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RAIT Financial Trust Announces Second Quarter 2011 Financial Results

PHILADELPHIA, PA — July 29, 2011 — RAIT Financial Trust (“RAIT”) (NYSE: RAS) today announced results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2011.

Second Quarter Highlights

     
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Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”) per share of $0.22 for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
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Declared a cash dividend of $0.06 per common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.
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Operating income increased to $4.4 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2011 as compared to a loss of $4.6 million during
the quarter ended June 30, 2010.
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Rental income increased to $22.1 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2011 from $17.7 million during the quarter ended
June 30, 2010.
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Received $105.6 million from loan repayments and asset sales during the quarter and funded $52 million in first mortgage loans.
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The registration statement relating to the public offering of common stock of RAIT’s sponsored non-listed real estate
investment trust, Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (“Independence”) was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) on June 10, 2011.
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RAIT repurchased $16.8 million of its 6.875% Convertible Senior Notes.
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RAIT’s Board authorized a 1 for 3 reverse stock split which went into effect after the market closed on June 30, 2011.

RAIT reported AFFO, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the three-month period ended June 30, 2011 of $8.5 million, or $0.22 per share — diluted based on 38.1 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted, as compared to AFFO for the three-month period ended June 30, 2010 of $7.0 million, or $0.26 per share – diluted based on 27.4 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted. RAIT reported a net loss allocable to common shares for the three-month period ended June 30, 2011 of $20.1 million, or $0.53 total loss per share — diluted based on 38.1 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted, as compared to net income allocable to common shares for the three-month period ended June 30, 2010 of $22.3 million, or $0.81 total earnings per share – diluted based on 27.4 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted. The second quarter 2011 net loss includes $25.7 million of unrealized losses relating to non-cash mark-to-market adjustments in RAIT’s legacy Taberna portfolios and the associated hedges. Non-cash mark-to-market gains and losses are excluded from AFFO.

RAIT reported AFFO for the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 of $15.5 million, or $0.41 per share — diluted based on 37.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted, as compared to AFFO for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010 of $9.3 million, or $0.35 per share – diluted based on 26.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted. RAIT reported a net loss allocable to common shares for the six-month period ended June 30, 2011 of $14.3 million, or $0.38 total loss per share — diluted based on 37.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted, as compared to net income allocable to common shares for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010 of $53.6 million, or $2.04 total earnings per share – diluted based on 26.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted.

A reconciliation of RAIT’s reported net income (loss) allocable to common shares to its AFFO, including management’s rationale for the usefulness of this non-GAAP financial measure, is included as Schedule I to this release.

RAIT also reported the following:

     
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Non-Accrual CRE Loans. The unpaid principal balance of RAIT’s
non-accrual commercial real estate loan portfolio decreased to $94.1
million at June 30, 2011 as compared to $131.4 million at June 30, 2010.
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CRE CDO Coverage Tests. As of the most recent reporting date, RAIT CRE
CDO I, Ltd’s overcollateralization test was passing at 123.6% with a
trigger of 116.2% and RAIT Preferred Funding II, Ltd’s
overcollateralization test was passing at 118.9% with a trigger of
111.7%.
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Provision for losses. Provision for losses on RAIT’s commercial real
estate loan portfolio decreased to $1.0 million for the quarter ended
June 30, 2011 as compared to $7.6 million for the quarter ended June 30,
2010.
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Investments in Real Estate. As of June 30, 2011, RAIT had investments in
real estate of $861.8 million as compared to $841.5 million at December
31, 2010. During the three-months ended June 30, 2011, RAIT converted
two loans, secured by multi-family properties, with a carrying value of
$63.3 million, to owned real estate property.
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Average Occupancy. The average occupancy of RAIT’s portfolio of directly
held investments in real estate increased to 83.1% at June 30, 2011 from
74.4% at June 30, 2010, primarily driven by year over year occupancy
increases of 5.1% and 13.3% in multi-family and office property types,
respectively.
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Independence Realty Trust, Inc.  RAIT is the external manager of
Independence and expects Independence to raise capital for investing in
multi-family commercial real estate assets through a public offering of
its common stock. The registration statement relating to Independence’s
public offering of its common stock was declared effective by the SEC on
June 10, 2011. RAIT is the sponsor of Independence’s offering.
Independence is currently a subsidiary of RAIT. Any disclosure
concerning Independence is neither an offer nor a solicitation to
purchase securities issued by Independence.
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Debt Reduction. RAIT’s debt to equity ratio was 2.2 times at June 30,
2011. RAIT’s recourse debt decreased from $293.4 million at December 31,
2010 to $245.5 million at June 30, 2011. During the quarter ending June
30, 2011, RAIT:

    repurchased $16.8 million of its 6.875% Convertible Senior Notes which give holders a put right in April 2012, leaving $38.8 million remaining outstanding,

    prepaid the remaining $15.7 million principal amount of its 10% senior secured convertible note, and
     
