NewtekOne, Inc. Closes Offering of Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/40th of an Interest in its Series 8.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On August 20, 2025, NewtekOne, Inc. (the “Company” or “NewtekOne”) (NASDAQ: NEWT) successfully closed an offering of 2,000,000 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Company's 8.500% Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25.00 per Depositary Share). The offering generated approximately $48.357 million in net proceeds to the Company. In addition, the Company granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 150,000 Depositary Shares at the public offering price less the applicable underwriting discount. The newly issued Series B Preferred Stock will pay (and the holders of the Depositary Shares will correspondingly receive) a non-cumulative 8.500% per annum cash dividend (payable quarterly when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, on January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on October 1, 2025) through October 1, 2030, at which time the dividend rate will reset based on the five-year US treasury rate on the relevant determination date plus a fixed spread and thereafter will reset on the fifth anniversary of the preceding reset date, with the dividend rate determined in the same manner.