Exhibit

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2017 Financial Results

and Post-Quarter End Business Update

NEW YORK, February 7, 2018 – Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (NYSE: GPMT), a commercial real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on directly originating, investing in and managing senior floating rate commercial mortgage loans and other debt and debt-like commercial real estate investments, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 and provided an update on its activities subsequent to quarter-end. A presentation containing fourth quarter 2017 highlights and an investment update can be viewed at www.gpmortgagetrust.com.

Fourth Quarter 2017 Summary


•	Delivered GAAP net income of $14.1 million or $0.33 per common share; Core Earnings of $14.5 million or $0.34 per common share⁽¹⁾; taxable income of $17.9 million of $0.41 per common share; dividend of $0.38 per common share; and book value of $19.17 per common share.

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Closed 6 senior floating rate commercial real estate loans with total commitments of approximately $334.7 million having a weighted average stabilized loan-to-value ratio (LTV) of 64%⁽²⁾ and a weighted average yield of LIBOR + 4.84%⁽³⁾; upsized 2 loans with total additional commitments of $9.2 million; funded $252.5 million of principal balance of loans and an additional $24.5 million of existing loan commitments, bringing total fundings to $277.0 million.


•	Received prepayments of approximately $98.3 million.


•	Owned a portfolio with a principal balance of $2.4 billion, which was over 97% floating rate in predominantly senior commercial mortgage loans with a weighted average stabilized LTV of 64%.⁽²⁾


•	Increased 2 financing facilities by a combined $350 million.


•	Issued $125 million of 5-year convertible notes in December 2017, plus nearly $19 million in additional notes in January 2018 with the exercise of the overallotment option, for total net proceeds to the company of approximately $140 million.

Annual Summary


•	Completed initial public offering on June 28, 2017, raising net proceeds of $181.9 million, resulting in an equity base of $832.4 million.


•	Established borrowing capacity of $2.3 billion across 5 financing facilities.


•	Originated over $1.2 billion of senior floating rate commercial real estate loans.

Activity Post Quarter-End


•	Generated a pipeline of senior floating rate commercial real estate loans, including upsizings, with total commitments of over $132 million, and initial funding loan amounts of over $123 million, which have either closed or are in the closing process, subject to fallout.

“Granite Point had an excellent 2017 as we became an independent publicly traded company, grew our business, and expanded our presence within the commercial real estate lending markets,” stated Jack Taylor, Granite Point’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “With originations of over $1.2 billion of senior loans during the year our portfolio grew to $2.4 billion of performing loans, and, as over 97% of our portfolio is floating rate, we are well positioned to benefit from continued favorable real estate fundamentals and rising short term rates.”

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Core Earnings is a non-U.S. GAAP measure that we define as comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders, excluding “realized and unrealized gains and losses” (impairment losses, realized and unrealized gains or losses on the aggregate portfolio and non-cash compensation expense related to restricted common stock). We believe the presentation of Core Earnings provides investors greater transparency into our period-over-period financial performance and facilitates comparisons to peer REITs. Please see page 6 for a reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP financial information.

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Stabilized LTV is calculated as the fully funded loan amount (plus any financing that is pari passu with or senior to such loan), including all contractually provided for future fundings, divided by the as stabilized value (as determined in conformance with USPAP) set forth in the original appraisal. As stabilized value may be based on certain assumptions, such as future construction completion, projected re-tenanting, payment of tenant improvement or leasing commissions allowances or free or abated rent periods, or increased tenant occupancies.


(3)	Yield includes net origination fees and exit fees, but does not include future fundings, and is expressed as a monthly equivalent yield.

Conference Call

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. will host a conference call on February 8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. EST to discuss fourth quarter 2017 financial results and related information. To participate in the teleconference, approximately 10 minutes prior to the above start time please call toll-free (866) 807-9684, (or (412) 317-5415 for international callers), and ask to be joined into the Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. call. You may also listen to the teleconference live via the Internet at www.gpmortgagetrust.com, in the Investors section under the Events and Presentations link. For those unable to attend, a telephone playback will be available beginning February 8, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. EST through February 15, 2018 at 12:00 a.m. EST. The playback can be accessed by calling (877) 344-7529 (or (412) 317-0088 for international callers) and providing the Access Code 10115549. The call will also be archived on the company’s website in the Investors section under the Events and Presentations link.

Granite Point Mortgage Trust

Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. is a Maryland corporation focused on directly originating, investing in and managing senior floating rate commercial mortgage loans and other debt and debt-like commercial real estate investments. Granite Point intends to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT. Granite Point is headquartered in New York, New York, and is externally managed by Pine River Capital Management L.P. Additional information is available at www.gpmortgagetrust.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation contains, in addition to historical information, certain forward-looking statements that are based on our current assumptions, expectations and projections about future performance and events. In particular, statements regarding future economic performance, finances, and expectations and objectives of management constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical in nature and can be identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,” “plans,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “targets,” “goals,” “future,” “likely” and other expressions that are predictions of or indicate future events and trends and that do not relate to historical matters.

Although the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are based upon information available at the time the statements are made and reflect the best judgment of our senior management, forward-looking statements inherently involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from anticipated future results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results, including, among other things, those described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the caption “Risk Factors.” Factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to: the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic regions; the state of the commercial real estate market and the availability and cost of our target assets; defaults by borrowers in paying debt service on outstanding items and borrowers’ abilities to manage and stabilize properties; actions and initiatives of the U.S. Government and changes to U.S. Government policies; our ability to obtain financing arrangement on favorable terms if at all; general volatility of the securities markets in which we invest; changes in interest rates and the market value of our investments; rates of default or decreased recovery rates on our target investments; the degree to which our hedging strategies may or may not protect us from interest rate volatility; changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, and similar matters; and our ability to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. These forward-looking statements apply only as of the date of this press release. We are under no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date of this presentation to conform these statements to actual results or revised expectations. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events.

