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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-18-039364
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180723
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180723
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180723

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REDWOOD TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000930236
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				680329422
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13759
		FILM NUMBER:		18964844

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BELVEDERE PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			MILL VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94941
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(415) 380-2317

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BELVEDERE PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			MILL VALLEY
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94941
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

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reported): July 23, 2018</B></P>

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TRUST, INC.</FONT></P>

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its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>One Belvedere Place</B><BR>
<B>Suite 300</B><BR>
<B>Mill Valley, California 94941</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(415) 389-7373</B><BR>
(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Not Applicable</B><BR>
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 91%; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Results of Operations and Financial Condition. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Redwood Trust, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) is disclosing
certain preliminary results of operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Preliminary Results:</B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><I>Net income per diluted common share</I></B>
is estimated to be in the range of $0.36 to $0.38 for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><I>Non-GAAP core earnings per diluted
common share*</I></B> is estimated to be in the range of $0.39 to $0.41 for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.</FONT></TD></TR>                                                                                                                             <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><I>Book value per common share** </I></B>is
estimated to be in the range of $16.20 to $16.24 at June 30, 2018.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">The
above information is preliminary and subject to completion, including the completion of customary financial statement closing
and review procedures for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. As a result, the preliminary results set forth above reflects the Company&rsquo;s
preliminary estimate with respect to such information, based on information currently available to management, and may vary from
the Company&rsquo;s actual financial results as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. Further, these preliminary estimates
are not a comprehensive statement or estimate of Redwood&rsquo;s financial results or financial condition as of and for the quarter
ended June 30, 2018. These preliminary estimates should not be viewed as a substitute for full interim financial statements prepared
in accordance with GAAP and they are not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved in any future period. Accordingly,
you should not place undue reliance on these preliminary estimates.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">These preliminary estimates, which are the responsibility of Redwood's management, were prepared by Redwood's management and
are based upon a number of assumptions. Additional items that may require adjustments to these preliminary estimates may be
identified and could result in material changes to these preliminary estimates. Preliminary estimates of results are inherently
uncertain and Redwood undertakes no obligation to update this information. Grant Thornton LLP, Redwood's independent registered
public accounting firm, has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to this preliminary financial
information. Accordingly, Grant Thornton LLP does not express an opinion or provide any form of assurance with respect thereto.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">* A reconciliation of estimated net income
per diluted common share to estimated non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, along
with an explanation of this non-GAAP financial measure, is provided below under the heading &ldquo;Non-GAAP Core Earnings per Diluted
Common Share&rdquo;.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">**Estimated book value per common share
at June 30, 2018 is based on 75,742,719 common shares issued and outstanding as of such date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">This Current Report on
Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as &quot;anticipate,&quot;
&quot;estimate,&quot; &quot;will,&quot; &quot;should,&quot; &quot;expect,&quot; &quot;believe,&quot; &quot;intend,&quot; &quot;seek,&quot;
&quot;plan,&quot; and similar expressions or their negative forms, or by references to strategy, plans, or intentions, and include
statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K regarding the Company&rsquo;s preliminary financial results for the quarter ended
June 30, 2018. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company&rsquo;s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs
and are subject to numerous risks, including, among other things, those set forth under the caption &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo;
in the Company&rsquo;s most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, uncertainties, assumptions and changes
in circumstances that may cause the Company&rsquo;s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those
expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking
statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Further information
on these and other factors that could affect Redwood&rsquo;s financial results and the forward-looking statements in this
Current Report on Form 8-K is included in the Company&rsquo;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including,
among others, the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, particularly under the
captions &ldquo;Risk Factors&rdquo; and &ldquo;Management&rsquo;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Company undertakes
no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Non-GAAP Financial Measures</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In the &ldquo;Preliminary Results&rdquo;
section above, the Company presents a preliminary estimate of its non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share for the quarter
ended June 30, 2018. The Company cautions that non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share not be utilized in isolation, nor
should it be considered as an alternative to net income per diluted common share computed in accordance with GAAP, or other measurements
of results of operations computed in accordance with GAAP.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The table below presents a reconciliation
between GAAP net income per diluted common share and non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share for the quarter ended June