   
-purchased $6.7 million of CDO notes payable, generating a gain of $4.2 million.
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Dividends. On May 17, 2011, RAIT declared a dividend of $0.06 per common share to shareholders of record on July 8, 2011 to
be paid on July 29, 2011. On May 17, 2011, RAIT’s Board of Trustees declared a second quarter 2011 cash dividend of $0.484375
per share on RAIT’s 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, $0.5234375 per share on RAIT’s 8.375% Series B
Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and $0.5546875 per share on RAIT’s 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Shares. The dividends were paid on June 30, 2011 to holders of record on June 1, 2011 and totaled $3.4 million.

Key Statistics
(Unaudited and dollars in thousands, except per share information)

As of or For the Three-Month Periods Ended

                                         
    June 30, 2011   March 31, 2011   December 31, 2010   September 30, 2010   June 30, 2010
Financial Statistics:
                                       
Assets under management
  $ 3,763,184     $ 3,822,534     $ 3,837,526     $ 3,901,342     $ 4,014,556  
Debt to equity ratio
    2.2x       2.1x       2.3x       2.6x       2.7x  
Total revenue
  $ 58,863     $ 58,279     $ 59,057     $ 58,899     $ 60,370  
Recourse debt maturing in one year
  $ 19,745     $ 20,040     $ 41,489     $ 7,919     $ 9,919  
Earnings per share – diluted
  $ (0.53 )   $ 0.05     $ 0.29     $ 0.16     $ 0.27  
Funds from Operations (FFO) per share
  $ (0.34 )   $ 0.33     $ 1.05     $ 0.82     $ 1.07  
Adjusted Funds from Operations (AFFO) per
  $ 0.22     $ 0.19     $ 0.15     $ (0.09 )   $ 0.26  
share
                                       
Commercial Real Estate (“CRE”) Loan Portfolio:
                                       
CRE loans— unpaid principal
  $ 1,162,008     $ 1,149,169     $ 1,173,141     $ 1,216,875     $ 1,288,466  
Non-accrual loans — unpaid principal
  $ 94,117     $ 121,054     $ 122,306     $ 143,212     $ 131,377  
Non-accrual loans as a % of reported loans
    8.1 %     10.5 %     10.4 %     11.8 %     10.2 %
Reserve for losses
  $ 49,906     $ 58,809     $ 61,731     $ 73,029     $ 70,699  
Reserves as a % of non-accrual loans
    53.0 %     48.6 %     50.5 %     51.0 %     53.8 %
Provision for losses
  $ 950     $ 1,950     $ 2,500     $ 10,813     $ 7,644  
CRE Property Portfolio:
                                       
Reported investments in real estate
  $ 861,810     $ 867,726     $ 841,488     $ 823,881     $ 803,548  
Number of properties owned
    48       48       47       47       47  
Multifamily units owned
    8,014       8,311       8,311       8,231       7,893  
Office square feet owned
    1,786,908       1,786,908       1,632,978       1,634,997       1,732,626  
Retail square feet owned
    1,116,171       1,116,063       1,116,112       1,069,588       1,069,588  
Average occupancy data:
                                       
Multifamily
    88.6 %     88.0 %     85.5 %     84.6 %     83.5 %
Office
    68.8 %     70.7 %     67.8 %     52.5 %     55.5 %
Retail
    62.0 %     56.3 %     58.8 %     57.7 %     58.7 %
 
                                       
Total
    83.1 %     82.4 %     79.2 %     74.8 %     74.4 %

Conference Call

All interested parties can listen to the live conference call webcast at 10:00 AM EDT on Friday, July 29, 2011 from the home page of the RAIT Financial Trust website at www.raitft.com or by dialing 866.730.5769, access code 66186015. For those who are not available to listen to the live call, the replay will be available shortly following the live call on RAIT’s website and telephonically until Friday, August 5, 2011, by dialing 888.286.8010, access code 18649139.

About RAIT Financial Trust

RAIT Financial Trust manages a portfolio of real estate related assets, provides a comprehensive set of debt financing options to the real estate industry and invests in real estate-related assets. RAIT’s management uses its experience, knowledge and relationship network to seek to generate and manage real estate related investment opportunities for RAIT and for outside investors. For more information, please visit www.raitft.com or call Investor Relations at 215.243.9000.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements can generally be identified by our use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “continue,” or other similar words. Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and contingencies, actual results may differ materially from the expectations, intentions, beliefs, plans or predictions of the future expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to: those disclosed in RAIT’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and uncertainties relating to the public offering of Independence’s common stock, including whether Independence will be able to raise capital in its offering and, if so, when and how much.

