FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST INC. 2024-2025 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”): 44,096,293 for, 960,690 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 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 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,135 for, 18,286 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 43,824,574 for, 1,220,170 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,081 for, 18,340 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 43,813,643 for, 1,227,025 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,135 for, 18,286 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 44,216,449 for, 824,893 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 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 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,135 for, 18,286 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 44,142,505 for, 914,211 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 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 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,135 for, 18,286 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 43,775,704 for, 1,282,616 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 60 asset managers below reported 28,290,135 for, 18,286 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 44,355,176 for, 706,484 against, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 2026 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 60 asset managers below reported 28,233,564 for, 74,856 against, 0 abstained.

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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”): 44,390,649 for, 540,831 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 60 asset managers below reported 28,308,420 for, 0 against, 1 abstained.

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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”): 37,898,129 for, 6,943,790 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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 60 managers: 25,906,769 for, 2,401,651 against, 1 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 183 managers: 11,808,889 for, 5,249,693 against, 3,425 abstained, 665,248 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 2025

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, 2025: The proposal”): 58,047,690 for, 344,092 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed June 2, 2025 (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, 2025: The proposal was approved.”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 58 asset managers below reported 28,209,806 for, 32,853 against, 0 abstained.

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