additional 600,000 common shares at a price of $20.00 per share to its manager, Tremont Realty Advisors LLC, in a private placement. The aggregate proceeds to TRMT from these sales were $62.0 million.

On February 12, 2018, TRMT announced that its wholly owned subsidiary has entered an agreement for a $100.0 million master repurchase facility with Citibank, N.A., which it may use to leverage its financing transactions. The facility has a three year term and permits advancements of up to 75% of whole loan amounts. Interest on advancements under the facility will be calculated at floating rates based on LIBOR plus a premium of 200 to 250 basis points.

Dividend:

TRMT plans to declare and pay its first distribution to common shareholders after successfully deploying the capital raised in its IPO and concurrent private placement.

Conference Call:

At 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time this morning, Chief Executive Officer, David Blackman, and Chief Financial Officer, Doug Lanois, will host a conference call to discuss TRMT’s 2017 financial results.

The conference call telephone number is [phone]. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial [phone]. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. on March 1, 2018. To access the replay, dial [phone]. The replay pass code is 10115733.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on TRMT’s website, at www.trmtreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit TRMT’s website about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on TRMT’s website following the call for about one week. The transcription, recording and retransmission in any way of TRMT’s fourth quarter conference call are strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of TRMT.

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• MR. BLACKMAN STATES THAT TRMT REMAINS HOPEFUL THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOY THE CAPITAL RAISED IN ITS IPO IN THE COMING MONTHS. AN IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT AND MR. BLACKMAN’S RECITATION OF THE NUMBER OF LENDING OPPORTUNITIES REVIEWED IS THAT TRMT WILL BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY INVEST THE PROCEEDS OF ITS IPO AND CONCURRENT PRIVATE PLACEMENT IN THE COMING MONTHS. IN FACT, TRMT HAS NOT MADE ANY INVESTMENTS TO DATE AND TRMT MAY NOT BE UNABLE TO DO SO IN THE FUTURE. ALSO, ANY INVESTMENTS WHICH TRMT MAY MAKE IN THE FUTURE MAY DEFAULT AND MAY PRODUCE LOSSES.
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TREMONT MORTGAGE TRUST CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS (Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended December 31, 2017			June 1, 2017 (inception) through December 31, 2017
Interest Income:
Interest income from investments	$	199		$	222
Expenses:
Management fees	228			260
General and administrative expenses	654			830
Shared services agreement reimbursement	375			428
Loss before income tax expense	$	(1,058	)	$	(1,296	)
Income tax expense	—			—
Net loss	$	(1,058	)	$	(1,296	)
Weighted average common shares outstanding	3,106			1,524
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted	$	(0.34	)	$	(0.85	)

TREMONT MORTGAGE TRUST CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Dollars in thousands, except share data)
	December 31,
	2017
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	61,666
Prepaid expenses	259
Total assets	$	61,925
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities	$	301
Due to related persons	754
Total liabilities	1,055
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders' equity:
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share; 25,000,000 shares authorized; 3,126,439 shares issued and outstanding	31
Additional paid in capital	62,135
Cumulative net loss	(1,296		)
Total shareholders’ equity	60,870
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	61,925