Ladder Capital Corp Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ladder Capital Corp (“Ladder” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LADR) today announced the tax treatment of its 2020 Class A common stock dividend payments. For the tax year ended December 31, 2020, the tax treatment of distributions paid in respect of Class A common stock is as follows:

Record Date	Payable Date		Distribution per Share	Ordinary Dividends	Qualified Dividends (1)	Capital Gain	Unrecapt. 1250 Gain (2)	Return of Capital	Sec. 199A Dividends (3)
Form 1099	References:		(Boxes 1a 2a + 3)	Box 1a	Box 1b	Box 2a	Box 2b	Box 3	Box 5
3/10/2020	4/1/2020		$0.340	$0.230	$0.000	$0.039	$0.016	$0.071	$0.230
6/10/2020	7/1/2020		0.200	0.135	0.000	0.023	0.009	0.042	0.135
9/10/2020	10/1/2020		0.200	0.135	0.000	0.023	0.009	0.042	0.135
12/31/2020	1/15/2021^(4)		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total 2020 Dividends			$0.740	$0.500	$0.000	$0.085	$0.034	$0.155	$0.500
Notes:		(1) Amounts in 1b are included in 1a
		(2) Amounts in 2b are included in 2a
		(3) Amounts in 5 are included in 1a
		(4) The $0.200 fourth quarter dividend paid on 1/15/2021 is considered a 2021 dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will be reflected in 2021 tax reporting.

About Ladder

Ladder Capital Corp is an internally-managed commercial real estate investment trust with over $6 billion of assets. Our investment objective is to preserve and protect shareholder capital while producing attractive risk-adjusted returns. As one of the nation’s leading commercial real estate capital providers, we specialize in underwriting commercial real estate and offering flexible capital solutions within a sophisticated platform.

Ladder originates and invests in a diverse portfolio of commercial real estate and real estate-related assets, focusing on senior secured assets. Our investment activities include: (i) our primary business of originating senior first mortgage fixed and floating rate loans collateralized by commercial real estate with flexible loan structures; (ii) investing in investment grade securities secured by first mortgage loans on commercial real estate; and (iii) owning and operating commercial real estate, including net leased commercial properties.

Founded in 2008, and led by Brian Harris, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Ladder is run by a highly experienced management team with extensive expertise in all aspects of the commercial real estate industry, including origination, credit, underwriting, structuring, capital markets and asset management. Members of Ladder’s management and board of directors are highly aligned with the Company’s investors, owning over 10% of the Company’s equity.