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Your Vote Counts! *Please check the meeting materials for any special requirements for meeting attendance. Smartphone users Point your camera here and vote without entering a control number For complete information and to vote, visit www.ProxyVote.com Control # GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC. 2024 Annual Meeting Vote by June 5, 2024 11:59 PM ET You invested in GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC. and it’s time to vote! You have the right to vote on proposals being presented at the Annual Meeting. This is an important notice regarding the availability of proxy material for the stockholder meeting to be held on June 6, 2024. Vote Virtually at the Meeting* June 6, 2024 10:00 AM EDT Virtually at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/GPMT2024 Get informed before you vote View the Notice and Proxy Statement and Annual Report online OR you can receive a free paper or email copy of the material(s) by requesting prior to May 23, 2024. If you would like to request a copy of the material(s) for this and/or future stockholder meetings, you may (1) visit www.ProxyVote.com, (2) call 1-800-579-1639 or (3) send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com. If sending an email, please include your control number (indicated below) in the subject line. Unless requested, you will not otherwise receive a paper or email copy. GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC. 3 BRYANT PARK, SUITE 2400A NEW YORK, NY 10036 148,294 322,224 1 OF 4 30# XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX V2.0

Vote at www.ProxyVote.com Prefer to receive an email instead? While voting on www.ProxyVote.com, be sure to click “Delivery Settings”. Voting Items Board Recommends V41575-P06147 THIS IS NOT A VOTABLE BALLOT This is an overview of the proposals being presented at the upcoming stockholder meeting. Please follow the instructions on the reverse side to vote these important matters. Control # XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX THE COMPANY NAME INC. - COMMON ASDFGHJKL 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS A 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS B 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS C 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS D 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS E 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS F 123456789.1234 THE COMPANY NAME INC. - 401 K 123456789.1234 SHARE CLASSES REPRESENTED FOR VOTING 1.00000 322,224 148,294 CLT ID 1. Election of Directors Nominees: 1a. Tanuja M. Dehne For 1b. Stephen G. Kasnet For 1c. Sheila K. McGrath For 1d. W. Reid Sanders For 1e. John A. Taylor For 1f. Hope B. Woodhouse For 2. To approve on an advisory basis the compensation of our named executive officers. For 3. To approve on an advisory basis the frequency of future advisory votes regarding the compensation of our named executive officers. Every year 4. To ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent auditor for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. For NOTE: To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.