---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001703644-25-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GPMT"
cik: "0001703644"
company_name: "Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T01:12:43.806427+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Granite Point appoints Patrick Halter and Lazar Nikolic to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Patrick Halter and Lazar Nikolic appointed to Board effective Jan 15, 2025; Halter on Compensation Committee, Nikolic on Nominating and Governance.
- Board now has eight directors, seven of whom are independent.
- Nikolic is a significant shareholder with real estate investment background; Halter has CRE investment management expertise.
- Appointments run until 2025 Annual Meeting; directors receive standard independent compensation pro-rated.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001703644-25-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GPMT
- cik: 0001703644
- company_name: Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000004/0001703644-25-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000004/gpmt-20250115.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001703644-25-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lazar Nikolic was appointed as Director at Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective January 15, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Patrick Halter and Lazar Nikolic to serve as members of the Board until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000004/0001703644-25-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Patrick Halter was appointed as Director at Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective January 15, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Patrick Halter and Lazar Nikolic to serve as members of the Board until the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000004/0001703644-25-000004-index.htm

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