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on June&nbsp;9, 2025&nbsp;</B></P>

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STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</B></FONT><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8<BR>
</B></FONT><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 18pt"><B>GRANITE
POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.<BR>
</B></FONT>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding: 0.25pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>61-1843143</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>3
Bryant Park, Suite&nbsp;2400A<BR>
New York, New York 10036<BR>
</B></FONT>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Amended
and Restated Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan<BR>
</B></FONT>(Full title of the plan)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael
J. Karber,&nbsp;Esq.<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.<BR>
3 Bryant Park, Suite&nbsp;2400A<BR>
New York, NY 10036<BR>
</B></FONT>(Name and address of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(212)
364-5500<BR>
</B></FONT>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Copies to:<BR>
Michael A. Wiseman,&nbsp;Esq.<BR>
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP<BR>
One Manhattan West<BR>
New York, New York 10001<BR>
(212) 735-3000</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
 &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Part&nbsp;I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(A)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Item&nbsp;1.</B></TD><TD><B>Plan Information*</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>Item&nbsp;2.</B></TD><TD><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">*Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained
in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 with respect to all plans listed
on the cover hereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Part&nbsp;II<BR>
</B></FONT><B><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;)
hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000037/gpmt-20241231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (File No.&nbsp;001-38124) for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;27, 2025</A>, which contains the Registrant&rsquo;s audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Registrant&rsquo;s <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000170364425000077/gpmt-20250331.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (File No.&nbsp;001-38124) for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2025</A>;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) since the end of the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021 (other than Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K, including any exhibits included with such information); and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(d)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
description of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock contained in the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465917040468/a17-14902_18a12b.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.&nbsp;001-38124) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2017</A>, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained in a subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money
damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and
deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Registrant&rsquo;s charter contains
such a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s charter provides that it
has the power and the Registrant&rsquo;s bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify,
and to pay or reimburse reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees, costs and expenses) in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding and without requiring a preliminary determination of ultimate entitlement to indemnification, to any present
or former director or officer of the company or any individual who, while a director or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant&rsquo;s
request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability
company, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of such corporation,
real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
and who was or is made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Registrant&rsquo;s charter and bylaws also permit it to indemnify
and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and to any personnel
or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Maryland General Corporation Law (&ldquo;MGCL&rdquo;)
requires a corporation (unless the corporation&rsquo;s charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant&rsquo;s charter does not) to indemnify
a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made or threatened
to be made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits the Registrant to indemnify its present and former directors
and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection
with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities
unless it is established that (i)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding
and (A)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or (B)&nbsp;was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii)&nbsp;the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (iii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may
not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by or in the right of the corporation in which the director or officer was adjudged liable
on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct
or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in
a suit by the Registrant or in the Registrant&rsquo;s right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly
received, is limited to expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits the Registrant to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer
upon the Registrant&rsquo;s receipt of (i)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that
he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Registrant and (ii)&nbsp;a written undertaking by the director
or officer or on the director&rsquo;s or officer&rsquo;s behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it is ultimately
determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland
law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification
of directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant for liability arising under the Securities Act, the Registrant has been informed
that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">See Index to Exhibits at the end of this Registration
Statement, which are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;The
Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(1)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(i)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(ii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation
of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective Registration Statement; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 1in">(iii)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(2)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.75in">(3)&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&#8239;&#8239;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York,
New York, as of June&nbsp;9, 2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 47%"> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ John A. Taylor</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">John A. Taylor</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><I>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Taylor and Blake N. Johnson,
acting singly, such person&rsquo;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for
such person and in such person&rsquo;s, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments including post-effective
amendments to this </FONT>Registration Statement, and any additional related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement and any such related registration statements),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">John A. Taylor</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Blake N. Johnson</P></TD>
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accounting and financial officer) </FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Stephen G. Kasnet</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ Tanuja M. Dehne</P>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Tanuja M. Dehne</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Patrick G. Halter</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding: 7.4pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June&nbsp;9, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Sheila K. McGrath</P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&NegativeThickSpace;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding: 7.4pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June&nbsp;9, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding: 7.4pt 0.25pt 0.75pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June&nbsp;9, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0.25pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&NegativeThickSpace;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration
Statement.</P>

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No.</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 90%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Description of Exhibit</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004135/a2232470zex-3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004135/a2232470zex-3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-11 (File No.&nbsp;333-218197) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2017).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004007/a2232286zex-3_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">3.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004007/a2232286zex-3_2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-11 (File No.&nbsp;333-218197) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2017).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004007/a2232286zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000104746917004007/a2232286zex-4_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-11 (File No.&nbsp;333-218197) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;15, 2017).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1*</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465925036842/tm252316-3_def14a.htm#tABTO" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1703644/000110465925036842/tm252316-3_def14a.htm#tABTO" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B of the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Proxy Statement on Form&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;001-38124) filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;21, 2025).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1*</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of EY.</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2*</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD><A HREF="tm2517441d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 9, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GRANITE
POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
61-1843143
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
3
Bryant Park, Suite 2400A
New York, New York 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Amended
and Restated Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael
J. Karber, Esq.
General Counsel and Secretary
Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc.
