{"url_path":"/sec/fbrt-pe/8-k/2026-06-09/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-09","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/0001104659-26-071863-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-071863","cik":"0001562528","ticker":"FBRT","issuer_name":"Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1562528/0001104659-26-071863-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001562528","primary_entity_name":"Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc."},"word_count":352,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders**\n\n \n\nThe 2026 annual meeting of\nstockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) was held\non June 8, 2026.\n\n \n\nAt the Annual Meeting, stockholders\nvoted on (i) the election of Pat Augustine, Richard J. Byrne, Joe Dumars, Peter J. McDonough, Buford H. Ortale and Elizabeth K. Tuppeny\nto the Company’s Board of Directors for one-year terms until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their respective\nsuccessors are duly elected and qualified; (ii) the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers\nLLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026;\nand (iii) an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers.\n\n \n\nThe final results for each\nof these matters are as follows:\n\n \n\n*Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors*\n\n* *\n\nEach of the following directors was elected to\nhold office until the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.\n\n \n\n**Nominee**\n \n**Votes For**\n \n**Votes Against**\n \n**Votes Abstained**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\nPat Augustine\n \n44,197,399\n \n1,506,854\n \n194,804\n \n13,533,732\n\nRichard J. Byrne\n \n43,144,273\n \n2,561,401\n \n193,383\n \n13,533,732\n\nJoe Dumars\n \n44,744,702\n \n962,737\n \n191,618\n \n13,533,732\n\nPeter J. McDonough\n \n41,074,290\n \n4,631,801\n \n192,966\n \n13,533,732\n\nBuford H. Ortale\n \n44,184,291\n \n1,521,395\n \n193,371\n \n13,533,732\n\nElizabeth K. Tuppeny\n \n42,266,447\n \n3,445,989\n \n186,621\n \n13,533,732\n\n \n\n*Proposal No. 2 - Ratification of the Appointment\nof PwC as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2026:*\n\n* *\n\nThe proposal was approved.\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n \n**Votes Against**\n \n**Votes Abstained**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n58,612,929\n \n616,987\n \n202,873\n \n--\n\n* *\n\n*Proposal No. 3 - Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company’s\nNamed Executive Officers:*\n\n \n\nThe proposal was approved.\n\n \n\n**Votes For**\n \n**Votes Against**\n \n**Votes Abstained**\n \n**Broker Non-Votes**\n\n40,071,017\n \n5,413,939\n \n414,101\n \n13,533,732\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**SIGNATURES**\n\n \n\nPursuant to the requirements\nof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned\nhereunto duly authorized.\n\n \n\n**FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST, INC.**\n \n\n \n \n\nBy:\n/s/\nJerome S. Baglien\n \n\nName:\nJerome S. Baglien\n \n\nTitle:\n*Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer*\n \n\n \n\nDate: June 9, 2026"}