Amendment: Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Explanatory Note
On July 1, 2025, Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), in connection with the consummation on July 1, 2025, of the previously announced purchase of all of the issued and outstanding membership interests and units of NewPoint Holdings JV LLC ("NewPoint") by FBRT OP LLC ("Purchaser OP"), a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, and FBRT Sub REIT TRS LLC, also a consolidated subsidiary of the Company (together with Purchaser OP, "Purchaser"). This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed to amend the Form 8-K to provide the financial statements described below, in accordance with the requirements of Item 9.01 of Form 8-K.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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Financial statements of business acquired.
The financial statements required by Item 9.01(a) of Form 8-K in connection with the acquisition of NewPoint are filed as Exhibit 99.2 and 99.3 and incorporated herein by reference.
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Pro forma financial information.
The pro forma financial statements required by Item 9.01(b) of Form 8-K will be filed by amendment to the Original Form 8-K no later than 71 days after the date the Original Form 8-K was required to be filed.
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| (d) | Exhibits. |
EXHIBIT INDEX
* Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished supplementally to the SEC upon request.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| FRANKLIN BSP REALTY TRUST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jerome S. Baglien | |
| Name: | Jerome S. Baglien | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer | |
Date: July 30, 2025