3 Bryant Park, Suite 2400A
New York, NY 10036
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212)
364-5500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael A. Wiseman, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001
(212) 735-3000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
 "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
    accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated
    filer
x
Non-accelerated
    filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller
    reporting company
¨
Emerging
    growth company
¨
If
an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying
with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
*Information required by Part I to be contained
in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8 with respect to all plans listed
on the cover hereof.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (the "Registrant")
hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)            The
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K (File No. 001-38124) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the Commission on February 27, 2025
, which contains the Registrant's audited financial statements for the latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed;
(b)            The
Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (File No. 001-38124) for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, filed with the Commission on May 6, 2025
;
(c)            All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 (other than Current Reports on Form 8-K
furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, including any exhibits included with such information); and
(d)            The
description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A (File No. 001-38124) filed with the Commission on June 20, 2017
, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained in a subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to
include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money
damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and
deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Registrant's charter contains
such a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Registrant's charter provides that it
has the power and the Registrant's bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, to indemnify,
and to pay or reimburse reasonable costs, fees and expenses (including attorneys' fees, costs and expenses) in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding and without requiring a preliminary determination of ultimate entitlement to indemnification, to any present
or former director or officer of the company or any individual who, while a director or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant's
request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability
company, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of such corporation,
real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
and who was or is made or threatened to be made a party to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Registrant's charter and bylaws also permit it to indemnify
and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and to any personnel
or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant.
The Maryland General Corporation Law ("MGCL")
requires a corporation (unless the corporation's charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant's charter does not) to indemnify
a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he is made or threatened
to be made a party by reason of his service in that capacity. The MGCL permits the Registrant to indemnify its present and former directors
and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection
with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities
unless it is established that (i) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding
and (A) was committed in bad faith or (B) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the director or officer
actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the
director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may
not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by or in the right of the corporation in which the director or officer was adjudged liable
on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct
or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in
a suit by the Registrant or in the Registrant's right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly
received, is limited to expenses. In addition, the MGCL permits the Registrant to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer
upon the Registrant's receipt of (i) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that
he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Registrant and (ii) a written undertaking by the director
or officer or on the director's or officer's behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it is ultimately
determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification
agreements with each of its directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland
law.
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification
of directors, officers or persons controlling the Registrant for liability arising under the Securities Act, the Registrant has been informed
that, in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
2
Item 8.
Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits at the end of this Registration
Statement, which are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)    The
Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)             To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)            To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)           To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)    That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)    To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(b)   The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York,
New York, as of June 9, 2025.
GRANITE POINT MORTGAGE TRUST INC.
By:
/s/ John A. Taylor
John A. Taylor
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John A. Taylor and Blake N. Johnson,
acting singly, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for
such person and in such person's, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments including post-effective
amendments to this
Registration Statement, and any additional related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under
the Securities Act of 1933 (including post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement and any such related registration statements),
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated
Signature
​
Title
​
Date
/s/ John A. Taylor
John A. Taylor
​
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (principal executive officer)
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Blake N. Johnson
Blake N. Johnson
​
Chief Financial Officer (principal
accounting and financial officer)
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Stephen G. Kasnet
Stephen G. Kasnet
​
Chairman of the Board of Directors
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Tanuja M. Dehne
Tanuja M. Dehne
​
Director
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Patrick G. Halter
Patrick G. Halter
​
Director
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Sheila K. McGrath
Sheila K. McGrath
​
Director
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Lazar Nikolic
Lazar Nikolic
​
Director
​
June 9, 2025
/s/ Hope B. Woodhouse
Hope B. Woodhouse
​
Director
​
June 9, 2025
4
EXHIBIT INDEX
The following documents are filed as exhibits to this Registration
Statement.
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Amendment No. 3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-218197) filed with the Commission on June 20, 2017).
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-218197) filed with the Commission on June 15, 2017).
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-218197) filed with the Commission on June 15, 2017).
5.1*
Opinion of Ballard Spahr LLP.
10.1
Amended and Restated Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc. 2022 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Appendix B of the Registrant's Annual Proxy Statement on Form 14A (File No. 001-38124) filed with the Commission on April 21, 2025).
23.1*
Consent of EY.
23.2*
Consent of Ballard Spahr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
* Filed herewith.
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