Sunrise Realty Trust, Inc.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes and other information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Quarterly Report”). This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties which could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” in this Form 10-Q and “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Overview

SUNS is a Maryland corporation that was formed on August 28, 2023, that intends to elect to be treated as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes and that made its first investment in January 2024. SUNS is an integral part of the platform of affiliated asset managers under the Tannenbaum Capital Group (“TCG”). We are led by a veteran team of commercial real estate investment professionals and our external manager, Sunrise Manager LLC (our “Manager”), which, alongside other TCG platform asset managers pursuing similar or adjacent opportunities, are supported by the marketing, reporting, legal and other non-investment support services provided by the team of professionals within the TCG platform. Our and our Manager’s relationship with TCG provide us with investment opportunities through a

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robust relationship network of commercial real estate owners, operators and related businesses as well as significant back-office personnel to assist in management of loans.

Our focus is on originating and investing in secured commercial real estate (“CRE”) loans and providing capital to high-quality borrowers and sponsors with transitional business plans collateralized by CRE assets with opportunities for near-term value creation, as well as recapitalization opportunities. SUNS intends to further diversify its investment portfolio, targeting investments in senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, B-notes, commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) and debt-like preferred equity securities across CRE asset classes. We intend for SUNS’ investment mix to include loans secured by high quality residential (including multi-family, condominiums and single-family residential communities), retail, office, hospitality, industrial, mixed-use and specialty-use real estate.

Our investment focus includes originating or acquiring loans backed by single assets or portfolios of assets that typically have (i) an investment hold size of approximately $15-100 million, secured by CRE assets, including transitional or construction projects, across diverse property types, (ii) a duration of approximately 2-5 years, (iii) interest rates that are determined periodically on the basis of a floating base lending rate (e.g., Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”)) plus a credit spread, (iv) a loan-to-value (“LTV”) ratio of no greater than approximately 75% on an individual investment basis and (v) no more than approximately 75% LTV across the portfolio, in each case, at the time of origination or acquisition, and are led by experienced borrowers and well-capitalized sponsors with high quality business plans. Our loans typically feature origination fees and/or exit fees. We target a portfolio net internal rate of return (“IRR”) in the low-teens, which we believe may increase to the mid-teens after including total interest and other revenue from the portfolio, including loans funded from drawing on our leverage, net of our interest expense from our portfolio lenders. We are also targeting a near to mid-term target capitalization of one-third equity, one-third secured debt availability and one-third unsecured debt. We do not expect to be fully drawn on our secured debt availability and, as a result, we are targeting an expected leverage ratio of 1.5:1 debt-to-equity.

The Spin-Off of SUNS into an independent, publicly traded company was completed on July 9, 2024 through a pro-rata distribution of all of the outstanding shares of our common stock to all of AFC’s shareholders of record (the “Distribution”) as of the close of business on July 8, 2024 (the “Record Date”). AFC’s shareholders of record as of the Record Date received one share of our common stock for every three shares of AFC common stock held as of the Record Date.

Developments During the First Quarter March 31, 2025:

Updates to Our Loan Portfolio During the First Quarter March 31, 2025

In January 2025, our senior loan for the mixed-use property in Houston, Texas was repaid in full. The outstanding principal on the date of repayment was approximately $0.2 million. We received and recognized approximately $23.5 thousand relating to the repayment premium.

In January 2025, we and an affiliated co-investor entered into a $41.0 million note-on-note financing agreement for the acquisition of a senior secured mortgage loan (the “Note”). The Note is secured by a residential property consisting of senior living, medical offices and retail space located in Aventura, Florida. We committed a total of $30.8 million, and the affiliate committed the remaining $10.3 million, funding $28.5 million and $9.5 million, respectively, on close. The Note was issued at a discount of 1.0% and matures in two years with an exit fee of 1.0% and one 12-month extension option. The Note bears interest at a rate of SOFR plus 5.00%, with a rate index floor of 4.00%. The Note is secured by a first priority collateral assignment of the senior mortgage loan, including assignment in blank of the mortgage and other loan documents, a pledge of 100% of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests in borrower, reserve accounts, and other customary collateral.

In January 2025, we and affiliated co-investors entered into a $74.5 million senior secured mortgage loan for the construction of a build-to-suit net leased credit tenant project located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The loan proceeds will be used to commence and facilitate construction. We committed a total of $44.0 million, and affiliated co-investors committed the remaining $30.5 million, funding $0.6 million and $0.4 million, respectively, on close. The senior secured loan was issued at a discount of 1.0% and matures in three years. The loan bears interest at a rate of SOFR plus 5.60%, with a rate index floor of 4.50%. The senior loan is secured by a first priority mortgage on the property subject only to the ground

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lease, pledge of 100% of borrower’s equity interest, assignment of leases, security deposits, and reserve accounts as well as all future rental and sales income associated with the project.

In March 2025, we entered into an assignment and assumption agreement with an affiliated co-lender owned by Mr. Tannenbaum, our Executive Chairman, pursuant to which we purchased $10.6 million of the senior term loan and $9.4 million of the home construction revolver on the property in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, with $9.9 million and $7.4 million currently funded under such loans, respectively. The loans were purchased at par less remaining unamortized OID plus accrued interest. We did not pay any fees or premium to the affiliate for our acquisition of the affiliate’s loan commitments. Following the purchase, we hold $31.9 million in commitments of the senior term loan and $28.1 million in commitments of the home construction revolver.

