FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Buford H. Ortale

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Buford H. Ortale”): 44,499,807 for, 955,926 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,885,986 for, 114,843 against.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Elizabeth K. Tuppeny

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Elizabeth K. Tuppeny”): 44,481,577 for, 977,661 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,884,953 for, 115,876 against.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Jamie Handwerker

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Jamie Handwerker”): 44,324,909 for, 1,127,399 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,885,986 for, 114,843 against.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Joe Dumars

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Joe Dumars”): 44,760,468 for, 726,619 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,974,903 for, 25,926 against.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Pat Augustine

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Pat Augustine”): 44,497,505 for, 960,577 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,885,986 for, 114,843 against.

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Peter J. McDonough

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Peter J. McDonough”): 42,680,042 for, 2,779,504 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 26,661,956 for, 1,338,873 against.

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Description as filed by funds: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Richard J. Byrne

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Richard J. Byrne”): 44,685,126 for, 776,347 against, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “The final results for each of these matters are as follows: Proposal No. 1 - Election of Directors Each of the following directors was elected to hold office until the 2025 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 65 asset managers below reported 27,786,672 for, 214,157 against.

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Description as filed by funds: AMENDMENT TO THE COMPANY'S CHARTER TO ELIMINATE SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENTS

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“2. Amendment to the Company's Articles of Amendment and Restatement to eliminate supermajority voting requirements: Because Proposal No. 2 failed to receive the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds”): 44,900,495 for, 556,578 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07). This item required more than a simple majority of votes cast — see the filing.

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 2 – Amendment to the Company's Articles of Amendment and Restatement to eliminate supermajority voting requirements: Because Proposal No. 2 failed to receive the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the shares then outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annua…”
Not approved: the filing states that this item needed more than a majority of the votes cast.
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 64 asset managers below reported 28,000,689 for.

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Description as filed by funds: ADVISORY VOTE ON THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“4. Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers: The proposal”): 38,694,249 for, 6,659,686 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 4 – Advisory Vote on the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers: The proposal was approved.”
Support: 85% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 62 managers: 25,490,538 for, 2,510,011 against. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 170 managers: 10,881,442 for, 5,264,896 against, 3,571 abstained, 2,366 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2024

FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of the Appointment of PwC as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024: The proposal”): 56,834,811 for, 285,307 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed May 31, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal No. 3 – Ratification of the Appointment of PwC as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024: The proposal was approved.”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 63 asset managers below reported 27,902,898 for, 36,017 against.

Showing the 25 largest of 63 asset managers. See all 63 in the interactive database.