---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-070983"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPMT"
cik: "0001703644"
company_name: "Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-05T20:15:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T20:28:13.090310+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GPMT Board revises director compensation policy to reduce equity dilution; annual meeting approves all proposals

## Summary
- Independent directors now receive $100K cash retainer ($160K Chair), $50K RSU ($80K Chair), and $50K long-term cash ($80K Chair).
- Policy splits prior $100K RSU award equally into RSUs and long-term cash to limit dilutive effect of equity grants.
- Annual meeting elected all seven director nominees; advisory say-on-pay passed with ~17.5M for vs 2.15M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2026 approved with 33.29M for, 0.40M against.
- No other material changes to director compensation or governance structure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-070983
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPMT
- cik: 0001703644
- company_name: Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-05T20:15:48+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465926070983/0001104659-26-070983-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465926070983/tm2616930d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Proposal 1 — Election of Directors Each of the seven director nominees proposed by the Board was elected to serve as a director until the Company’s 2027 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 18,154,513 1,588,603 1,322,250 13,057,901 Patrick G. Halter 19,172,126 1,591,607 301,633 13,057,901 Stephen G. Kasnet 18,055,156 1,705,297 1,304,913 13,057,901 Sheila K. McGrath 19,195,496 1,618,761 251,109 13,057,901 Lazar Nikolic 19,223,834 1,594,838 246,694 13,057,901 John A. Taylor 19,238,468 1,593,103 233,795 13,057,901 Hope B. Woodhouse 18,010,372 1,738,012 1,316,982 13,057,901
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465926070983/0001104659-26-070983-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: 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, 2026. The proposal received the following final voting results: For Against Abstain 33,290,665 395,844 436,758
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465926070983/0001104659-26-070983-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. shareholders approved Approval of Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-04 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-04
  source text: Proposal 2 — Approval of Advisory Vote on 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 17,500,001 2,152,885 1,412,480 13,057,901
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465926070983/0001104659-26-070983-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.