RAIT Financial Trust Contact
Andres Viroslav
215-243-9000
aviroslav@raitft.com

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RAIT Financial Trust
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share information)
(unaudited)

                                 
    For the Three-Month   For the Six-Month
    Periods Ended   Periods Ended
    June 30   June 30
    2011   2010   2011   2010
Revenue:
                               
Interest income
  $ 34,483     $ 39,173     $ 68,041     $ 80,503  
Rental income
    22,138       17,685       43,428       33,760  
Fee and other income
    2,242       3,512       5,673       12,351  
 
                               
Total revenue
    58,863       60,370       117,142       126,614  
Expenses:
                               
Interest expense
    22,328       24,662       45,695       50,132  
Real estate operating expense
    13,791       13,399       26,408       23,921  
Compensation expense
    5,737       6,886       12,281       14,938  
General and administrative expense
    4,431       5,367       9,399       10,257  
Provision for loan losses
    950       7,644       2,900       24,994  
Depreciation and amortization
    7,249       7,013       14,368       13,196  
Total expenses
    54,486       64,971       111,051       137,438  
Operating income
    4,377       (4,601 )     6,091       (10,824 )
Interest and other income (expense)
    67       277       150       359  
Gains (losses) on sale of assets
    564       7,692       1,979       11,616  
Gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt
    3,706       17,202       3,169       37,012  
Change in fair value of financial instruments
    (25,727 )     4,446       (20,116 )     20,883  
Income (loss) before taxes and discontinued operations
    (17,013 )     25,016       (8,727 )     59,046  
Income tax benefit (provision)
    256       (96 )     310       (143 )
 
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    (16,757 )     24,920       (8,417 )     58,903  
Income (loss) from discontinued operations
    6       456       797       926  
 
                               
Net income (loss)
    (16,751 )     25,376       (7,620 )     59,829  
(Income) loss allocated to preferred shares
    (3,414 )     (3,415 )     (6,828 )     (6,821 )
(Income) loss allocated to noncontrolling interests
    67       358       117       593  
 
                               
Net income (loss) allocable to common shares
  $ (20,098 )   $ 22,319     $ (14,331 )   $ 53,601  
 
                               
Earnings (loss) per share—Basic:
                               
Continuing operations
  $ (0.53 )   $ 0.81     $ (0.40 )   $ 2.03  
Discontinued operations
    0.00       0.02       0.02       0.04  
 
                               
Total earnings (loss) per share—Basic
  $ (0.53 )   $ 0.83     $ (0.38 )   $ 2.07  
 
                               
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Basic
    38,055,234       26,780,234       37,340,755       25,887,140  
 
                               
Earnings (loss) per share—Diluted:
                               
Continuing operations
  $ (0.53 )   $ 0.79     $ (0.40 )   $ 2.00  
Discontinued operations
    0.00       0.02       0.02       0.04  
 
                               
Total earnings (loss) per share—Diluted
  $ (0.53 )   $ 0.81     $ (0.38 )   $ 2.04  
 
                               
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Diluted
    38,055,234       27,420,302       37,340,755       26,261,594  
 
                               

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RAIT Financial Trust
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share information)
(unaudited)

                 
    As of   As of
    June 30,   December 31,
    2011   2010
Assets
               
Investments in mortgages and loans, at amortized cost:
               
Commercial mortgages, mezzanine loans, other loans and preferred
  $ 1,165,163     $ 1,219,110  
equity interests
               
Allowance for losses
    (57,866 )     (69,691 )
 
               
Total investments in mortgages and loans
    1,107,297       1,149,419  
Investments in real estate
    861,810       841,488  
Investments in securities and security-related receivables, at fair value
    717,975       705,451  
Cash and cash equivalents
    24,639       27,230  
Restricted cash
    188,688       176,723  
Accrued interest receivable
    39,582       37,138  
Other assets
    41,850       32,840  
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $11,154 and
    22,430       19,954  
$9,943, respectively
               
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $2,057 and $1,777,
    2,909       3,189  
respectively
               
Goodwill
    512        
Total assets
  $ 3,007,692     $ 2,993,432  
 
               
Liabilities and Equity
               
Indebtedness:
               
Recourse indebtedness
  $ 245,457     $ 293,357  
Non-recourse indebtedness
    1,570,768       1,544,820  
 
               
Total indebtedness
    1,816,225       1,838,177  
Accrued interest payable
    21,715       19,925  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
    24,620       25,089  
Derivative liabilities
    177,353       184,878  
Deferred taxes, borrowers’ escrows and other liabilities
    25,304       6,833  
Total liabilities
    2,065,217       2,074,902  
Equity:
               