In March 2025, we and an affiliated co-investor entered into a $62.0 million senior secured mortgage loan for the refinance of a class A multi-family residential development in Dallas, Texas. We committed approximately $46.5 million and the affiliate committed the remaining $15.5 million. The senior secured loan was issued at a discount of 1.0% and matures in March 2028. At closing, we funded approximately $44.3 million and the affiliate funded $14.8 million. The loan bears interest at a rate of SOFR plus 3.65%, with a rate index floor of 3.90%. The senior secured loan is secured by a lease-hold and fee joinder mortgage on the property and other customary collateral. The proceeds of the senior secured loan will be used to, among other things, refinance the existing debt and fund reserves and closing expenses.

In March 2025, we and an affiliated co-investor purchased $35.0 million of a $243 million subordinate loan for the construction of a mixed-use property in Miami, Florida. We committed approximately $26.3 million and the affiliate committed the remaining $8.8 million. The subordinate loan matures in December 2028. At closing, we funded approximately $4.4 million and the affiliate funded approximately $1.5 million. The loan bears interest at a cash rate of SOFR plus 9.5%, with a rate index floor of 4.0%, and interest paid-in kind of 1.0%. The subordinate loan is secured by the equity interests of the borrower and other customary collateral. The proceeds of the subordinate loan will be used to, among other things, fund the completion of construction.

Dividends Declared Per Share

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we declared the following cash dividends. No dividends were declared during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Recent Developments

None.

Key Financial Measures and Indicators

As a commercial real estate finance company, we believe the key financial measures and indicators for our business are Distributable Earnings (as defined below), book value per share and dividends declared per share.

Non-GAAP Metrics

Distributable Earnings

In addition to using certain financial metrics prepared in accordance with GAAP to evaluate our performance, we also use Distributable Earnings to evaluate our performance, excluding the effects of certain transactions and GAAP adjustments we believe are not necessarily indicative of our current loan activity and operations. Distributable Earnings is a measure that is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. We use these non-GAAP financial measures both to explain our results to shareholders and the investment community and in the internal evaluation and management of our businesses. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and the information they provide are useful to investors since these measures permit investors and shareholders to assess the overall performance of our business using the same tools that our management uses to evaluate our past performance and prospects for future performance. The determination of Distributable Earnings is substantially similar to the determination of Core Earnings under our Management Agreement,

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provided that Core Earnings is a component of the calculation of any Incentive Compensation earned under the Management Agreement for the applicable time period. Thus, Core Earnings is calculated without giving effect to Incentive Compensation expense, while the calculation of Distributable Earnings accounts for any Incentive Compensation earned for such time period.

We define Distributable Earnings as, for a specified period, the net income (loss) computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) stock-based compensation expense, (ii) depreciation and amortization, (iii) any unrealized gains, losses or other non-cash items recorded in net income (loss) for the period, regardless of whether such items are included in other comprehensive income or loss, or in net income (loss); provided that Distributable Earnings does not exclude, in the case of investments with a deferred interest feature (such as OID, debt instruments with PIK interest and zero coupon securities), accrued income that we have not yet received in cash, (iv) provision for (reversal of) current expected credit losses, (v) TRS (income) loss, net of any dividends received from TRS and (vi) one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain non-cash charges, in each case after discussions between our Manager and our independent directors and after approval by a majority of such independent directors.

We believe providing Distributable Earnings on a supplemental basis to our net income as determined in accordance with GAAP is helpful to shareholders in assessing the overall performance of our business. As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income, subject to certain adjustments, and to pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that we annually distribute less than 100% of such taxable income. Given these requirements and our belief that dividends are generally one of the principal reasons that shareholders invest in our Common Stock, we generally intend to attempt to pay dividends to our shareholders in an amount at least equal to such REIT taxable income, if and to the extent authorized by our Board of Directors. Distributable Earnings is one of many factors considered by our Board of Directors in authorizing dividends and, while not a direct measure of net taxable income, over time, the measure can be considered a useful indicator of our dividends.

Distributable Earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered as a substitute for GAAP net income. We caution readers that our methodology for calculating Distributable Earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other REITs to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and as a result, our reported Distributable Earnings may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other REITs.

The following table provides a reconciliation of GAAP net income to Distributable Earnings:

Book Value Per Share

We believe that book value per share is helpful to shareholders in evaluating our growth as we scale our equity capital base and continue to invest in our target investments. The book value per share of our Common Stock as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024 was approximately $13.77 and $16.29, respectively.

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Factors Impacting our Operating Results

The results of our operations are affected by a number of factors and primarily depend on, among other things, the level of our net interest margin, the market value of our assets and the supply of, and demand for, commercial real estate debt and other financial assets in the marketplace. Our net interest margin, which includes the accretion and amortization of OID, is recognized based on the contractual rate and the outstanding principal balance of the loans we originate. Interest rates will vary according to the type of loan, conditions in the financial markets, creditworthiness of our borrowers, competition and other factors, some of which cannot be predicted with any certainty. Our operating results may also be impacted by credit losses in excess of initial anticipations or unanticipated credit events experienced by our borrowers.