NEXPOINT DIVERSIFIED REAL ESTATE TRUST

Overview

As of September 30, 2025, our Portfolio consisted primarily of debt and equity investments in the single-family rental, self-storage, office, hospitality, life science and multifamily sectors. The Company has two reportable segments, Diversified and Hospitality. Diversified represents the Company's primary reportable segment and represents a significant majority of the Company's consolidated portfolio. The Diversified reportable segment is the legacy reportable segment and is focused on investing in various commercial real estate property types and across the capital structure, including but not limited to, equity, mortgage, debt, mezzanine debt and preferred equity. The Hospitality segment is focused on operating and renovating its U.S. located hospitality assets that meet its investment objective and criteria. Substantially all of our business is conducted through the OP. The OP GP is the sole general partner of the OP and is owned 100% by the Company. As of September 30, 2025, there were 44,536,894.47 common units of the OP outstanding, of which 99.96% were owned by the Company, 3,359,593 Series A Preferred Units of the OP outstanding, of which 100.0% were owned by the Company, and 485,608 Series B Preferred Units of the OP, of which 100.0% were owned by the Company.

As a diversified REIT, the Company’s primary investment objective is to provide both current income and capital appreciation. Target underlying property types primarily include, but are not limited to, single-family rentals, multifamily, self-storage, life science, office, industrial, hospitality, net lease, retail and small-bay industrial. The Company may, to a limited extent, hold, acquire or transact in certain non-real estate securities. We are externally managed by the Adviser through the Advisory Agreement, by and among the Company and the Adviser. The Advisory Agreement was dated July 1, 2022, and amended on October 25, 2022, April 11, 2023, July 22, 2024 and September 19, 2025, for a term that will expire on July 1, 2026 and successive one-year terms thereafter unless earlier terminated. The Adviser is wholly owned by our Sponsor.

We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2021. To qualify as a REIT, we must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our shareholders. As a REIT, we will be subject to federal income tax on our undistributed REIT taxable income and net capital gain and to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on any amount by which distributions we pay with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (1) 85% of our ordinary income, (2) 95% of our capital gain net income and (3) 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. We believe we qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code, and we intend to continue to operate in such a manner, but no assurance can be given that we will operate in a manner so as to qualify as a REIT. Taxable income from certain non-REIT activities is managed through one or more TRS entities and is subject to applicable U.S. federal, state, and local income and margin taxes.

On October 16, 2019, Highland, a former affiliate of our Sponsor, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. On October 15, 2021, Marc S. Kirschner, as litigation trustee of a litigation subtrust formed pursuant to Highland’s plan of reorganization and disclosure statement which became effective on August 11, 2021, filed a lawsuit (the "Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit") against various persons and entities, including our Sponsor and James Dondero. On March 24, 2023, the litigation trustee filed a motion for leave to stay the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit, which was granted by the bankruptcy court on April 4, 2023. On June 30, 2025, the bankruptcy court approved a settlement agreement between Highland and Hunter Mountain Investment Trust (“HMIT”) pursuant to which the claims asserted in the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit were assigned to HMIT. HMIT subsequently filed a motion to lift the stay of the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit, which was granted and became effective on October 3, 2025. As of the date of this filing, the bankruptcy court has requested briefing from the parties regarding whether the court continues to have jurisdiction over the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit given the assignment of claims from Highland to HMIT. Briefs on this matter are due on November 18, 2025. In addition, on February 8, 2023, UBS Securities LLC and UBS AG London (collectively “UBS”) filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York related to a default that occurred in 2009 on a warehouse facility between UBS and funds affiliated with Highland. The lawsuit makes claims against several persons and entities, seeking to collect on $1.3 billion in judgments UBS obtained against entities that were managed indirectly by Highland (the "UBS Lawsuit"). On March 7, 2023, the matter was removed to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. On April 6, 2023, UBS moved to have the case remanded to New York state court. The federal court remanded the state law causes of action and retained and stayed the federal cause of action. On February 26, 2024, several of the respondents, including Mr. Dondero, filed motions in state court to dismiss the UBS Lawsuit on various grounds. A hearing was held on July 8, 2024. The court dismissed the claims against one respondent, CLO HoldCo, Ltd., for lack of personal jurisdiction in a July 12, 2024 order. On March 26, 2025, the court entered an order denying the remaining motions to dismiss and directed the respondents to file an answer to the UBS Lawsuit within 20 days, which they did. Mr. Dondero is appealing the denial of the motion to dismiss to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Neither the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit nor the UBS Lawsuit include claims related to our business or our assets. Our Sponsor and Mr. Dondero have informed us they believe the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit has no merit and Mr. Dondero has informed us he believes the UBS Lawsuit has no merit; we have been advised that the defendants named in each of the lawsuits intend to vigorously defend against the claims. We do not expect the Bankruptcy Trust Lawsuit or the UBS Lawsuit will have a material effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition.

Macroeconomic trends, including increases in or high inflation and rising or high interest rates, may adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations. Inflation could have an adverse impact on our operating expenses, as these costs could increase at a rate higher than our rental and other revenue. The high rate environment and ongoing economic uncertainty has limited credit availability to commercial real estate. Less available and more expensive debt capital has had pronounced effects on the capital markets, making property acquisitions and other investments harder to finance. Similar factors also impact the timing of and proceeds generated from asset sales and our ability to obtain debt capital. There is no guarantee we will be able to mitigate the impact of rising or high inflation. To the extent our exposure to increases in or high interest rates on any of our debt is not eliminated through interest rate swaps and interest rate protection agreements, such increases or elevated rates will result in higher debt service costs which will adversely affect our cash flows. We cannot make assurances that our access to capital and other sources of funding will not become constrained, which could adversely affect the availability and terms of future borrowings, renewals or refinancings. Such future constraints could increase our borrowing costs, which would make it more difficult or expensive to obtain additional financing or refinance existing obligations and commitments, which could slow or deter future growth.

The U.S. government announced a comprehensive set of tariffs in the second quarter of 2025. Following the pause of certain of these tariffs, the majority of the previously announced tariffs have been implemented. The U.S. government has indicated that it could impose additional tariffs on particular countries and could impose additional tariffs on certain goods. Such tariffs could impact our results of operations by increasing the costs of various goods, including construction materials. However, the impact of such tariffs is subject to uncertainties regarding the timing of their implementation, whether the U.S. government ultimately imposes additional tariffs, the magnitude of such tariffs and possible exemption for certain goods, among other unknowns.

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