30, 2018. Further information about this non-GAAP financial measure, and how management uses it, is set forth below these tables.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">Three Months Ended</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; color: white; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; white-space: nowrap">6/30/2018</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left">Estimated GAAP net income per diluted common share</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">$0.36 - $0.38</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-style: italic; text-align: left">Estimated Non-GAAP Core earnings adjustments</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: left; padding-left: 9px">Eliminate mark-to-market changes on long-term investments and associated derivatives<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">($0.03)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: left; padding-left: 9px">Include cumulative gain (loss) on long-term investments sold, net<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">$0.07</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-align: left; padding-left: 9px">Income tax adjustment associated with core earnings adjustments<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal"><SUP>(3)</SUP></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">$0.00</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; text-align: left">Estimated Non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal"><B><SUP>(4)(5)</SUP></B></FONT></TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap">$0.39 - $0.41</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>(1)</SUP>Adjustments eliminate the mark-to-market changes on the fair value of loans held-for-investment, trading securities, other investments, and associated derivatives that are primarily related to changes in benchmark interest rates and credit spreads.&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>(2)</SUP>Adjustment includes in core earnings per diluted common share the cumulative net gains or losses on long-term investments accounted for as trading securities under GAAP that were sold during the period presented, net of any realized gains or losses from derivatives associated with the investments sold.&nbsp;&nbsp;Cummulative gains and losses are calculated by multiplying the difference between the sales price and original purchase price by the face value of the securities sold.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal"><SUP>(3)</SUP>Redwood
applies estimated effective tax rates to core earnings adjustments occurring within Redwood's taxable REIT subsidiaries
to estimate the hypothetical income tax expense or benefit associated with those adjustments.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal"><SUP>(4)</SUP>Consistent
with the calculation of net income per diluted common share for GAAP purposes, non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common share
is calculated following the &quot;two-class&quot; method.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: left; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><SUP>(5)</SUP>Numbers
do not foot due to rounding.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Core earnings per diluted common
share is a non-GAAP measure of Redwood&rsquo;s earnings and results of operations. Specifically, management has defined core
earnings per diluted common share as: GAAP net income per diluted common share adjusted to (i) eliminate the impact of
quarterly mark-to-market changes on the fair value of Redwood&rsquo;s long-term investments (and associated derivatives)
related to changes in benchmark interest rates and credit spreads, (ii) include the cumulative net gains or losses on
long-term investments accounted for as trading securities under GAAP that were sold during the period presented, net of any
gains or losses from derivatives associated with the investments sold, and (iii) include the hypothetical income taxes
associated with these core earnings adjustments. To calculate core earnings per diluted common share, the Company follows the
same methodology for calculating basic and diluted earnings per common share under GAAP, but adjust GAAP net income by the
core earnings adjustments described above prior to applying that methodology.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Management utilizes this non-GAAP core
earnings per diluted common share measure internally as one way of analyzing Redwood&rsquo;s performance over multiple periods,
as it believes it provides useful comparative results absent the impact of certain quarterly mark-to-market changes on investments
held through the end of the period presented and inclusive of all realized gains and losses from securities sales.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Specifically, the quarterly mark-to-market
changes in the value of the Company&rsquo;s long-term investments in loans, trading securities, and other investments, as well
as the associated derivatives, resulting from changes in benchmark interest rates and credit spreads may not be reflective of the
total return management would expect to earn from them over the longer-term.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Additionally, the adjustment to include
cumulative net gains or losses from the sale of trading securities is to ensure that non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common
share presents consistently the impact of the sales of investments regardless of whether they are accounted for as (i) trading
securities or (ii) available for-sale securities, in each case under GAAP, as outlined below.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Under GAAP, available-for-sale securities
are reported at their fair value with periodic changes in fair value recognized through the balance sheet in shareholders&rsquo;
equity. When an available-for-sale security is sold, the cumulative gain or loss since purchase is recognized through the income
statement, in realized gains, net, in the period the sale occurred. As a result, any such cumulative gains or losses are reflected
in core earnings per diluted common share in the period the sale occurred.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Under GAAP, trading securities are reported
at their fair value with periodic changes in fair value recognized through the income statement in Investment fair value changes,
net. Certain of these periodic changes in fair value (as described above) are excluded from core earnings per diluted common share.
Core earnings per diluted common share includes an adjustment to include the cumulative net gains or losses (from purchase through
the sale of the investment) for sold trading securities in the period they are sold. The result is to consistently present within
core earnings per diluted common share the cumulative gains or losses from the sale of long-term investments, regardless of how
they are accounted for under GAAP.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Non-GAAP core earnings per diluted common
share also includes adjustments to show the hypothetical tax provision or benefit that would be associated with the core earnings
adjustments. As a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), the Company is subject to income taxes on earnings generated at its taxable
REIT subsidiaries (TRS) and generally not subject to income taxes on earnings generated at the REIT (to the extent the Company
distributes its REIT taxable income as dividends). In order to present the hypothetical income taxes associated with core earnings
adjustments, estimated effective tax rates are applied to the core earnings adjustments occurring within the Company&rsquo;s TRS.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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<TD>Date: July 23, 2018</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">REDWOOD TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD>By:</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">/s/ Andrew P. Stone</TD></TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Name:&nbsp;</TD><TD>Andrew P. Stone</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 55%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 5%">Title:</TD><TD STYLE="width: 40%">Executive Vice President,<BR>
General Counsel, and Secretary</TD></TR></TABLE>

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