The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the unaudited and audited consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2020. In addition to historical data, this discussion contains forward-looking statements about our business, results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. See "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements." Our actual results may differ materially from those in this discussion as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in this Form 10-Q and in our Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 19, 2020.

Overview

We are a commercial real estate finance company externally managed by TPG RE Finance Trust Management, L.P. and sponsored by TPG. We directly originate, acquire and manage commercial mortgage loans and other commercial real estate-related investments in North America for our balance sheet. Our objective is to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns to our stockholders over time through cash distributions and capital appreciation. To meet our objective, we focus primarily on directly originating and selectively acquiring floating rate first mortgage loans that are secured by high quality commercial real estate properties undergoing some form of transition and value creation, such as retenanting, refurbishment or other form of repositioning. The collateral underlying our loans is located in primary and select secondary markets in the U.S. that we believe have attractive economic conditions and commercial real estate fundamentals. We operate our business as one segment.

As of June 30, 2020, our loan investment portfolio consisted of 64 first mortgage loans (or interests therein) and one mezzanine loan with total loan commitments of $5.6 billion, an aggregate unpaid principal balance of $5.1 billion, a weighted average credit spread of 3.4%, a weighted average all-in yield of 5.4%, a weighted average term to extended maturity (assuming all extension options have been exercised by borrowers) of 3.5 years, and a weighted average LTV of 65.8%. As of June 30, 2020, 100% of the loan commitments in our portfolio consisted of floating rate loans, of which 99.4% were first mortgage loans and 0.6% was a mezzanine loan. As of June 30, 2020, we had $579.9 million of unfunded loan commitments, our funding of which is subject to borrower satisfaction of certain milestones.

We have made an election to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, commencing with our initial taxable year ended December 31, 2014. We believe we have been organized and have operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code and we believe that our organization and current and intended manner of operation will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT. As a REIT, we generally are not subject to U.S. federal income tax on our REIT taxable income that we distribute currently to our stockholders. We operate our business in a manner that permits us to maintain an exclusion or exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act.

During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic caused significant disruptions to the U.S. and global economies. These disruptions have contributed to significant and ongoing volatility, widening credit spreads and sharp declines in liquidity in the real estate securities and whole loan financing markets. As a result of the impact of COVID-19, many commercial real estate finance and financial services industry participants, including us, have reduced new investment activity until the capital markets become more stable, the macroeconomic outlook becomes clearer and market liquidity improves. In this environment, we are focused on actively managing portfolio credit, generating and recycling liquidity from existing assets, extending the terms and reducing the mark-to-market exposure of our liabilities and controlling corporate overhead as a percentage of our total assets and total revenues. For more information regarding the impact that COVID-19 has had and may have on our business, see "Risk Factors."

Our Manager

We are externally managed by our Manager, TPG RE Finance Trust Management, L.P., an affiliate of TPG. TPG manages investments across multiple asset classes, including private equity, real estate, energy, infrastructure, credit and hedge funds. Our Manager manages our investments and our day-to-day business and affairs in conformity with our investment guidelines and other policies that are approved and monitored by our board of directors. Our Manager is responsible for, among other matters, (A) the selection, origination or purchase and sale of our portfolio investments, (B) our financing activities and (C) providing us with investment advisory services. Our Manager is also responsible for our day-to-day operations and performs (or causes to be performed) such services and activities relating to our investments and business and affairs as may be appropriate. Our investment decisions are approved by an investment committee of our Manager that is comprised of senior investment professionals of TPG, including a senior investment professional of TPG's real estate equity group. For a summary of certain terms of the management agreement between us and our Manager (the "Management Agreement"), see Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q.



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Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. As of June 30, 2020, management concluded that the indicators of substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern that existed at March 31, 2020 no longer exist.

During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we undertook several steps to improve our ability to meet our obligations as they become due, and to sustain operations through at least one year following the date the consolidated financial statements are issued, thus alleviating prior substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. We took the following actions to strengthen our liquidity, capital position and maturity profile of our liabilities:



    •   Between April 1, 2020 and April 29, 2020, sold 39 separate CRE debt
        securities investments with an aggregate face value of $782.0 million,
        repaid related secured indebtedness of $581.7 million, and generated net
        cash proceeds of $33.1 million.


    •   On May 4, 2020, exercised an existing option to extend the maturity date
        by one year to May 4, 2021 of our secured revolving repurchase agreement
        with Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.


    •   On May 28, 2020, issued $225.0 million of Series B Cumulative Redeemable
        Preferred ("Series B Preferred") Stock with the option to issue an
        additional $100.0 million in two tranches of $50.0 million prior to
        December 31, 2020.


    •   On May 29, 2020, made voluntary deleveraging payments totaling $157.7
        million to seven lenders in connection with our secured revolving
        repurchase agreements and senior secured credit facilities in exchange for
        agreements to toll any margin calls for defined periods, subject to
        certain conditions.


    •   On June 26, 2020, exercised an existing option to extend the maturity date
        to September 29, 2021 of our senior secured repurchase agreement with Bank
        of America, N.A.


    •   On June 30, 2020, exercised an existing option to extend the maturity date
        to August 19, 2021 of our secured repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs
        Bank USA.

