Ready Capital Corp., through subsidiary ReadyCap Holdings II, LLC, closed a private placement of $225.0 million aggregate principal amount of 10.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2031 on September 28, 2026.
On the same date, indirect subsidiary ReadyCap Holdings, LLC redeemed the entire $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2026. The redemption price was 100% of principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Ready Capital Corporation amended the indenture governing its $100 million aggregate principal amount of 7.375% Senior Notes due 2027 through a supplement with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee. Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes consented.
The amendment permits a Recourse Debt to Equity Ratio of up to 2.0 to 1.0 and sets minimum Consolidated Net Asset Value at $1.2 billion plus the greater of zero and 75% of Net Equity Capital Activity. Both measures are determined as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, establishing the quarterly tests under the notes’ indenture.
Ready Capital Corporation (RC), through subsidiary ReadyCap Holdings II, LLC, has priced a private placement of $225.0 million of 10.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2031, sold at 99.5% of principal and expected to close on September 28, 2026.
ReadyCap Holdings, LLC issued a notice of redemption for the full $350.0 million of outstanding 4.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, to be redeemed at 100% of principal plus accrued interest using net proceeds from the New Notes and available cash. The transaction retires $350.0 million of 2026 corporate debt, reduces corporate secured debt outstanding by $125 million, and funds roughly two-thirds of the repayment with new 2031-maturity capital.
The company states that, over its balance sheet repositioning program begun in the fourth quarter of 2025, it will have generated about $2.3 billion of cash, repaid $1.7 billion of asset-level financing, and retired $549 million of corporate debt. After the redemption, the sole remaining 2026 corporate maturity is $100.0 million due November 2026, which the company expects to repay from cash on hand, and it plans to shift emphasis from liquidity generation to earnings growth.
Ready Capital Corporation reported weak results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026. For the quarter, net interest income before credit provisions was a loss of $ ( 5,452 ) (in thousands), versus income of $ 16,898 (in thousands) a year earlier, as interest income fell to $ 77,401 (in thousands) while interest expense was $ 82,853 (in thousands). The provision for loan losses rose to $ 21,554 (in thousands) for the quarter and $ 92,461 (in thousands) year-to-date, contributing to a net loss from continuing operations of $ ( 299,770 ) (in thousands) and net loss attributable to Ready Capital of $ ( 307,258 ) (in thousands), with diluted EPS of $( 1.87 ) for the first half.
Total assets declined to $ 6,263,916 (in thousands) at June 30, 2026 from $ 7,769,796 (in thousands) at December 31, 2025, driven mainly by lower loans held for sale and a reduction in assets of consolidated VIEs. Total liabilities were $ 4,913,679 (in thousands), and total stockholders’ equity fell to $ 1,341,876 (in thousands), as the retained deficit widened to $ ( 1,118,135 ) (in thousands). Loans, net were $ 3,409,500 (in thousands), with real estate owned of $ 572,850 (in thousands), and loans 60 or more days past due carried value of $ 646,604 (in thousands).
Cash flows from continuing operations were strong but reflected portfolio shrinkage and deleveraging. Net cash provided by operating activities was $ 665,296 (in thousands), and investing activities provided $ 944,637 (in thousands), largely from loan repayments and asset sales, while financing activities used $ ( 1,681,711 ) (in thousands) as the company repaid secured borrowings, securitized debt obligations, and corporate debt. Common dividends were sharply reduced to $ 0.01 per share for the quarter and $ 0.02 year-to-date, compared with $ 0.125 and $ 0.25, respectively, in the prior-year periods.
Ready Capital Corporation reported a GAAP net loss attributable to common shareholders of $103.5 million, or $(0.63) per common share, for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, and a distributable loss attributable to common stockholders of $77.6 million, or $(0.47) per share. Distributable loss before realized losses was $(0.24) per share. The company declared a $0.01 dividend per common share.
Management highlighted ongoing balance sheet repositioning. Year-to-date it generated $1.4 billion of cash from loan sales and portfolio runoff, repaid over $1.0 billion of asset-level financing, and retired $184 million of corporate debt, including its 6.20% Senior Unsecured Notes. A $158.2 million securitization of unguaranteed SBA 7(a) loans, priced at SOFR + 2.4%, provided $24.6 million of net liquidity and $500 million of additional funding capacity. Book value per common share was $6.83 at June 30, 2026, with total assets of $6.26 billion, cash of $124 million, $690 million of unencumbered assets, total leverage of 3.0x and recourse leverage of 1.7x.
Ready Capital Corporation held its annual meeting of stockholders on July 17, 2026 via a virtual format, where stockholders elected all seven director nominees to serve until the 2027 annual meeting.
Stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm with 105,104,898 votes for, approved on an advisory basis the compensation of named executive officers with 64,840,514 votes for, and approved and adopted the Amended and Restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan with 68,412,042 votes for.
Ready Capital Corp Chief Financial Officer Andrew Ahlborn reported a series of common stock trades that resulted in a small net share increase. On May 29, 2026, he executed open-market sales totaling 2,798.78 shares at about $1.81–$1.82 per share and an open-market purchase of 2,798.78 shares at $1.82 per share. Across all reported transactions since July 2025, he bought 4,099.01 shares and sold 2,798.78 shares, a net purchase of 1,300.23 shares. Following these trades, he directly holds 1,150,310.83 Ready Capital shares. Some transactions reflect a dividend reinvestment election and others involve shares held in his IRA, and he has disgorged to Ready Capital the profit realized from the April 29, 2026 and May 29, 2026 transactions.
Ready Capital Corporation is asking stockholders to vote at a virtual annual meeting on July 17, 2026 on four key items. Stockholders will elect seven directors, ratify Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2026, and cast an advisory vote on executive compensation.
The company is also seeking approval of an amended and restated 2023 Equity Incentive Plan that would increase shares reserved for issuance by 15,000,000 shares. As of the April 21, 2026 record date, 165,244,071 common shares were outstanding, with each share entitled to one vote.
The proxy describes Ready Capital’s externally managed REIT structure, governance practices, board and committee composition, and a pay program tying cash bonuses and equity awards to metrics such as distributable return on equity and relative total stockholder return. It also outlines director fees and stock ownership guidelines aimed at aligning leaders with stockholders.
RC disclosed a Form 144 notice identifying proposed sales of Common stock by Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. The filing lists historical acquisitions by the broker-dealer, including open-market purchases of 1,000 shares on 11/25/2016 and 1,400 shares on 03/19/2020, plus several dividend-reinvestment purchases in 2020–2026. The notice records transaction types (open-market purchases, dividend reinvestment) and specific trade dates; the filing excerpt does not state aggregate sale amounts or proceeds.