BlackRock Monticello Debt Real Estate Investment Trust

Overview

• Type: Maryland statutory trust; externally managed.
• Formation date: November 7, 2024.
• Tax status: Intends to elect to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes beginning with the year ended December 31, 2025.
• Public market status: No current public trading market for common shares.
• Offering status: Conducting a continuous, blind-pool private offering of common shares to accredited investors (and non-U.S. persons outside the U.S. where applicable).
• Employees: The Company has no employees; services are provided by the Advisors and their affiliates under advisory agreements.

Business purpose and strategy

• Core focus: Originate, acquire, finance, manage and dispose of a portfolio primarily comprising real estate debt investments (the Loan Portfolio).
• Real estate debt holdings: Senior mortgage loans, subordinated debt, and other real estate debt instruments secured by U.S. properties, including seniors housing, multifamily, and other commercial real estate.
• Liquidity investments: Maintains a Liquid Investments Portfolio as a secondary target, including publicly traded or non-public real estate–related debt and other securities (e.g., CLOs, CMBS, MBS, short-term debt). As of 12/31/2025, there were no investments in the Liquid Investments Portfolio.
• Asset deployment philosophy: Target current income with regular cash distributions, preserve capital, manage risk through conservative leverage, and provide a real estate debt vehicle with lower volatility than many publicly traded securities.
• Structure advantage: Perpetual-life REIT design to avoid a fixed liquidation date and to allow flexibility in allocating assets between the Loan Portfolio and the Liquid Investments Portfolio over time.

Advisors and management

• Advisors:
  • Monticello Advisor (MonticelloAM, LLC) — fiduciary responsibility for Loan Portfolio investments.
  • BlackRock Advisor (BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.) — fiduciary responsibility for Liquid Investments Portfolio investments.
• Governance: The board of trustees retains oversight while the Advisors serve as external managers. An Investment Committee (five voting members: three designated by BlackRock, two by Monticello) governs investment decisions, with certain matters requiring Supermajority Approval.
• Personnel and services: The Company relies on the Advisors’ personnel for investment sourcing, evaluation, monitoring, and other services. The Advisors may terminate or fail to renew advisory agreements, which could affect operations.
• Name usage: The Company uses the names “BlackRock” and “Monticello” under trademark licenses; the licensors and their affiliates retain rights to use those names.

Portfolio and assets (as of 12/31/2025)

• Loan Portfolio (primary focus):
  • 22 first mortgage loans with an aggregate fair value of $547.52 million.
  • 3 mezzanine loans with an aggregate fair value of $14.445 million.
• Liquid Investments Portfolio:
  • As of 12/31/2025: No investments.
• Valuation and reporting:
  • Real estate assets are valued monthly. Fair value estimates involve the Advisors and an Independent Valuation Advisor.
  • NAV is published to set the price for share issuances and repurchases; NAV is not a GAAP measure and is not audited for NAV purposes.

Financials and capital structure

• Leverage:
  • Outstanding leverage as of 12/31/2025: $443 million.
  • Target leverage after Ramp-Up: approximately 60% to 80%.
• Private offering and funding:
  • As of March 26, 2026: Gross proceeds of $167.9 million and net proceeds of $167.4 million (net of commissions) from the sale of common shares.
  • Net proceeds have been used primarily to invest in the Loan Portfolio. The Company plans to continue monthly share sales under the private offering.
• Distributions and liquidity:
  • The Company targets current income via distributions. Distributions may be funded from sources other than cash flow from operations, including borrowings, offering proceeds, or asset sales.
• Market and liquidity:
  • There is no public market for the common shares. Repurchases occur under a share repurchase plan, with price generally equal to the prior month’s NAV per share (subject to plan caps and certain exceptions).

Operations, eligibility, and regulatory

• REIT qualification: The Company intends to qualify as a REIT; failure to qualify could result in corporate-level taxation and affect distributions.
• Investment Company Act: The Company intends to avoid registration as an investment company and relies on structural and asset tests, including Section 3(c)(5)(C) and related 3(c)(6) approaches via its subsidiaries.
• Tax considerations: The Company is subject to REIT distribution rules (including a 90% minimum distribution requirement) and other potential taxes (e.g., excise taxes, taxes at TRS level, taxes on prohibited transactions). Consequences of non-qualification or certain transactions are described in the offering materials.

Key risks and considerations

• Conflicts of interest between the Company, the Advisors, and Other Accounts, including allocation of investment opportunities.
• Dependence on the Advisors for sourcing and managing investments; changes to advisory arrangements could affect operations.
• Cybersecurity and data protection risks tied to reliance on large financial institutions.
• Credit, liquidity, interest rate, and real estate market risks that can affect asset values and cash flow.
• Regulatory and legislative changes, liquidity events, and leverage-related risks that could reduce or delay distributions.

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