Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.

The Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of the date on which the Company’s stockholders approve this Amendment, except as otherwise provided below:

1. Section 3.1(a) of the Plan is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

“Subject to Section 3.1(b) and Section 12.2 hereof, the aggregate number of Shares which may be issued or transferred pursuant to Awards under the Plan (the “Share Limit”) will equal 14,781,594 Shares. In order that the applicable regulations under the Code relating to Incentive Stock Options be satisfied, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall be 7,500,000.”

2. The Plan is hereby amended to add a new Section 3.4 to read in its entirety as follows:

“3.4 Non-Employee Director Compensation. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan, the Administrator may establish compensation for Non-Employee Directors from time to time, subject to the limitations in the Plan. The Administrator shall from time to time determine the terms, conditions and amounts of all such Non-Employee Director compensation in its discretion and pursuant to the exercise of its business judgment, taking into account such factors, circumstances and considerations as it shall deem relevant from time to time; provided that, commencing with the 2026 calendar year, the sum of any cash compensation or other compensation and the value (determined as of the grant date in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, or any successor thereto) of Awards granted to a Non-Employee Director as compensation for services as a Non-Employee Director with respect to any fiscal year of the Company shall not exceed $750,000; provided, further, that such limit shall not apply to compensation for any Non-Employee Director who serves in any capacity in addition to that of a Non-Employee Director for which he or she receives additional compensation. The Administrator may make exceptions to this limit for individual Non-Employee Directors in extraordinary circumstances, as the Administrator may determine in its discretion; provided that the Non-Employee Director receiving such additional compensation may not participate in the decision to award such compensation or in other contemporaneous compensation decisions involving Non-Employee Directors.”

3. The last sentence of Section 12.1(b) is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Incentive Stock Option shall be granted under the Plan after the tenth (10th) anniversary of April 20, 2026, the date on which the Plan, as amended, is adopted by the Board.”

4. This Amendment shall be and is hereby incorporated into and forms a part of the Plan.

CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. C/O MACK REAL ESTATE CREDIT STRATEGIES, L.P. 60 COLUMBUS CIRCLE, 20TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10023 SCAN TO VIEW MATERIALS & VOTE w VOTE BY INTERNET Before The Meeting - Go to www.proxyvote.com or scan the QR Barcode above Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before thecut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic voting instruction form. During The Meeting—Go to www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/CMTG2026 You may attend the meeting via the Internet and vote during the meeting. Have the information that is printed in the box marked by the arrow available and follow the instructions. VOTE BYPHONE—1-800-690-6903 Use any touch-tone telephone to transmit your voting instructions up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time the day before thecut-off date or meeting date. Have your proxy card in hand when you call and then follow the instructions. VOTE BY MAIL Mark, sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope we have provided or return it to Vote Processing, c/o Broadridge, 51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717. TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS: V95754-P46735 KEEP THIS PORTION FOR YOUR RECORDS THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. For All Withhold All Except For All To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark “For All Except” and write the The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the number(s) of the nominee(s) on the line below. following: 1. Election of Directors ! ! ! Nominees: 01) Derrick D. Cephas 06) Denise Olsen 02) Mary Haggerty 07) Steven L. Richman 03) Pamela Liebman 08) Andrew Silberstein 04) Richard Mack 09) W. Edward Walter III 05) Michael McGillis The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR proposals 2, 3 and 4. For Against Abstain 2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending ! ! ! December 31, 2026. 3. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc.’s named executive officers, as more fully described in the Proxy Statement. ! ! ! 4. Approval of an amendment to the Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc. 2016 Incentive Award Plan. ! ! ! NOTE: The proxy holders will vote in their discretion with regard to such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) hereon and date. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, or other fiduciary, please give full title as such. Joint owners should each sign personally. All holders must sign. If a corporation or partnership, please sign in full corporate or partnership name by authorized officer. Signature [PLEASE SIGN WITHIN BOX] Date Signature (Joint Owners) Date

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Notice and Proxy Statement, Annual Report and Form 10-K are available at www.proxyvote.com. CLAROS MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS JUNE 3, 2026 The stockholder(s) hereby appoint(s) Richard Mack, Michael McGillis and J.D. Siegel, or any of them, as proxies, each with the power to appoint his substitute, and hereby authorize(s) them to represent the undersigned at the meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally present at the meeting and to vote, as designated on the reverse side of this ballot, all of the shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Claros Mortgage Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, that the stockholder(s) is/are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held virtually at 1:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, and any postponement or adjournment thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledge(s) receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and of the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms of which are incorporated by reference, and revoke(s) any proxy heretofore given with respect to such meeting. THIS PROXY, WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED AS DIRECTED BY THE STOCKHOLDER(S). IF PROPERLY EXECUTED BUT NO SUCH DIRECTIONS ARE MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE NOMINEES LISTED ON THE REVERSE SIDE FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, FOR PROPOSAL 2, FOR PROPOSAL 3 AND FOR PROPOSAL 4. PLEASE MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED REPLY ENVELOPE. Continued and to be signed on reverse side