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MoFo Represents Underwriters in $58.1M Preferred Offering by Lument Finance Trust

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Morrison & Foerster represented the underwriters in connection with the $58.1 million underwritten public offering of 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock by Lument Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE: LFT). The offering closed on May 5, 2021. Piper Sandler & Co. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. served as joint book-running managers and B. Riley

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Morrison & Foerster represented the underwriters in connection with the $58.1 million underwritten public offering of 7.875% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock by Lument Finance Trust, Inc. (NYSE: LFT). The offering closed on May 5, 2021. Piper Sandler & Co. and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. served as joint book-running managers and B. Riley Securities, Inc., and JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC served as co-managers.The MoFo deal team advising on the transaction was led by Washington, D.C. corporate partner Justin Salon and of counsel Emily Beers, and included Washington, D.C. corporate associates Meredith Carr and Caroline Diemer, and New York tax partner Jay Blaivas and associate Harris Cornell.  Read more about the offering in this <a target="_blank" href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lument-finance-trust-inc-announces-closing-of-public-offering-of-series-a-cumulative-redeemable-preferred-stock-301284914.html">press release</a>.

MoFo Represents Underwriters in $58.1M Preferred Offering by Lument Finance Trust

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Justin is chair of the firm’s Capital Markets practice and former co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s REIT practice.Justin represents both issuers and underwriters in a wide variety of corporate and securities matters, including initial public offerings, primary and secondary offerings, private placements, senior and subordinated debt financings, and liability management transactions. In addition, he serves as primary outside counsel to numerous public company clients with respect to corporate governance issues, compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws, and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ, as well as general corporate matters.For his role as lead attorney on Arm's IPO, The American Lawyer recently recognized Justin as a 2024 "Dealmaker of the Year," an award honoring lawyers who guided the most complex, groundbreaking, and impactful deals of the past year.Justin is recommended by The Legal 500 US 2023 for Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, M&A / Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, and REITs. He is also recognized as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA 2023 for REITs.<h4 dir="ltr">Representative Experience</h4><h5 dir="ltr">Equity</h5><ul><li dir="ltr">Represented Arm Holdings plc, the world’s leading semiconductor IP company, in its blockbuster $5.22 billion USD IPO on Nasdaq, the largest IPO of 2023.</li><li>Represented SoftBank Group Corp. in connection with its $2 billion PIPE investment into Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC).</li><li>Represented Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) in connection with its $300 million PIPE investment into Lucid Group, Inc. related to a global robotaxi program created exclusively for the Uber ride-hailing platform.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc. (NYSE: AHH) in connection with multiple follow-on offerings of common stock and preferred stock and represented the underwriters in connection with Armada Hoffler’s initial public offering.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Inovalon Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: INOV) in its initial public offering.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ) in connection with its initial public offering.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with Plymouth Industrial REIT’s initial public offering, multiple follow-on offerings of common stock, and issuance of perpetual preferred stock.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with Community Healthcare Trust’s (NYSE: CHCT) initial public offering and numerous follow-on equity offerings.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Farmland Partners, Inc. (NYSE: FPI) in its initial public offering, subsequent public offerings of common stock, and offering of 6.00% Series B Participating Preferred Stock.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented issuers or underwriters in connection with SPAC IPOs for Anzu Special Acquisition Corp I, Endurance Acquisition Corp., Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp., Revelstone Capital Acquisition Corp., Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha, and Sound Point Acquisition Corp. I.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Education Realty Trust (NYSE:EDR) in connection with multiple public offerings of common stock resulting in proceeds in excess of $1 billion.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented UDR, Inc. in connection with multiple follow-on equity offerings.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with multiple registered offerings of preferred stock and common stock by Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ: SOHO).