UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 15, 2019 (May 14, 2019)

 

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

3 Bryant Park, Suite 2400A

New York, New York 10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 364-3200

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter):

 

Emerging Growth Company

o

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

 

 

Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2019 for the purpose of: (i) electing eight directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) holding an advisory vote relating to executive compensation; and (iii) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019.

 

Proposal 1 — Election of Directors

 

Each of the eight director nominees proposed by the Company’s board of directors was elected to serve as a director until the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The voting results for each director nominee were as follows:

 

Nominee		For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Tanuja M. Dehne		34,891,210		493,124		79,086		11,917,139
Martin A. Kamarck		34,897,688		483,204		82,528		11,917,139
Stephen G. Kasnet		34,940,710		192,956		329,754		11,917,139
William Roth		29,753,202		5,627,800		82,418		11,917,139
W. Reid Sanders		35,188,712		191,229		83,479		11,917,139
Thomas E. Siering		31,360,952		4,017,869		84,599		11,917,139
John A. Taylor		33,071,992		2,309,264		82,164		11,917,139
Hope B. Woodhouse		34,878,773		507,216		77,431		11,917,139

 

Proposal 2 — Advisory Vote Relating to Executive Compensation

 

Stockholders approved the advisory resolution on the Company’s executive compensation. The proposal received the following final voting results:

 

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
34,927,202		378,199		158,019		11,917,139

 

Proposal 3 — Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2019. The proposal received the following final voting results:

 

For		Against		Abstain
47,182,790		129,838		67,931

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: May 15, 2019	GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.
	By:	/s/ Rebecca B. Sandberg
		Rebecca B. Sandberg
		Secretary and General Counsel

 

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