Chief Executive Officer and Former President · Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. (FBRT)

Michael Comparato

A named executive officer of Franklin BSP Realty Trust in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$1,747,984

FY2024: $1,574,961

1st of 3 named executive officers at Franklin BSP Realty Trust by FY2025 total.

3 named officers on file for Franklin BSP Realty Trust, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 17, 2026 (DEF 14A).

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Michael Comparato compensation by year

Franklin BSP Realty Trust Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as Franklin BSP Realty Trust reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$0$0$0
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$974,401$1,574,961$1,747,984
Option awards$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0
All other$0$0$0
Total$974,401$1,574,961$1,747,984

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. DEF 14A filed April 17, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-161379, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-161379. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 17, 2026.

$974K
$1.6M
$1.7M
FY23
FY24
FY25
Stock awards

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU136,882$1,372,926—
RSU79,243$794,807—
RSU22,810$228,784—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments Franklin BSP Realty Trust discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Involuntary termination without cause—$0—$0
Death—$2,396,518—$2,396,518
Disability—$2,396,518—$2,396,518
Change in control, no termination—$2,396,518—$2,396,518

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Franklin BSP Realty Trust, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

Franklin BSP Realty Trust’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael Comparato · this pageChief Executive Officer and Former President$1,747,984
Richard ByrneFormer Chief Executive Officer$1,365,994
Jerome BaglienChief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer$1,165,326

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