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Issuer:     Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (GPMT)
CIK:        0001703644
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-001571
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01, 1.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Granite Point Mortgage Trust announces COO transition; Ethan Lebowitz to succeed Steven Plust by May 1, 2025
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- Steven Plust resigns as COO no later than May 1, 2025; will continue as Senior Managing Director until Dec 31, 2027.
- Ethan Lebowitz, previously Managing Director, appointed Deputy COO effective immediately; will become COO on May 1, 2025.
- Lebowitz receives $500k base salary, target bonus of 75% of base, and annual equity grants; severance terms specified.
- Plust's amended employment agreement: base salary $500k, reduced cash bonuses for 2024-2027, no further equity awards.
- Transition described as planned succession; Plust will remain on Investment Committee and other management committees.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465925001571/0001104659-25-001571-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465925001571/tm251866d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-001571

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