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Adamas Trust — New York Mortgage Trust — Friedman Billings Ramsey 11th Annual Investor Conference 2004

26 slides from Adamas Trust's conference presentation, Nov 30, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation

    INVESTOR PRESENTATION Friedman Billings Ramsey 11th Annual Investor Conference November 30, 2004

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor Statement

    Safe Harbor Statement – Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 Forward Looking Information This presentation may include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include comments with respect to our objectives and strategies, and the results of our operations and our bu

  3. Slide 3: Why New York Mortgage Trust?

    Why New York Mortgage Trust? ƒ Internally managed “active” residential mortgage REIT ƒ MBS Portfolio: Favorable returns using reasonable leverage and a disciplined, risk-adverse, interest rate hedging strategy ƒ The New York Mortgage Company (TRS): Rapidly growing, mortgage originator with 68 locati

  4. Slide 4: Key Statistics

    Key Statistics NYSE:NTR ƒ $135 million initial public offering June 24, 2004 ƒ $1.2 billion portfolio of mortgage backed securities & loans ƒ $6.79 book value attractive relative to peers ƒ 1.38 price to book ratio (based on Nov 26, 2004 closing price) ƒ Strong “out of the box” dividend yield • 7% (

  5. Slide 5: Straightforward Corporate Structure

    Straightforward Corporate Structure (Real Estate Investment Trust ) Mortgage Loans & Securitized Loan Portfolio Prime ARM Loans Held in Portfolio Prime ARM Loans Transferred from TRS to REIT at Cost THE NEW YORK MORTGAGE and Securitized COMPANY, LLC (Taxable REIT Subsidiary) Loans Sold Loan originat

  6. Slide 6: Long-Term Asset Preservation & Stabilized Dividends

    Long-Term Asset Preservation & Stabilized Dividends ƒ Self-origination & retention strategy • Prime retail mortgage originations through The New York Mortgage Company, a taxable REIT subsidiary (TRS) • High credit quality ARM’s will be retained; all others sold ƒ Portfolio strategy • Retained ARM’s

  7. Slide 7: Origination Capabilities

    Origination Capabilities 7

  8. Slide 8: The New York Mortgage Company (NYMC)

    The New York Mortgage Company (NYMC) ƒ NYMC is a prime retail, referral based residential lender • Consistent year-over-year originations growth, complemented by recent branch acquisitions • 68 physical locations in 14 states (at 11/26/04) • Approximately 800 employees (at 11/26/04) • Mortgage origi

  9. Slide 9: Origination Growth Consistently Outpaces Market

    Origination Growth Consistently Outpaces Market NYMC v. Industry* Origination Growth NYMC Purchase v. Refi Originations 300% 100% 250% 200% 80% 150% 60% 100% 50% 40% 0% 20% -50% 0% 2004 E 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 02 02 03 03 03 03 04 04 04 20 E E 04 05 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q NYMC Industry Pur

  10. Slide 10: Rapidly Growing Origination Franchise

    Rapidly Growing Origination Franchise Growing Geographic Footprint States with Retail Branches 14 ƒ Strong continued 12 10 organic growth, and 8 6 4 ƒ Disciplined strategic 2 branch acquisitions 0 2002 2003 2004 Results in: States Licensed/Authorized 45 ƒ Acceleration of 40 35 self-originated portfo

  11. Slide 11: Low Cost Branch Acquisitions - 2004

    Low Cost Branch Acquisitions - 2004 ƒ Guaranty Residential Lending Branch Acquisition (Price $1.3M – asset purchase) • 15 retail branches & 25 satellite offices in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states • 300 employees, 160 retail Loan Officers & $300M application pipeline (approx) • Current run-rate of

  12. Slide 12: Mortgage-Backed Portfolio

    Mortgage-Backed Portfolio 12

  13. Slide 13: Portfolio Strategy

    Portfolio Strategy ƒ Investment in Agency & AAA ARM loans and securities • Initial fixed periods of 5 years and shorter = manageable interest rate risk • Portfolio will be substantially comprised of self originated loans by 12/31/05 ƒ Conservative, effective hedging • Hedges, primarily swaps & caps,

