CEO Brian Harris awarded 846,958 LADR shares, direct and indirect stakes updated

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Ladder Capital Corp reported that Chief Executive Officer Brian Harris acquired 846,958 shares of Class A Common Stock on February 18, 2026 through a stock grant at a price of $0.00 per share, bringing his direct holdings to 862,046 shares.

Indirect holdings reported include 1,048,394 shares held by Shallow Alcove LLC, 917,324 shares held by Shallow Alcove II LLC, 4,793,623 shares held by the Betsy A. Harris 2012 Family Trust, 400,540 shares held by Harris Investment Associates, L.P., and 1,020,084 shares held by Harris Investment Associates II, L.P. Harris disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest.

Insider Trade Summary

6 transactions reported

Mixed 6 txns

Insider Harris Brian

Role Chief Executive Officer

Type	Security	Shares	Price	Value
Grant/Award	Class A Common Stock	846,958	$0.00	--
holding	Class A Common Stock	--	--	--
holding	Class A Common Stock	--	--	--
holding	Class A Common Stock	--	--	--
holding	Class A Common Stock	--	--	--
holding	Class A Common Stock	--	--	--

Holdings After Transaction: Class A Common Stock — 862,046 shares (Direct); Class A Common Stock — 1,048,394 shares (Indirect, By Shallow Alcove LLC)

Footnotes (1)

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Form 4 Insider Transactions: What Each Field Means →

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Harris Brian

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O LADDER CAPITAL CORP

320 PARK AVE, 15TH FL

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10022

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Ladder Capital Corp [ LADR ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director		10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)
	Chief Executive Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/18/2026

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	02/18/2026		A		846,958	A	$0.00	862,046	D
Class A Common Stock								1,048,394	I	By Shallow Alcove LLC(1)
Class A Common Stock								917,324	I	By Shallow Alcove II LLC(1)
Class A Common Stock								4,793,623	I	Betsy A. Harris 2012 Family Trust(1)
Class A Common Stock								400,540	I	By Harris Investment Associates, L.P.(1)
Class A Common Stock								1,020,084	I	By Harris Investment Associates II, L.P.(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Person or any other person named herein is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

	/s/ Michelle Wallach, as Attorney-in-Fact for Brian Harris	02/20/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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