Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.GPMT
Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. Debt Disclosure
Secured Financing Agreements
To finance its loans held-for-investment, the Company has a variety of secured financing arrangements with several counterparties, including repurchase facilities and a secured credit facility. The Company’s repurchase facilities are typically
collateralized by loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale, REO assets and certain cash balances. Although the transactions under the Company’s existing repurchase facilities represent committed borrowings until maturity of each facility, the facility lenders retain the right to mark the underlying collateral to fair value. A reduction in the value of pledged assets due to collateral-specific credit events, or, with respect to a limited number of the Company’s repurchase facilities, capital market events, would require the Company to fund margin calls. The Company does not typically retain similar rights for the Company to make margin calls on its underlying borrowers as a result of a determination by the Company and/or its financing counterparty that there has been a decrease in the market value of the underlying pledged collateral.
The Company’s secured credit facility is typically collateralized by loans held-for-investment, loans held-for-sale, REO assets and certain cash balances and is not mark-to-market.
The following tables summarize details of the Company’s borrowings outstanding on its secured financing arrangements as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023:
| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Maturity Date(1) | Amount Outstanding | Unused Capacity(2) | Total Capacity | Carrying Value of Collateral | Weighted Average Borrowing Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase facilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Stanley Bank | June 28, 2025 | $ | 76,195 | $ | 173,805 | $ | 250,000 | $ | 156,037 | 7.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | July 28, 2025 | 449,192 | 37,322 | 486,514 | 561,627 | 8.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citibank | May 25, 2025 | 72,487 | 427,513 | 500,000 | 104,416 | 6.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 597,874 | $ | 638,640 | $ | 1,236,514 | $ | 822,080 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secured credit facility | December 21, 2025 | $ | 86,774 | $ | 13,226 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 98,015 | 10.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Maturity Date(1) | Amount Outstanding | Unused Capacity(2) | Total Capacity | Carrying Value of Collateral | Weighted Average Borrowing Rate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Repurchase facilities: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Stanley Bank | June 28, 2024 | $ | 193,165 | $ | 281,835 | $ | 475,000 | $ | 304,598 | 8.0 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Bank USA(3) | July 13, 2024 | 53,745 | 196,255 | 250,000 | 131,112 | 8.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | July 28, 2025 | 445,713 | 79,238 | 524,951 | 500,985 | 9.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citibank | May 25, 2025 | 176,606 | 323,394 | 500,000 | 254,286 | 7.2 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centennial Bank(4) | August 29, 2024 | 6,213 | 143,787 | 150,000 | 20,508 | 10.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 875,442 | $ | 1,024,509 | $ | 1,899,951 | $ | 1,211,489 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secured credit facility | December 21, 2025 | $ | 84,000 | $ | 16,000 | $ | 100,000 | $ | 105,865 | 11.9 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)The facilities are set to mature on the stated maturity date, unless extended pursuant to their terms.
(2)Unused capacity is not committed as of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023.
(3)During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repaid all outstanding borrowings under the facility and terminated the facility.
(4)As of December 31, 2023, the outstanding balance was collateralized by real estate owned, inclusive of $3.6 million in other assets and liabilities related to acquired leases, respectively, (see Note 4 - Real Estate Owned, Net, for further detail) and one senior loan. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repaid all outstanding borrowings under the facility and terminated the facility.
The following table summarizes certain characteristics of the Company’s repurchase facilities and counterparty concentration at December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (dollars in thousands) | Amount Outstanding | Net Counterparty Exposure(1) | Percent of Equity | Weighted Average Years to Maturity | Amount Outstanding | Net Counterparty Exposure(1) | Percent of Equity | Weighted Average Years to Maturity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan Stanley Bank | $ | 76,195 | $ | 93,077 | 15 | % | 0.49 | $ | 193,165 | $ | 118,253 | 14 | % | 0.49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | 449,192 | 149,643 | 24 | % | 0.57 | 445,713 | 62,216 | 7 | % | 1.58 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Bank USA(2) | — | — | — | % | — | 53,745 | 78,949 | 9 | % | 0.53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citibank | 72,487 | 35,650 | 6 | % | 0.40 | 176,606 | 80,441 | 9 | % | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Centennial Bank(3) | — | — | — | % | — | 6,213 | 17,757 | 2 | % | 0.66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 597,874 | $ | 278,370 | $ | 875,442 | $ | 357,616 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(1)Represents the excess of the carrying amount or market value of the loans held-for-investment pledged as collateral for repurchase facilities, including accrued interest plus any cash on deposit to secure the repurchase obligation, less the amount of the repurchase liability, including accrued interest.
(2)During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repaid all outstanding borrowings under the facility and terminated the facility.
(3)During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company repaid all outstanding borrowings under the facility and terminated the facility.
The Company does not anticipate any defaults by its financing counterparties, although there can be no assurance that one or more defaults will not occur.
Financial Covenants
The Company is subject to a variety of financial covenants under its secured financing arrangements. The following represent the most restrictive financial covenants to which the Company is subject across its secured financing arrangements:
•Unrestricted cash cannot be less than the greater of $30.0 million and 5.0% of recourse indebtedness. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s unrestricted cash was $87.8 million, while 5.0% of the Company’s recourse indebtedness was $10.4 million.
•Tangible net worth must be greater than the sum of (i) $600.0 million and (ii) 75.0% of net cash proceeds of the Company’s equity issuances after September 30, 2024. As the Company has not had any equity issuances after September 30, 2024, tangible net worth must be greater than $600.0 million. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s tangible net worth was $820.1 million.
•Target asset leverage ratio cannot exceed 77.5% and total leverage ratio cannot exceed 80.0%. As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s target asset leverage ratio was 69.8% and the Company’s total leverage ratio was 64.6%.
•Minimum interest coverage of no less than 1.1:1.0 until and including December 31, 2024 (1.15:1.0 from January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025; and 1.3:1.0 thereafter). As of December 31, 2024, the Company’s minimum interest coverage was 1.2:1.0.
As of December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants.
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Debt disclosures detail a company's borrowing structure — the types of instruments, interest rates, maturity schedule, and covenant restrictions that define its financial obligations and flexibility. This section is essential for assessing refinancing risk, interest rate exposure, and the margin of safety against financial distress.
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