  14. Slide 14: Portfolio Loan Characteristics

    Portfolio Loan Characteristics ƒ Atypically strong portfolio loan credit characteristics ƒ Disciplined approach towards loan selection ƒ Experienced in-house underwriting & credit decisions Average Loan Balance: $450,000 Average Loan to Value: 67% Average FICO: 742 Full Doc Loans: 83% Purchase Origi

  15. Slide 15: REIT Portfolio Economics

    REIT Portfolio Economics Current Market Yields Short Hybrid ARMs < 3/1 3/1 5/1 Blended Approximate Asset Allocation 58% 28% 14% Asset Yield 3.92% Borrowing Cost (Including Hedging*) 2.65% Net Interest Spread 1.27% Leverage (Debt/Equity) 11x Levered Return 14.0% Equity Yield 3.9% Gross ROE - Initial

  16. Slide 16: Financing, Liquidity & Leverage

    Financing, Liquidity & Leverage ƒ Adequate financing capacity • Warehouse Î Aggregation line Î Securitization Î Repo • Multiple counterparties, available credit ($4.0 billion in repo capacity) ƒ Liquidity assured through high-quality assets • Securitize loans into AAA assets ƒ Reasonable leverage •

  17. Slide 17: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights 17

  18. Slide 18: Third Quarter 2004 Financial Highlights

    Third Quarter 2004 Financial Highlights ƒ Q3 2004 Dividend: 7% ($0.16) (1st quarter after IPO ramp-up) ƒ Q4 2004 Dividend: 10%–11% estimated (1st qtr fully invested) ƒ Growing dividend as self originations replace current portfolio ƒ Loan Originations: $415 million • current quarterly run-rate $830

  19. Slide 19: Financial Viability of TRS is not Sacrificed

    Financial Viability of TRS is not Sacrificed ƒ Replacement of portfolio with self-originated loans - does not sacrifice viability of TRS or diminish book value ƒ TRS not operating at substantial losses • Avoids “double-whammy” on cash flow ◦ REIT stands alone for dividend payment ◦ No need for REIT

  20. Slide 20: Operational & Financial Transparency

    Operational & Financial Transparency ƒ Retained loans transfer to REIT at GAAP cost basis • TRS operations stand-alone; no gain-on-sale is recognized on retained loans and thus no need for gain-on-sale eliminations • Segment reporting does not obfuscate losses between REIT and TRS performance via “e

  21. Slide 21: Operational & Financial Transparency

    Operational & Financial Transparency ƒ Balanced portfolio; short duration mismatch (3 months) • “Plain vanilla” hedging of interest rate risk using interest rate swaps and caps • No “save now, pay later” structured repos – we are not taking bets on interest rates or optionality • Honest CPRs – consi

  22. Slide 22: Management and Board

    Management and Board 22

  23. Slide 23: Management Team

    Management Team ƒ Steven Schnall Chairman & Co-CEO, Director • Co-founder, President and CEO of NYMC • 15 years experience in mortgage banking ƒ David Akre Co-CEO, Director • Former VP at Thornburg Mortgage – whole loan trading, capital markets, ALCO • GE Capital Mortgage – pipeline hedging, loan se

  24. Slide 24: Board of Directors

    Board of Directors Independent Board Member Major Affiliations & Previous Positions Thomas K. White SVP of Fannie Mae, Investment Banker at Bear Stearns, EVP of National Council of State Housing Agencies Mary Dwyre Pembroke Director, Government Relations for Freddie Mac, Counsel to Senate Banking Co

  25. Slide 25: Attractive Relative Valuation

    Attractive Relative Valuation Price to Tangible Book 3.0x 2.5x 2.0x 1.5x 1.0x 0.5x 0.0x NFI IMH AHM HMB MHL RWT TMA NTR 25 Source: 10-Q filings; stock prices as of November 26, 2004

  26. Slide 26: Why New York Mortgage Trust?

    Why New York Mortgage Trust? ƒ Internally managed “active” residential mortgage REIT ƒ MBS Portfolio: Favorable returns using reasonable leverage and a disciplined, risk-adverse, interest rate hedging strategy ƒ The New York Mortgage Company (TRS): Rapidly growing, mortgage originator with 68 locati

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