</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Trade Street Residential, Inc. in its backstopped rights offering and corresponding PIPE.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with Independence Realty Trust’s (NYSE: IRT) offering of common stock and concurrent listing on the NYSE.</li></ul><h5 dir="ltr">Debt and Liability Management</h5><ul><li>As designated underwriters’ counsel to Royal Dutch Shell Plc, represented the underwriters in connection with registered offerings of more than $34 billion of fixed and floating rate notes by Shell International Finance, the U.S. financing subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.</li><li>Represented the dealer managers in Shell plc’s exchange offers of up to $8.4 billion involving six series of outstanding notes and the issuance of new privately placed notes guaranteed by Shell.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with the registered offering of $5 billion of notes by Novartis Capital Corporation, the U.S. financing subsidiary of Novartis AG.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Education Realty Trust (NYSE:EDR) in connection with multiple public offerings of debt securities resulting in proceeds in excess of $1 billion.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: ON) in its $500 million Rule 144A offering of 1.625% convertible senior notes, $805 million Rule 144A offering of its 0% convertible senior notes due 2027, and privately negotiated repurchase and exchange transactions for outstanding senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Vontier Corporation (NYSE: VNT) in its $1.6 billion 144A offering of senior notes and its $1.6 billion registered exchange offer.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) in its $300 million 144A offering of 2.70% convertible senior notes and its $125 million Rule 144A offering of 3.75% convertible senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Whole Foods Market, Inc. in its $1 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 5.200% senior notes due 2025 and subsequent registered exchange offer.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the Commonwealth of the Bahamas in connection with its $100 million 144A sovereign debt offering.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: AZO) in connection with $1.55 billion of registered offerings of senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Smithfield Foods, Inc. in its $1 billion offering of senior notes and concurrent tender offer for over $750 million of outstanding senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) in its $1.75 billion offering of senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Aventine Property Group in connection with its $100 million private offering of convertible senior notes.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the underwriters in connection with multiple registered offerings of senior notes by Sotherly Hotels (NASDAQ: SOHO).</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the placement agent in connection with the $50 million private offering of senior secured notes by Newport Realty Trust, a private mortgage REIT.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the placement agent in connection with the private placement of $100 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75% senior unsecured notes due 2023 issued by MCREIF SubREIT, LLC, a private REIT managed by M360 Advisors, and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by M360 CRE Income Fund LP.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the placement agent in connection with the private placement of $36.5 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% senior unsecured notes due 2025 issued by NextPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., the operating partnership subsidiary of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE: NREF).</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the placement agent in connection with the private placement of $42.25 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% senior unsecured notes due 2026 issued by Pelorus Fund REIT, LLC.</li></ul><h5 dir="ltr">M&A</h5><ul><li dir="ltr">Represented Education Realty Trust in its $4.6 billion all-cash sale to a newly formed perpetual life vehicle led by an affiliate of Greystar Real Estate Partners.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) in connection with Home Properties, Inc.’s $7.6 billion acquisition by Lone Star Funds, in which UDR acquired six communities for approximately $908 million.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Greenlane Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNLN), in its merger of equals with KushCo Holdings, Inc.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Pivotal Investment Corp. II in connection with its merger with XL Fleet Corp., a leader in vehicle electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Farmland Partners, Inc. in connection with its stock-for-stock acquisition of American Farmland Company (NYSE: AFCO), as well as more than $400 million of property acquisitions.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented Trade Street Residential, Inc. in its acquisition by Independence Realty Trust, Inc.</li><li dir="ltr">Represented the Special Committee of the board of directors of Bluerock Residential Growth REIT in connection with the proposed internalization of its external manager.</li></ul>