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Preferred shares, $0.01 par value per share, 25,000,000 shares authorized;
    28       28  
7.75% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation preference $25.00 per share, 2,760,000 shares issued and outstanding
               
8.375% Series B cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation
    23       23  
preference $25.00 per share, 2,258,300 shares issued and outstanding
               
8.875% Series C cumulative redeemable preferred shares, liquidation
    16       16  
preference $25.00 per share, 1,600,000 shares issued and outstanding
               
Common shares, $0.03 par value per share, 200,000,000 shares authorized,
    1,149       1,060  
38,197,648 and 35,300,190 issued and outstanding
               
Additional paid in capital
    1,722,797       1,691,681  
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    (118,485 )     (127,602 )
Retained earnings (deficit)
    (666,952 )     (647,110 )
 
               
Total shareholders’ equity
    938,576       918,096  
Noncontrolling interests
    3,899       434  
Total equity
    942,475       918,530  
Total liabilities and equity
  $ 3,007,692     $ 2,993,432  
 
               

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Schedule I
RAIT Financial Trust
Reconciliation of Net income (loss) Allocable to Common Shares and
Funds From Operations (“FFO”) and
Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”) (1)
(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(unaudited)

                                         
                            For the Six- Month
    For the Three- Month Periods           Periods
    Ended June 30           Ended June 30
    2011   2010   2011   2010
Funds From Operations (“FFO”):
                                       
Net income (loss) allocable to common shares
  $ (20,098 )   $ 22,319           $ (14,331 )   $ 53,601
Adjustments:
                                       
Depreciation expense
  6,961   7,016           13,531   13,019
(Gains) Losses on sale of real estate
  168             46   (266 )
                             
Funds from operations
  $ (12,969 )   $ 29,335           $ (754 )   $ 66,354
                             
Funds from Operations per share
  $ (0.34 )   $ 1.07           $ (0.02 )   $ 2.53
                             
Weighted-average shares — diluted
  38,055,234   27,420,302           37,340,755   26,261,594
                             
Adjusted Funds From Operations (“AFFO”):
                                       
Funds from Operations
  $ (12,969 )   $ 29,335           $ (754 )   $ 66,354
Adjustments:
                                       
Change in fair value of financial instruments
  25,727   (4,446 )           20,116   (20,883 )
(Gains) Losses on debt extinguishment
  (3,706 )   (17,202 )           (3,169 )   (37,012 )
Capital expenditures, net of direct financing
  (413 )   (410 )           (775 )   (568 )
Straight-line rental adjustments
  (922 )   (9 )           (1,687 )   (35 )
Amortization of deferred items and intangible assets
  763   (845 )           1,436   (846 )
Share-based compensation
  58   623           317   2,294
                             
Adjusted Funds from Operations
  $ 8,538   $ 7,046           $ 15,484   $ 9,304
                             
Adjusted Funds from Operations per share
  $ 0.22   $ 0.26           $ 0.41   $ 0.35
                             
Weighted-average shares — diluted
  38,055,234   27,420,302           37,340,755   26,261,594
                             

(1)   We believe that funds from operations, or FFO, and adjusted funds from operations, or AFFO, each of which are non-GAAP measures, are additional appropriate measures of the operating performance of a REIT and us in particular.

We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, as net income or loss allocated to common shares (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding real estate-related depreciation and amortization expense, gains or losses on sales of real estate and the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles.

AFFO is a computation made by analysts and investors to measure a real estate company’s cash flow generated by operations. We calculate AFFO by adding to or subtracting from FFO: change in fair value of financial instruments; gains or losses on debt extinguishment; capital expenditures, net of any direct financing associated with those capital expenditures; straight-line rental effects; amortization of various deferred items and intangible assets; and share-based compensation.

Our calculation of AFFO differs from the methodology used for calculating AFFO by certain other REITs and, accordingly, our AFFO may not be comparable to AFFO reported by other REITs. Our management utilizes FFO and AFFO as measures of our operating performance, and believes they are also useful to investors, because they facilitate an understanding of our operating performance after adjustment for certain non-cash items, such as real estate depreciation, share-based compensation and various other items required by GAAP that may not necessarily be indicative of current operating performance and that may not accurately compare our operating performance between periods. Furthermore, although FFO, AFFO and other supplemental performance measures are defined in various ways throughout the REIT industry, we also believe that FFO and AFFO may provide us and our investors with an additional useful measure to compare our financial performance to certain other REITs.

Neither FFO nor AFFO is equivalent to net income or cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Furthermore, FFO and AFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties. Neither FFO nor AFFO should be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. References to “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to RAIT Financial Trust and its subsidiaries.

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