RAIT Financial Trust (“RAIT”) (NYSE: RAS) today announced the following:

Tax Treatment of 2015 Dividends

Common Shares

RAIT’s common shares (the “Common Shares”) are currently listed under the CUSIP #749227609 and trade under the NYSE ticker symbol “RAS”. The aggregate amount of dividends with record dates in 2015 was $0.72 per share. The following table contains information on the 2015 Common Share dividend payments.

               
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Declaration Record Distribution Ordinary Qualified Capital Gain Sec. 1250 Return of

Date

Date

Pay Date

Per Share

Dividends

Dividends

Distribution

Gain

Capital

12/18/2014 1/9/2015 1/30/2015 $ 0.1800 $ 0.0374 $ 0.0107 $ 0.0953 $ 0.0385 $ 0.0473
3/16/2015 4/10/2015 4/30/2015 $ 0.1800 $ 0.0374 $ 0.0107 $ 0.0953 $ 0.0385 $ 0.0473
6/22/2015 7/10/2015 7/31/2015 $ 0.1800 $ 0.0374 $ 0.0107 $ 0.0953 $ 0.0385 $ 0.0473
9/17/2015 10/9/2015 10/30/2015 $ 0.1800 $ 0.0374 $ 0.0107 $ 0.0953 $ 0.0385 $ 0.0473
 

Series A Preferred Shares

RAIT’s 7.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Series A Preferred Shares”) are currently listed under the CUSIP #749227203 and trade under the NYSE ticker symbol “RAS PRA”. The aggregate amount of dividends with record dates in 2015 was $1.9376 per share. The following table contains information on the 2015 Series A Preferred Share dividend payments.

             
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Declaration Record Distribution Ordinary Qualified Capital Gain Sec. 1250

Date

Date

Pay Date

Per Share

Dividends

Dividends

Distribution

Gain

2/10/2015 3/2/2015 3/31/2015 $ 0.4844 $ 0.1366 $ 0.0390 $ 0.3478 $ 0.1405
5/20/2015 6/1/2015 6/30/2015 $ 0.4844 $ 0.1366 $ 0.0390 $ 0.3478 $ 0.1405
7/28/2015 9/1/2015 9/30/2015 $ 0.4844 $ 0.1366 $ 0.0390 $ 0.3478 $ 0.1405
11/4/2015 12/1/2015 12/31/2015 $ 0.4844 $ 0.1366 $ 0.0390 $ 0.3478 $ 0.1405
 

Series B Preferred Shares

RAIT’s 8.375% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Series B Preferred Shares”) are currently listed under the CUSIP #749227302 and trade under the NYSE ticker symbol “RAS PRB”. The aggregate amount of dividends with record dates in 2015 was $2.0936 per share. The following table contains information on the 2015 Series B Preferred Share dividend payments.

             
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Declaration Record Distribution Ordinary Qualified Capital Gain Sec. 1250

Date

Date

Pay Date

Per Share

Dividends

Dividends

Distribution

Gain

2/10/2015 3/2/2015 3/31/2015 $ 0.5234 $ 0.1476 $ 0.0422 $ 0.3758 $ 0.1518
5/20/2015 6/1/2015 6/30/2015 $ 0.5234 $ 0.1476 $ 0.0422 $ 0.3758 $ 0.1518
7/28/2015 9/1/2015 9/30/2015 $ 0.5234 $ 0.1476 $ 0.0422 $ 0.3758 $ 0.1518
11/4/2015 12/1/2015 12/31/2015 $ 0.5234 $ 0.1476 $ 0.0422 $ 0.3758 $ 0.1518
 

Series C Preferred Shares

RAIT’s 8.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the “Series C Preferred Shares”) are currently listed under the CUSIP #749227500 and trade under the NYSE ticker symbol “RAS PRC”. The aggregate amount of dividends with record dates in 2015 was $2.2188 per share. The following table contains information on the 2015 Series C Preferred Share dividend payments.

             
Unrecap.
Declaration Record Distribution Ordinary Qualified Capital Gain Sec. 1250

Date

Date

Pay Date

Per Share

Dividends

Dividends

Distribution

Gain

2/10/2015 3/2/2015 3/31/2015 $ 0.5547 $ 0.1564 $ 0.0447 $ 0.3983 $ 0.1609
5/20/2015 6/1/2015 6/30/2015 $ 0.5547 $ 0.1564 $ 0.0447 $ 0.3983 $ 0.1609
7/28/2015 9/1/2015 9/30/2015 $ 0.5547 $ 0.1564 $ 0.0447 $ 0.3983 $ 0.1609
11/4/2015 12/1/2015 12/31/2015 $ 0.5547 $ 0.1564 $ 0.0447 $ 0.3983 $ 0.1609
 

About RAIT Financial Trust

RAIT Financial Trust is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that provides debt financing options to owners of commercial real estate and invests directly into commercial real estate properties located throughout the United States. In addition, RAIT is an asset and property manager of real estate-related assets. For more information, please visit www.rait.com or call Investor Relations at 215.243.9000.