Key Financial Measures and Indicators

As a commercial real estate finance company, we believe the key financial measures and indicators for our business are earnings per share, dividends declared per share, Core Earnings, and book value per share. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, we recorded earnings per diluted common share of $0.52, an increase of $3.57 of earnings per share from the three months ended March 31, 2020, primarily due to the absence of a realized loss on our CRE debt securities incurred during the first quarter and a reduction in allowance for credit losses in the second quarter of 2020. Core Earnings per diluted common share was $0.23 for the three months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of $2.43 from the three months ended March 31, 2020.

For the three months ended June 30, 2020, we declared a cash dividend of $0.20 per share, which was paid on July 24, 2020. On March 23, 2020, we announced the deferral of our previously authorized cash dividend for the first quarter of 2020 of $0.43 per share of common stock to July 14, 2020 to stockholders of record as of June 15, 2020. This dividend was paid on July 14, 2020.

Our book value per common share as of June 30, 2020 was $16.55, a $0.49 increase from our book value per common share as of March 31, 2020, primarily due to the issuance of $14.4 million of common stock warrants in connection with our Series B Preferred Stock as described in Note 12 to our Consolidated Financial Statements, and our increased GAAP net income of $42.9 million, offset by our declaration of a second quarter dividend of $0.20 per common share and expenses incurred in connection with our offering of Series B Preferred Stock. As further described below, Core Earnings is a measure that is not prepared in accordance with GAAP. We use Core Earnings to evaluate our performance excluding the effects of certain transactions and GAAP adjustments that we believe are not necessarily indicative of our current loan activity and operations.

Earnings Per Common Share and Dividends Declared Per Common Share

The computation of diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of participating securities outstanding plus the incremental shares that would be outstanding assuming exercise of warrants, which are exercisable on a net-settlement basis. The number of incremental shares is calculated by applying the treasury stock method. We exclude participating securities and warrants from the calculation of basic earnings (loss) per share in periods of net losses since their effect would be anti-dilutive.



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The following table sets forth the calculation of basic and diluted net income
per share and dividends declared per share (in thousands, except share and per
share data):



                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                         June 30, 2020       March 31, 2020
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to TPG RE Finance
Trust, Inc.(1)                                          $        40,673     $       (232,793 )

Weighted Average Number of Common Shares Outstanding, Basic and Diluted(2)

                                         76,644,038           76,465,322

Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) per Common Share(2) $ 0.52 $ (3.05 ) Dividends Declared per Common Share(2)

                  $          0.20     $           0.43




(1) Represents net income attributable to holders of our common stock after

deducting Series A and Series B Preferred Stock dividends.

(2) Weighted average number of shares outstanding, earnings per common share and

dividends declared per common share includes common stock.

Core Earnings

We use Core 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. Core Earnings is a non-GAAP measure, which we define as GAAP net income (loss) attributable to our stockholders, including realized gains and losses not otherwise included in GAAP net income (loss), and excluding (i) non-cash equity compensation expense, (ii) depreciation and amortization, (iii) unrealized gains (losses), including an allowance for credit losses, and (iv) certain non-cash items. Core Earnings may also be adjusted from time to time to exclude one-time events pursuant to changes in GAAP and certain other non-cash charges as determined by our Manager, subject to approval by a majority of our independent directors. The exclusion of depreciation and amortization from the calculation of Core Earnings only applies to debt investments related to real estate to the extent we foreclose upon the property or properties underlying such debt investments.

We believe that Core Earnings provides meaningful information to consider in addition to our net income and cash flow from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP. Although pursuant to our Management Agreement we calculate the incentive and base management fees due to our Manager using Core Earnings before incentive fee expense, we report Core Earnings after incentive fee expense, because we believe this is a more meaningful presentation of the economic performance of our common stock.

Core Earnings does not represent net income or cash generated from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to GAAP net income, or an indication of our GAAP cash flows from operations, a measure of our liquidity, or an indication of funds available for our cash needs. In addition, our methodology for calculating Core Earnings may differ from the methodologies employed by other companies to calculate the same or similar supplemental performance measures, and accordingly, our reported Core Earnings may not be comparable to the Core Earnings reported by other companies.

For additional information on the fees we pay our Manager, see Note 10 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q.



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The following tables provide a reconciliation of GAAP net income attributable to
common stockholders to Core Earnings (in thousands, except share and per share
data):



                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                         June 30, 2020       March 31, 2020
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Common
Stockholders(1)                                         $        40,105     $       (233,061 )
Non-Cash Stock Compensation Expense                               1,686                1,401
Credit Loss Expense (Benefit)(2)                                (24,318 )             63,348
Core Earnings                                           $        17,473     $       (168,312 )

Weighted-Average Common Shares Outstanding, Basic and Diluted(3)

                                                   76,644,038           76,465,322
Core Earnings (Loss) per Common Share, Basic and
Diluted(3)                                              $          0.23     $          (2.20 )



(1) Represents GAAP net income attributable to our common and Class A common


    stockholders after deducting dividends paid on participating securities. For
    more information regarding the calculation of earnings per share using the
    two-class method, see Note 11 to our Consolidated Financial Statements in
    this Form 10-Q.

(2) The Credit Loss Benefit for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 excludes a


    realized loss of $13.8 million on one loan sold during the three months ended
    June 30, 2020 included in Credit Loss Benefit (Expense) in our Consolidated
    Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.

(3) Weighted average number of shares outstanding includes common stock.

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