For historical information relating to TH Commercial Holdings LLC and its subsidiaries, which we acquired from Two Harbors Investment Corp. as part of our Formation Transaction on June 28, 2017, you should consider the information contained in Two Harbors Investment Corp.’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2017.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release and the accompanying investor presentation present non-GAAP financial measures, such as Core Earnings and Core Earnings per basic common share, that exclude certain items. Granite Point management believes that these non-GAAP measures enable it to perform meaningful comparisons of past, present and future results of the company’s core business operations, and uses these measures to gain a comparative understanding of the company’s operating performance and business trends. The non-GAAP financial measures presented by the company represent supplemental information to assist investors in analyzing the results of its operations. However, because these measures are not calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. The company’s GAAP financial results and the reconciliations from these results should be carefully evaluated. See the GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation table on page 6 of this release.

Additional Information

Stockholders of Granite Point and other interested persons may find additional information regarding the company at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Internet site at www.sec.gov or by directing requests to: Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc., 590 Madison Avenue, 38^th floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone 212-364-3718

Contact

Investors: Marcin Urbaszek, Chief Financial Officer, Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc., 212-364-3718, marcin.urbaszek@prcm.com.

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GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)



	December 31, 2017			December 31, 2016
ASSETS	(unaudited)
Loans held-for-investment	$	2,304,266		$	1,364,291
Available-for-sale securities, at fair value	12,798			12,686
Held-to-maturity securities	42,169			48,252
Cash and cash equivalents	107,765			56,019
Restricted cash	2,953			260
Accrued interest receivable	7,105			3,745
Due from counterparties	—			249
Deferred debt issuance costs	8,872			2,365
Prepaid expenses	390			—
Other assets	12,812			7,740
Total Assets	$	2,499,130		$	1,495,607
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Liabilities
Repurchase agreements	$	1,521,608		$	451,167
Convertible senior notes	121,314			—
Note payable to affiliate	—			593,632
Accrued interest payable	3,119			655
Unearned interest income	197			143
Other payables to affiliates	—			21,460
Dividends payable	16,454			—
Other liabilities	6,817			559
Total Liabilities	1,669,509			1,067,616
10% cumulative redeemable preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 50,000,000 shares authorized and 1,000 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	1,000			—
Stockholders’ Equity
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 450,000,000 shares authorized and 43,235,103 and 0 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	432			—
Additional paid-in capital	829,704			392,608
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)	—			(112		)
Cumulative earnings	28,800			35,495
Cumulative distributions to stockholders	(30,315		)	—
Total Stockholders’ Equity	828,621			427,991
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity	$	2,499,130		$	1,495,607

GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(in thousands, except share data)



	Three Months Ended						Year Ended
	December 31,						December 31,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Interest income:	(unaudited)						(unaudited)
Loans held-for-investment	$	35,837		$	18,565		$	113,050		$	55,627
Available-for-sale securities	268			244			1,035			1,002
Held-to-maturity securities	934			975			3,726			4,192
Cash and cash equivalents	16			1			26			7
Total interest income	37,055			19,785			117,837			60,828
Interest expense	16,087			3,978			42,463			11,029
Net interest income	20,968			15,807			75,374			49,799
Other income:
Ancillary fee income	—			(4		)	—			37
Other fee income	—			166			—			166
Total other income	—			162			—			203
Expenses:
Management fees	3,020			2,075			9,737			7,173
Servicing expenses	392			233			1,354			605
Other operating expenses	3,421			1,674			10,982			6,878
Total expenses	6,833			3,982			22,073			14,656
Income before income taxes	14,135			11,987			53,301			35,346
Benefit from income taxes	(1		)	(2		)	(4		)	(11		)
Net income	14,136			11,989			53,305			35,357
Dividends on preferred stock	25			—			50			—
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	14,111		$	11,989		$	53,255		$	35,357
Basic and diluted earnings per weighted average common share⁽¹⁾	$	0.33		$	—		$	0.60		$	—
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.38		$	—		$	0.70		$	—
Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding	43,235,103			—			43,234,671			—

Comprehensive income:
Net income attributable to common stockholders	$	14,111		$	11,989		$	53,255		$	35,357
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax:
Unrealized (loss) gain on available-for-sale securities	(16		)	16			112			(112		)
Other comprehensive (loss) income	(16		)	16			112			(112		)
Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders	$	14,095		$	12,005		$	53,367		$	35,245

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(1) The Company has calculated earnings per share for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2017 only for the period common stock was outstanding, referred to as the post-formation period. The Company has defined the post-formation period to be the period from the date the Company commenced operations as a publicly traded company on June 28, 2017 through December 31, 2017, or 95 days of activity. Earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net income for the post-formation period by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the post-formation period.

GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION

(dollars in thousands, except share data)



	Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
	(unaudited)
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to Core Earnings:

GAAP Net Income	$	14,111
Adjustments for non-core earnings:
Non-cash equity compensation	384
Core Earnings⁽¹⁾	$	14,495

Core Earnings per weighted average common share outstanding	$	0.34
Weighted average shares outstanding	43,235,103

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