gpmt-20240607

Maryland

001-38124

61-1843143

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

GPMT

NYSE

7.00% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

GPMTPrA

NYSE

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).

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. ☐

The Company held its Annual Meeting on June 6, 2024, for the purpose of: (i) electing six directors to serve on the Board until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; (ii) approving on an advisory basis the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; (iii) approving on an advisory basis the frequency of future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers; and (iv) ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024.

On April 8, 2024, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 51,034,800 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were 39,027,104 shares represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum for the transaction of business.

Each of the six director nominees proposed by the Board was elected to serve as a director until the Company’s 2025 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	23,956,048	1,793,714	117,419	13,159,923
Stephen G. Kasnet	24,043,796	1,708,341	115,044	13,159,923
Sheila K. McGrath	24,020,415	1,705,926	140,840	13,159,923
W. Reid Sanders	24,007,599	1,744,772	114,810	13,159,923
John A. Taylor	24,063,087	1,663,268	140,826	13,159,923
Hope B. Woodhouse	23,930,479	1,794,599	142,103	13,159,923

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

Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, “Every Year” for the frequency of the Company’s future advisory votes on executive compensation. The proposal received the following final voting results:


Every Year	Every Two Years	Every Three Years	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
25,251,230	103,369	257,970	254,612	13,159,923

The Board of Directors has determined that the Company will hold an advisory vote on executive compensation at each annual meeting of stockholders until the next required vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation.

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024. The proposal received the following final voting results:

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.


	GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.


	By:	/s/ MICHAEL J. KARBER
		Michael J. Karber
		General Counsel and Secretary

Date: June 7, 2024


3 Bryant Park, Suite 2400A
New York,	NY	10036
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


Exhibit No.						Description
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


For	Against	Abstain
38,100,512	764,184	162,408


Item 9.01			Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits