---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-055560"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBRT"
cik: "0001562528"
company_name: "Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T02:46:29.182571+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Supermajority vote amendment fails at Franklin BSP Realty; directors elected, auditor ratified, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- Amendment to eliminate supermajority voting failed; required 2/3 of outstanding shares but only 44.4M of ~58.5M eligible shares voted for.
- All seven director nominees (Augustine, Byrne, Dumars, Handwerker, McDonough, Ortale, Tuppeny) elected with over 43.8M votes for each.
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for 2025 approved: 58.0M for, 344K against, no broker non-votes.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 37.9M for, 6.9M against, with 13.4M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-055560
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBRT
- cik: 0001562528
- company_name: Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/000110465925055560/0001104659-25-055560-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/000110465925055560/tm2516683d1_8k.htm

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