Justin Salon

Partner

Emily Beers is of counsel in Morrison Foerster’s Capital Markets and Public Company Advisory & Governance practices. Her practice focuses on representing publicly and privately held companies in a variety of corporate and securities law matters.Emily represents both issuers and investment banks in initial public offerings, follow-on offerings, and private placements, including offerings of common and preferred equity, investment-grade debt, convertible debt, and high-yield debt. Emily also regularly advises clients with respect to liability management transactions, including tender offers, as well as M&A transactions.In addition, Emily regularly counsels companies with respect to corporate governance issues, compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws, and the requirements of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, as well as general corporate matters.Emily is recognized in IFLR1000 for Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, and M&A (2021).Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Emily worked as an associate in the capital markets practices of other international law firms in New York and London.<h4>Representative Matters</h4><ul><li>Represented the dealer managers in Shell plc’s exchange offers of up to $8.4 billion involving six series of outstanding notes and the issuance of new privately placed notes guaranteed by Shell.</li><li>Represented the underwriters in connection with the $2.35 billion offering of guaranteed notes issued by Shell Finance U.S. Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc.</li><li>Represented the underwriters in the $450 million bond offering of Senior Notes by First Industrial, L.P., a real estate investment trust company.</li><li>Represented the underwriters in the $400 million registered offering of Senior Notes by COPT Defense Properties, L.P., a real estate investment trust.</li><li>Represented Riot Platforms, Inc. in its offering of $594.4 million of 0.75% convertible senior notes due 2030.</li><li>Represented the initial purchasers in the $345 million bond offering of 5.25% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2028 by COPT Defense Properties, L.P.</li><li>Represented Wells Fargo Securities, Deutsche Bank Securities, and Goldman Sachs & Co. in Shell plc’s $12 billion exchange offering of Convertible Notes.</li><li>Represented Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) in its private offering of up to $230 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029. </li><li>Represented Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CRNX) in its $500 million public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock. </li><li>Represented Crinetics Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: CRNX) in its $350 million private placement of 8,333,334 shares of its common stock. </li><li>Represented McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) in its offering of $500 million of 4.250% notes due 2029 and subsequent redemption of 5.250% notes due 2026. </li><li>Represented onsemi (NYSE: ON) in its upsized $1.5 billion private offering of 0.50% Convertible Senior Notes.</li></ul><ul><li>Represented Sprint Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp., the controlling shareholder of Sprint, on the all- stock merger of Sprint and T-Mobile US Inc. The total implied enterprise value for Sprint in the transaction was approximately $59 billion and the aggregate for the combined company enterprise value was approximately $146 billion.</li><li>Represented onsemi (NASDAQ: ON) in its Rule 144A offering of $1.5 billion 0.5% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029; in its Rule 144A offering of $700 million 0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027; and in its Rule 144A offering of $700 million 3.875% Senior Notes due 2028.</li><li>Represented The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) in its Rule 144A offering of $650 million 4.625% Senior Notes due 2029; in its Rule 144A offering of $800 million 5.750% Senior Notes due 2028 and concurrent tender offers to purchase all or a portion of its outstanding Senior Notes and related consent solicitations; and in its registered offering of €450 million 4.000% Senior Notes due 2026 and concurrent tender offers to purchase all or a portion of its outstanding senior notes and related consent solicitations.</li><li>Represented McKesson Corporation (NYSE: MCK) in its registered offering of $500 million 5.250% Notes due 2026; in its registered offering of $500 million 1.300% Senior Notes due 2026 and related tender offer to repurchase a portion of its outstanding senior notes; and in its registered offerings of $700 million 3.650% Notes due 2020 and $400 million 4.750% Notes due 2029 and concurrent tender offers to purchase a portion of its outstanding senior notes and related consent solicitations.</li><li>Represented BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB) in its $200 million Rule 144A offering of convertible notes. </li><li>As designated underwriters’ counsel to Royal Dutch Shell Plc, represented the underwriters in connection with registered offerings of more than $30 billion of fixed and floating rate notes by Shell International Finance, the U.S. financing subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.</li><li>Represented Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SWX) in its defense against a hostile tender offer and proxy contest by Carl Icahn, and in its subsequent registered offerings of common stock and debt. </li><li>Represented Unity Software Inc. (NYSE: U) in its stock-for-stock merger with ironSource, Ltd. for an approximate value of $4.4 billion.</li><li>Represented the underwriters in connection with the registered offering of $5 billion of notes by Novartis Capital Corporation, the U.S. financing subsidiary of Novartis AG.</li><li>Represented Vontier Corporation (NYSE: VNT) in its $1.6 billion 144A offering of Senior Notes and its $1.6 billion registered exchange offer.</li><li>Represented the placement agent in connection with the $50 million private offering of senior secured notes by Newport Realty Trust, a private mortgage REIT, the private placement of $36.5 million aggregate principal amount of 7.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025 issued by NextPoint Real Estate Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., the operating partnership subsidiary of NexPoint Real Estate Finance, Inc. (NYSE: NREF), and the private placement of $42.25 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.00% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 issued by Pelorus Fund REIT, LLC.</li><li>Represented Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) in its registered offering of $300 million 2.70% Convertible Senior Notes due 2023.</li><li>Represents the sales agents in connection with Equity Residential’s (NYSE: EQR) at-the-market equity offering; as designated underwriters’ counsel, represented the underwriters in connection with registered offerings by Equity Residential’s operating partnership, ERP Operating Limited Partnership, of an aggregate of $1.25 billion of notes.</li><li>Represented Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFM) in its $1.0 billion Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 5.200% Senior Notes due 2025.</li><li>Represented the underwriters in connection with Community Healthcare Trust Incorporated’s (NYSE: CHCT) approximately $136.6 million initial public offering and in subsequent follow-on offerings.</li><li>Represented Inovalon Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: INOV) in its approximately $685 million initial public offering.</li></ul>

Emily Beers

Of Counsel

Capital Markets