BXMT Director Hsu Chen Yi Receives 181 Shares

What Happened Hsu Chen Yi, a director of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, received 181 shares of Class A common stock on July 15, 2026. The shares were recorded at $17.12 each for a total value of $3,099. The transaction is reported as an award/grant (code A) and represents an acquisition of shares rather than an open‑market purchase.

Key Details

• Transaction date: July 15, 2026; Filing date: July 16, 2026 (filed the next day).
• Amount: 181 shares at $17.12 per share; total value ≈ $3,099.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnote: The shares represent Class A Common Stock Units received in lieu of a $0.47 per‑share dividend; those units convert one‑for‑one into shares based on the July 15, 2026 closing price (see F1).
• No indication of a 10b5‑1 plan, tax withholding, or late filing in the provided data.

Context This was a dividend‑equivalent conversion (an award of shares tied to a dividend payment), a routine corporate action rather than a market buy or sale. Such dividend reinvestments are generally neutral in signaling insider sentiment compared with outright purchases or sales. The dollar amount here is modest (~$3.1k).